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Project title Delayed Childbearing and Childlessness in Britain:
the 1958 and 1979 Cohorts Compared
Funding details Funded by the ESRC
Research team Roona Simpson
Dates 2005 to 2006
Type of project Completed research project
Keywords Reproductive issues
Project description Roona Simpson conducted research to investigate the factors associated with changing patterns in the timing and propensity to childbirth in Britain. Roona developed the knowledge of quantitative methods gained during her PhD on Contemporary Spinsterhood in Britain, and carried out secondary analysis of large scale longitudinal datasets, including the National Child Development Study and the British Cohort Study.
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