How High is Hispanic/Mexican Fertility in the United States? Immigration and Tempo Considerations

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1059-1080

  Parrado, Emilio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Fertility; Hispanics; Immigration; Projections

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960492008     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0045-0     Document Type: Article

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