Fertility patterns of college graduates by field of study, US women born 1960–79

Population Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 359-374

  Michelmore, Katherine ^a   Musick, Kelly ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

childlessness; delayed childbearing; education; fertility; field of study

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84912008913     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2013.847971     Document Type: Article

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