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Research Article

Partnership and fertility trajectories of immigrants and descendants in the United Kingdom: A multilevel multistate event history approach

Pages 359-378 | Received 14 Dec 2021, Accepted 18 Jul 2022, Published online: 22 Nov 2022

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