Volume 22 - Article 8 | Pages 189–198  

Reconciling studies of men’s gender attitudes and fertility: Response to Westoff and Higgins

By Frances Goldscheider, Livia Sz. Oláh, Allan Puur

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Westoff, C.F. and Higgins, J. (2009). Relationships between men’s gender attitudes and fertility: Response to Puur et al.’s “Men’s childbearing desires and views of the male role in Europe at the dawn of the 21st century”. Demographic Research 21(3): 65-74.

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