Concepts and operationalisation of reproductive decisions implementation in Austria, Germany and Switzerland

Comparative Population Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 495-530

  Philipov, Dimiter ^a   Bernardi, Laura ^b  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fertility gap; Fertility intentions; Ideal number of children; Reproductive decision making; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884362529     PISSN: 18698980     EISSN: 18698999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4232/10.CPoS-2011-14en     Document Type: Article

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