The demography of the age at first birth: The close relationship between having children and postponement

The Future of Motherhood in Western Societies: Late Fertility and its Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 61-90

  Beets, Gijs ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8969-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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