Correlations in fertility across generations: Can low fertility persist?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1779, 2014, Pages

  Kolk, Martin ^a   Cownden, Daniel ^a   Enquist, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Demographic transition; Differential fertility; Fertility; Intergenerational transmission of fertility; Socialization

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FERTILITY; LIFESTYLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DIFFERENTIAL FERTILITY; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF FERTILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DIFFERENTIAL FERTILITY; FERTILITY; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF FERTILITY; SOCIALIZATION;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84893151600     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2561     Document Type: Article

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