Parental Well-being Surrounding First Birth as a Determinant of Further Parity Progression

Demography

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1147-1166

  Margolis, Rachel ^a   Myrskylä, Mikko ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Low fertility; Parity progression; Subjective well being; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEWBORN; PARENT; PARITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTS; PARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84938997514     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-015-0413-2     Document Type: Article

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