Do childcare arrangements make the difference? a multilevel approach to the intention of having a second child in Italy

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 579-596

  Fiori, Francesca ^a  

^a Italian National Statistics Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childcare; Family network; Fertility intentions; Italy; Multilevel; Paternal involvement

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FERTILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ITALY;

EID: 80052011884     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.567     Document Type: Article

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