Germany: Family diversity with low actual and desired fertility
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Germany: Family diversity with low actual and desired fertility
Germany is a low-fertility country with a rapidly ageing population, and will remain so for the foreseeable future. There are several reasons for this trend. Germany is among the countries with the highest rates of childlessness in the world, and childlessness has become widely accepted. This is illustrated by changes in living arrangements. A broad range of living arrangements has been added t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Demographic Research
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1435-9871
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2008.19.17