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Peter McDonald

- Verified email at unimelb.edu.au - Cited by 15800

Peter J McDonald

- Verified email at surrey.ac.uk - Cited by 7226

Peter D McDonald

- Verified email at st-hughs.ox.ac.uk - Cited by 1559

Gender equity in theories of fertility transition

P McDonald - Population and development review, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Recent theoretical discussion has postulated that low fertility in advanced countries is attributable
to low levels of gender equity. Low gender equity is evidenced in the lack of support for …

Gender equity, social institutions and the future of fertility

P McDonald - Journal of the Australian Population Association, 2000 - Springer
Sustained very low levels of fertility in advanced countries can be explained by incoherence
between the levels of gender equity applying in different social institutions. In countries with …

Low fertility and the state: The efficacy of policy

P McDonald - Population and development review, 2006 - JSTOR
Low fertility in advanced societies today has been an unintended outcome of two major waves
of social and economic change, social liberalism and new capitalism. Both these waves …

Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives

M Mills, RR Rindfuss, P McDonald… - Human reproduction …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Never before have parents in most Western societies had their first children
as late as in recent decades. What are the central reasons for postponement? What is …

[BOOK][B] The biochemistry of silage.

P McDonald, AR Henderson, SJE Heron - 1991 - cabdirect.org
This is the 2nd edition of a book first published in 1981. The book has been updated and
includes a new chapter on the microbiology of silage. The other chapters are: a general …

Societal foundations for explaining low fertility: Gender equity

P McDonald - Demographic research, 2013 - JSTOR
BACKGROUND Gender equity theory in relation to fertility argues that very low fertility is the
result of incoherence in the levels of gender equity in individually oriented social institutions …

The age difference between spouses: Variations among developing countries

JB Casterline, L Williams, P McDonald - Population studies, 1986 - Taylor & Francis
Sub-national and cross-national variations in the age difference between spouses are
investigated with data from the World Fertility Survey relating to 29 developing countries. …

Densification of C–S–H Measured by 1H NMR Relaxometry

…, AM Gajewicz, PJ McDonald - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The nanoscale morphology of, and pore water interactions in, calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H),
the active component of cement, remain uncertain. H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR…

[BOOK][B] British Literary Culture and Publishing Practice, 1880-1914

PD McDonald - 2002 - books.google.com
This book is about the radical transformation of British literary culture during the period 1880
to 1914 as seen through the early publishing careers of three highly influential writers, …

Influence of maternal education on infant and child mortality: levels and causes

J Caldwell, P McDonald - Health policy and education, 1982 - Elsevier
Data from the World Fertility Survey in ten Third World countries are used to test the
conclusion, based on a Nigerian study, that maternal education is important in reducing child …