Educational differentials in fertility intentions and outcomes: Family formation in flanders in the early 1990s

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

Volumn , Issue 1, 2011, Pages 227-258

  De Wachter, David ^a   Neels, Karel ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 84865836134     PISSN: 17284414     EISSN: 17285305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1553/populationyearbook2011s227     Document Type: Article

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