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Birth Timing

Birth Timing is a demographic concept that denotes the temporal placement of childbearing within an individual’s or couple’s life course—commonly measured by age at first birth and intervals between successive births—as distinct from the overall number of births (fertility quantum).

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The weathering hypothesis and the health of African-American women and infants: evidence and speculations.

Arline T. Geronimus · PubMed · 1992 · 1.4K citations

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Stillbirths: Where? When? Why? How to make the data count?

Joy E Lawn, Hannah Blencowe, Robert Pattinson et al. · The Lancet · 2011 · 793 citations

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On the Quantum and Tempo of Fertility

John Bongaarts, Griffith Feeney · Population and Development Review · 1998 · 661 citations

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The relative age effect in youth soccer across Europe

Werner Helsen, Jan Van Winckel, A. Mark Williams · Journal of Sports Sciences · 2005 · 574 citations

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The effects of motherhood timing on career path

Amalia R. Miller · Journal of Population Economics · 2009 · 571 citations

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  1. RR
    Ronald R. Rindfuss

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    13 publications · 967 citations

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  2. SP
    S. Philip Morgan

    Duke University, United States

    7 publications · 877 citations

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    Jay D. Teachman

    Western Washington University, United States

    6 publications · 161 citations

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    John Bongaarts

    Population Council, United States

    6 publications · 1.4K citations

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    Jane Menken

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    6 publications · 462 citations

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  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

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    44 publications

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  2. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

    Rostock, Germany

    16 h-index

    26 publications

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  3. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    16 h-index

    24 publications

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  4. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

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    33 publications

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  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

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    34 publications

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  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    14 h-index

    20 publications

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  7. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    16 publications

    722 citations

  8. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    12 h-index

    14 publications

    972 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 65 publications · 4.4K citations

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  2. Demography

    48 publications · 3K citations

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  3. Population Studies

    44 publications · 2.7K citations

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  4. Journal of Marriage and the Family

    29 publications · 1.8K citations

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