Changing gender relations, declining fertility? An analysis of childbearing trajectories in 19th-century Netherlands

<b>Background</b>: A long-standing and still unresolved debate has developed on whether the historical fertility transition was caused by 'spacing' (increasing the time between births) or by stopping (terminating childbearing at younger ages). Moreover, there is little consensu...

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Main Authors: Hilde Bras, Reto Schumacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2019-10-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol41/30/