Alice in Wonderland: Unrealized fertility and satisfaction with number of children according to couples’ point of view in a city in Brazil

Abstract The gap between ideal and observed fertility is a very common phenomenon in Brazil. However, given the severe criticism of indicators on desired and ideal family sizes, it is important to reflect on how well fertility preferences are grasped by traditional questions. This paper discusses wh...

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Main Authors: Angelita Alves de Carvalho, Laura Rodriguez Wong, Paula Miranda-Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais 2018-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-30982018000100153&tlng=en