Understanding Family Change and Variation Toward a Theory of Conjunctural Action /

• Main Authors: Johnson-Hanks, Jennifer A. (Author), Bachrach, Christine A. (Author), Morgan, S. Philip (Author), Kohler, Hans-Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Understanding Population Trends and Processes ; 5
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Demography.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Social Sciences.; Family.

Fertility rates vary considerably across and within societies, and over time. Over the last three decades, social demographers have made remarkable progress in documenting these axes of variation, but theoretical models to explain family change and variation have lagged behind. At the same time, our...