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Book SynopsisFertility in Belgium declined early and remained low compared with that in other European countries. For this reason, and because of the nation's heterogeneity, study of its demographic transition illuminates the relationship between fertility behavior and socioeconomic development. Professor Lesthaeghe first describes the Belgian experience in a w
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Maps and Figures, pg. ix*List of Tables, pg. xiii*Foreword, pg. xvii*Preface, pg. xix*CHAPTER 1: Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2: The Social and Economic Modernization, pg. 15*CHAPTER 3: The Evolution of Nuptiality, pg. 46*CHAPTER 4: The Transition of Marital, Illegitimate, and General Fertility, pg. 95*CHAPTER 5: Factors Associated with the Fertility. Decline-A First Approach, pg. 142*CHAPTER 6: Factors Associated with the Fertility. Decline-Multivariate Analyses, pg. 196*CHAPTER 7: Final Considerations, pg. 221*APPENDIX: The Quality of the Demographic Data, pg. 233*Index, pg. 253
