The effects of social capital and social pressure on the intention to have a second or third child in France, Germany, and Bulgaria, 2004-05

Population Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-351

  Balbo, Nicoletta ^a   Mills, Melinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cross national analysis; fertility intentions; personal network; second birth; social capital; social pressure; third birth

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; FERTILITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

BULGARIA; FRANCE; GERMANY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; BIRTH ORDER; BULGARIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIRTH ORDER; BULGARIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857399956     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2011.579148     Document Type: Article

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