| Description |
1 online resource (177 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
European studies of population ; v. 14 |
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European studies of population ; v. 14
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| Contents |
Introduction. New perspectives in interpreting contemporary family and reproductive behaviour of Mediterranean Europe / Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna and Giuseppe A. Micheli -- Family formation and fertility in Italy: a cohort perspective / Alessandro Rosina -- Family ties in Western Europe: persistent contrasts / David S. Reher |
| Summary |
This book is the first one to be devoted to the analysis and interpretation of the lowest low fertility in the Southern part of Europe. It presents a comparative viewpoint and enables the readers to understand the peculiarities of a demographic situation that has characterized a vast part of Europe over the past three decades. The book places a particular emphasis on the cultural keywords, i.e. the connection between strong family ties and fertility. The observation of the European geography of the strong family and that of low fertility at the end of the twentieth century renders surprising |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Families.
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Family size -- Social aspects -- Europe.
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Family size -- Europe.
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Fertility, Human -- Social aspects -- Europe.
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Fertility, Human -- Europe.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dalla Zuanna, Giampiero.
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Micheli, Giuseppe A., 1948-
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European Association for Population Studies.
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| ISBN |
1402028369 (Cloth) |
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1402028377 (electronic bk.) |
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9781402028366 (Cloth) |
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9781402028373 (electronic bk.) |
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