Germany: Family diversity with low actual and desired fertility

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Jürgen Dorbritz · Federal Institute for Population Research

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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 child

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Global Health Care Issues Family Dynamics and Relationships Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

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Published in: Demographic Research

Volume 19, pp. 557-598

DOI: 10.4054/demres.2008.19.17

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