Deliberate Birth Spacing in Nineteenth Century Northern Sweden;L'espacement volontaire des naissances au 19e siècle dans le Nord de la Suède

European Journal of Population

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-359

  Kolk, Martin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth control; Birth spacing; Europe; Fertility control; Fertility transition; Historical demography

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; BIRTH RATE; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; FERTILITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80052269195     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-011-9228-z     Document Type: Article

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