Family and Fertility: Kin Influence on the Progression to a Second Birth in the British Household Panel Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Mathews, Paul ^a   Sear, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PARITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH INTERVALS; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84874913793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056941     Document Type: Article

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