The impact of monetary incentives on general fertility rates in Western Australia

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-301

  Langridge, Amanda T ^a   Nassar, Natasha ^a,b   Li, Jianghong ^a,c   Jacoby, Peter ^a   Stanley, Fiona J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; INCENTIVE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION POLICY;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84858285953     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.100347     Document Type: Article

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