Social mobility and fertility
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Social mobility and fertility
Intraand inter-generational social mobility have in the past played an important role in attempts to explain fertility behaviour, and continue to do so today. The opinions expressed by social scientists in the first part of the 20th century are renewed and confirmed. More specifically: (1) intra-generational social mobility has been reinforced by the personal well-being aspirations and job care...
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عنوان ژورنال: Demographic Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1435-9871
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2007.17.15