Two period measures for comparing the fertility of marriage and cohabitation

2015/02/12 by Benoı̂t Laplante, Ana Fostik · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Family Dynamics and Relationships #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences #Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

paper · pdf · doi:10.4054/demres.2015.32.14

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Abstract

The diffusion of cohabitation and, presumably, of childbearing within cohabitation, inspires interest in measuring the respective contribution of childbearing within marriage and within cohabitation to overall fertility. However, there is no consensus on a

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