Volume 20 - Article 14 | Pages 313–352
Cohort fertility patterns in the Nordic countries
By Gunnar Andersson, Marit Rønsen, Lisbeth B. Knudsen, Trude Lappegård, Gerda Neyer, Kari Skrede, Kathrin Teschner, Andres Vikat
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