Value of children and fertility: Results from a cross-cultural comparative survey in eighteen areas in Asia, Africa, Europe and America

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-148

  Nauck, Bernhard ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Demographic transition; Family extension; Fertility; Value of children

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL THEORY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85027937144     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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