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Family sizes of children and family sizes of women

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  • Samuel Preston, 1976. "Family sizes of children and family sizes of women," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 13(1), pages 105-114, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:demogr:v:13:y:1976:i:1:p:105-114
    DOI: 10.2307/2060423
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    3. Steve Swidler, 1983. "An Empirical Test of the Effect of Social Security on Fertility in the United States," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 27(2), pages 50-57, October.
    4. Samuel Preston, 1977. "Reply," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 14(3), pages 375-377, August.
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    18. Gregory Spencer, 1977. "A comment on samuel preston’s “family sizes of children and family sizes of women”," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 14(3), pages 369-373, August.
    19. James Davis, 1981. "The parental families of Americans in birth cohorts 1890–1955: A categorical, linear equation model estimated from the NORC general social survey," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 9(4), pages 395-453, December.
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