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The European Journal of Public Health 2005 15(6):555-556; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki218
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

Editorials

Europe's precious children

Johan P. Mackenbach*

* Correspondence: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands, e-mail: j.mackenbach@erasmusmc.nl

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Europe, ‘the old world’, is ageing rapidly. Fertility rates have fallen far below replacement levels, and children have become a precious commodity. Value surveys show that although the acceptance of a childless life has increased, particularly in Western Europe, the large majority of Europeans want to have children. They are also strongly devoted to their children, as is shown when they are asked whether parents should ‘do their best for their children even at the expense of their own well-being’. With the exception of Lithuania and Belarus, where . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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