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Marital Fertility

Marital Fertility is the demographic measure of fertility that specifically refers to the number of children born within the context of legal or recognized marital unions, distinguishing it from fertility occurring outside of marriage.

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2017–2026

242

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The Unfolding Story of the Second Demographic Transition

Ronny Lesthaeghe · Population and Development Review · 2010 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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On Kinship Structure, Female Autonomy, and Demographic Behavior in India

Tim Dyson, Mick Moore · Population and Development Review · 1983 · 1.5K citations

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A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility

Gary S. Becker, Robert J. Barro · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1988 · 1.4K citations

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A Framework for Analyzing the Proximate Determinants of Fertility

John Bongaarts · Population and Development Review · 1978 · 1.3K citations

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A New Approach to the Economic Theory of Fertility Behavior

Robert J. Willis · Journal of Political Economy · 1973 · 1.2K citations

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Authors

3.5K

  1. RF
    Ronald Freedman

    University of Michigan, United States

    28 publications · 1.2K citations

    20

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  2. CF
    Charles F. Westoff

    Princeton University, United States

    21 publications · 1.3K citations

    16

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  3. SP
    S. Philip Morgan

    Duke University, United States

    15 publications · 1.8K citations

    15

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  4. JC
    John C. Caldwell

    Australian National University, Australia

    15 publications · 942 citations

    14

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  5. CV
    Clyde V. Kiser

    Milbank Memorial Fund, United States

    17 publications · 575 citations

    13

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Institutions

1.1K

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    36 h-index

    75 publications

    7.8K citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    24 h-index

    43 publications

    4.5K citations

  3. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    24 h-index

    42 publications

    3K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

    Rostock, Germany

    23 h-index

    57 publications

    5.7K citations

  5. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    22 h-index

    49 publications

    3.2K citations

  6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    20 h-index

    38 publications

    2K citations

  7. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    18 h-index

    26 publications

    4.7K citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    17 h-index

    28 publications

    3.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Demography

    175 publications · 13.3K citations

    68

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  2. Population and Development Review

    107 publications · 17.4K citations

    54

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  3. Population Studies

    176 publications · 7.5K citations

    48

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  4. Journal of Marriage and the Family

    82 publications · 5.3K citations

    41

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  5. Demographic Research

    85 publications · 5.6K citations

    40

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