Low fertility increases descendant socioeconomic position but reduces long-term fitness in a modern post-industrial society

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1746, 2012, Pages 4342-4351

  Goodman, Anna ^a,b   Koupil, Ilona ^b   Lawson, David W ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Fertility; Multigenerational; Quality quantity trade off; Reproductive success; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FERTILITY; FITNESS; PERSISTENCE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84866870759     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1415     Document Type: Article

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