Early History of Oral Contraceptive Pill in Finland: The Diffusion of the New Contraceptive and Fertility Patterns

The 1960s is often characterized as a decade of outstanding social and demographic changes in Western societies. The introduction of the contraceptive pill is assumed to have contributed to these changes. Yet the social as well as the demographic significance of the pill is ambiguous. This articl...

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Main Author: Aura Pasila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Population Research Institute of Väestöliitto 2011-01-01
Series:Finnish Yearbook of Population Research
Online Access:https://journal.fi/fypr/article/view/45065