Offspring

Klappentext Despite recent advances in our understanding of the genetic basis of human behavior, little of this work has penetrated into formal demography. Very few demographers worry about how biological processes might affect voluntary behavior choices that have demographic consequences even though behavioral geneticists have documented genetics effects on variables such as parenting and divorce. Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Demographic Perspective brings together leading researchers from a wide variety of disciplines to review the state of research in this emerging field and to identify promising research directions for the future. Zusammenfassung Few demographers worry about how biological processes might affect voluntary behavior choices that have demographic consequences even though behavioral geneticists have documented genetics effects on variables such as parenting and divorce. This work reviews the state of research in this field and identifies research directions for the future.

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• Authors: Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, National Research Council, Panel for the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior
• Assisted by: Rodolfo A. Bulatao (Editor), Kenneth W. Wachter (Editor), Kenneth W Wachter (Editor), Rodolfo A Bulatao (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.04.2003
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9780309087186
• ISBN: 978-0-309-08718-6
• Dimensions (packing): 15.1 x 21.8 x 2.4 cm
• Subjects: Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology