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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vegard Skirbekk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2008-03-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol18/5/