Reflections on fertility and postponed parenthood - Interviews with highly educated women and men without children in Sweden

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-129

  Eriksson, Carola ^a   Larsson, Margareta ^b   Skoog Svanberg, Agneta ^b   Tydén, Tanja ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Fertility; Interviews; Parenthood; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84876110018     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009734.2012.762074     Document Type: Article

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