How does childhood socioeconomic hardship affect reproductive strategy? Pathways of development

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 356-363

  Sheppard, Paula ^a   Pearce, Mark S ^b   Sear, Rebecca ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BIRTH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTURITION; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945405081     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22793     Document Type: Article

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