Fertility trends by social status
This article discusses how fertility relates to social status with the use of a new dataset, several times larger than the ones used so far. The status-fertility relation is investigated over several centuries, across world regions and by the type of status-measure. The study reveals that as fertili...
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Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2008-03-01
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Series: | Demographic Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol18/5/ |