The implications of marital instability for a woman's fertility: Empirical evidence from Italy

Using a sample of Italian women interviewed in 2003 in the survey "Family and Social Subject," this paper investigates two issues: (1) how a woman's family life-course (union status and parity/ages of children born in the first marriage) influences the risk of a post-dissolution b...

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Main Authors: Silvia Meggiolaro, Fausta Ongaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2010-11-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/34/