Age at First Birth and Completed Family Size in West Malaysia
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Biosocial Science
- Vol. 13 (2) , 197-201
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932000013365
Abstract
Summary The relationship of completed fertility in West Malaysia to age at first birth, ethnic group, education, work experience and number of marriages is examined by multiple classification analysis. In each ethnic group, the net effect of age at first birth, after allowing for the remaining variables, is strong.Keywords
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