His and Her Job: What Matters Most for Fertility Plans and Actual Childbearing?

Family Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 686-697

  Kaufman, Gayle ^a   Bernhardt, Eva ^b  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childbearing decision making; Family policy; Gender; Sweden; Workplace policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865844598     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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