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  • Population and Family in the Low Countries 1994

    Selected Current Issues

    Edited by Hans van den Brekel, F. Deven ...
    Series Book 2 - European Studies of Population
    EDITORS NIDI, P.O. Box 11650, 2502 AR The Hague, The Netherlands CBGS, Markiesstraat 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium This volume is the tenth edition in the series "Population and Family in the Low Countries". It is published by the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demo graphic Institute (NIDI, The Hague) together with the Flemish Population and Family Study Centre (CBGS, Brussels), with the purpose to ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Population and Family in the Low Countries 1995

    Selected Current Issues

    Edited by Hans van den Brekel, F. Deven ...
    Series Book 4 - European Studies of Population
    EDITORS Hans V AN DEN BREKEL * and Fred DEVEN** * NIDI, P. O. Box 11650, 2502 AR The Hague, The Netherlands ** CBGS, Markiesstraat 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium The series "Population and Family in the Low Countries" (POPFAM), established in 1976, aims to introduce selected issues of demographic research in Flanders/Belgium and the Netherlands to an international audience. The publication series ... Read more

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  • Diversity in Family Formation

    The 2nd Demographic Transition in Belgium and The Netherlands

    Edited by Joop de Beer, F. Deven ...
    Series Book 8 - European Studies of Population
    The aim of Diversity in Family Formation is to examine changes in the start of the family formation process. Rather than giving a rough overview of demographic changes in many countries, a comparison of differences in changes in family formation and fertility behaviour between Belgium and The Netherlands is interesting for various reasons.First, even though the economic and cultural differences ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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