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Parity distribution and completed family size in Europe

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ID7743856
AuthorsTomas Frejka (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume19
Pages47-72
Publication date2008-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemographic Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1435-9871 • E-ISSN: 2363-7064
PublisherMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.4054/demres.2008.19.4
OpenAlexW1923129813
LanguageEN
Citations received62
References cited9

By the end of the 20th century the two-child family became the norm throughout Europe. Between 40 and over 50 percent of women in the 1950s and 1960s cohorts had two children. There were some incipient signs that shares of two-child families were decli

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