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Genus, 2020 Low fertility and childlessness have been largely interpreted as being driven by the same mechanisms, although they may be qualitatively different phenomena.
Elisa Brini
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Measuring attitudes towards voluntary childlessness: Indicators in European comparative surveys. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe prevalence of voluntary childlessness is rising in Europe, likely accompanied by growing social acceptance. However, more evidence is needed on how to measure this acceptance in comparative surveys.
Ivett Szalma +2 more
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Framing reproductive narratives: A thematic discourse analysis of news representations of childlessness in 86 countries (2015-2025). [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthChildlessness is an increasingly visible phenomenon. Once predominantly associated with high-income settings, it now spans diverse cultural, economic, and political contexts, including the Global South.
Sitta Fiakhsani Taqwim +8 more
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Risk of childlessness in help-seeking men with Peyronie's disease-A Swedish longitudinal study. [PDF]
PLoS ONEPeyronie's disease (PD) is a disorder of the penis that is associated with poor mental health, lowered psychosocial- and sexual wellbeing, which may increase the risk of childlessness in men affected by the disorder.
Ralf Kuja-Halkola +4 more
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Childlessness among women of reproductive age in Serbia from a demographic perspective [PDF]
Stanovništvo, 2021 The social, economic, and cultural changes that have taken place in Europe in the past few decades in the field of fertility have been accompanied by an increase in permanent childlessness.
Penev Goran, Stanković Biljana
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BMJ Open, 2023 Introduction In recent decades, there has been a significant increase in childlessness. This paper analysed childlessness in China, specifically examining its socio and regional disparities.Methods With data from China’s 2020 population census ...
Yu Jiang +4 more
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Voluntarily childless men: socio-cultural reasons why young Poles are not assuming a parental role
Przeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej, 2022 The author explores the phenomenon of voluntary childlessness in Poland. She presents the results of her own research as part of a broader analysis of the issue of intentional childlessness.
Emilia Garncarek
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Social Inclusion, 2022 The article focuses on the social differences in the attitudes toward female and male voluntary childlessness in Bulgaria and their dynamics over time. The analysis is based on data from the European Social Survey conducted in 2006 and 2018 in Bulgaria ...
Elitsa Dimitrova, Tatyana Kotzeva
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Fuori Luogo, 2023 The aim of this contribution is to explore, through the feminist perspective on disability (Thomas, 1997; Wendell, 1996; Garland-Thomson, 2004; Morris, 1991; 2004), the way in which disabled women reflect and narrate about (not) becoming mothers and the
Ester Micalizzi
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Predictors of Permanent Childlessness in Iranian Women (Using the 2016 National Census Microdata Sample) [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2022 Background: Dramatic changes in the demographic behaviors of Iranian women have led to declining fertility after the mid-1980s. Childlessness is an important and growing issue and has increasingly become the focus of the problem by Iranian population ...
Serajeddin Mahmoudiani
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