Latest-Late Fertility? Decline and Resurgence of Late Parenthood Across the Low-Fertility Countries

After decades of fertility postponement, we investigate recent changes in late parenthood across low-fertility countries in the light of observations from the past. We use long series of age-specific fertility rates from the Human Fertility Database (1950-2016) for women, and new data covering the p...

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Published in:Population and development review 2020-06, Vol.46 (2), p.219-247
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Age
age at birth
Births
Europe
Fertility
Fertility decline
fertility postponement
late fertility
low fertility countries
men and women
Parents & parenting
Postponement
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