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Ideal Family Size in Five European Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

P. A. Van Keep
Affiliation:
International Health Foundation, 14 Rue de Hollande, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland

Extract

From part of a survey conducted in five European countries, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy and West Germany, data are given on the opinions of 4207 fertile married women and their husbands on ideal family size and on whether their existing children were planned or not. Data are tabulated according to the respondents' ages and the number of children in their existing families. Differences and similarities between various countries are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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