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In which year did Lesthaeghe and van de Kaa name the second demographic transition?
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- It is from the middle of the 1980s.
- Nineteen eighty-six.
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1986
Why
1986. The framework has been criticised for treating northern and western Europe as the leading edge of a sequence everyone else follows, and for reading value change as a cause when it may be a consequence. Its descriptive checklist has nevertheless held up well across a wide range of countries.
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