Reflections on having children in the futureinterviews with highly educated women and men without children

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-335

  Eriksson, Carola ^a   Larsson, Margareta ^b   Tydén, Tanja ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Content analysis; Fertility; Parenthood; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84864878187     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009734.2012.654862     Document Type: Article

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