Fertility intentions and obstacles to their realization in France and Italy

Population

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 361-389

  Régnier Loilier, Arnaud ^a   Vignoli, Daniele ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

tude des relations familiales et interg n rationnelles (ERFI); Fertility intentions; France; Generations and Gender Survey (GGS); Indagine famiglia e soggetti sociali (FSS); Italy; Longitudinal data; Realization of intentions

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; GENDER ISSUE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

FRANCE; ITALY;

EID: 84856822489     PISSN: 16342941     EISSN: 19589190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/pope.1102.0361     Document Type: Review

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