Fertility in Belgium declined early and remained low compared with that in other European countries. For this reason, and because of the nation's heterogeneity, study of its demographic transition illuminates the relationship between fertility behavior and socioeconomic development. Professor Lesthaeghe first describes the Belgian experience in a way that permits direct comparison with that of other European nations. He then tests the several explanatory hypotheses for the European fertility decline against his data.
Belgium's heterogeneity in the nineteenth-century and in the first...
Fertility in Belgium declined early and remained low compared with that in other European countries. For this reason, and because of the nation's h...
Fertility in Belgium declined early and remained low compared with that in other European countries. For this reason, and because of the nation's heterogeneity, study of its demographic transition illuminates the relationship between fertility behavior and socioeconomic development. Professor Lesthaeghe first describes the Belgian experience in a way that permits direct comparison with that of other European nations. He then tests the several explanatory hypotheses for the European fertility decline against his data.
Belgium's heterogeneity in the nineteenth-century and in the first...
Fertility in Belgium declined early and remained low compared with that in other European countries. For this reason, and because of the nation's h...
