Two is best? The persistence of a two-child family ideal in Europe

Population and Development Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 391-419

  Sobotka, Tomáš ^a   Beaujouan, Éva ^a  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; FAMILY PLANNING; PREGNANCY; SURVEY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84908318348     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2014.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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