Spain: Short on children and short on family policies
Spain's total fertility rate has more than halved since 1975, when it was 2.8, to the present 1.3 (the lowest rate on record, 1.2, was reached in 1995). At the same time, the mean age at first childbirth has grown continually, seriously hindering any sustained recovery of fertility. Cohort fert...
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Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2008-07-01
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Series: | Demographic Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/27/ |