The mid-twentieth century baby boom in Sweden - changes in the educational gradient of fertility for women born 1915-1950

History of the Family

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 120-140

  Sandström, Glenn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

baby boom; education; fertility; socio economic differentials; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893775712     PISSN: 1081602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1081602X.2013.871317     Document Type: Article

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