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Why Fun Aunties Matter: A Modest Account
ABSTRACT In this article, I offer a child‐centred account of the value of company‐keeping relationships between children and adults. These are relationships enjoyed by a child and an adult who is neither a mere acquaintance nor integrally involved in that child's care or upbringing.
Lesley Jamieson
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While infertility is a global challenge for millions of couples, low income countries have particularly high rates, of up to 30%. Infertility in these contexts is not limited to its clinical definition but is a socially constructed notion with varying ...
Mumtaz Zubia +2 more
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How Does SNAP Access Prior to Pregnancy Affect Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes?
Policy Points Reimposing work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—by removing temporary, location‐based waivers—causes a decline in food assistance participation among childless women. This loss of nutritional support prior to pregnancy is linked to tangible, negative health outcomes for their infants.
SARAH HAMERSMA, MITCHELL MCFARLANE
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The Duration of Couples\' Childlessness: An Analysis of Differences and Determinants [PDF]
Maryam Alimoradian , Hajiieh Bibi Razeghi Nasrabad * , Maliheh Alimondegari , Abbas Askari-Nodoushan Background and Objective: A basic factor in the reduction of fertility levels is delayed fertility.
Maryam Alimoradian +3 more
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ABSTRACT This article looks at two critical moments in British immigration – the case of the ‘stateless’ Ugandan Asian husbands, whose wives successfully argued for their entry in Britain in 1973 and the ‘virginity test’ performed on Mrs K at Heathrow Airport in 1979.
Antara Datta, Jinal Parekh
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Background: This study aimed to evaluate the longitudinal relationships between living alone, being childless, and six mental health indicators and mortality in older adults in Thailand between 2015 and 2020.
Supa Pengpid +3 more
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‘Childless Children’. A Cross-Cultural Approach to Childlessness and Kinship. [PDF]
The conceptualizations and relations of people with no direct descendants are a field scarcely studied from Social Anthropology and has often been engulfed by the wide networks of family relationships. In this article, the concept “childless children” is proposed as an expression of the link between childlessness and kinship, that is, of the role of ...
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‘From the Fields Into the Bars’: The Story of Israel's First Transgender Novel, The Cut (1977)
ABSTRACT In 1977, an Israeli transgender woman, Judy Spotheim, published an autobiographical novel entitled The Cut. It describes the emergence of a trans community in the commercial‐sex areas of Tel Aviv‐Jaffa, hoping to humanise trans women (coccinelles). This article is the first to study the novel and present a biography of Spotheim.
Gil Engelstein, Iris Rachamimov
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Childlessness Intentions and Ideals in Europe
Using data from Eurobarometer Surveys 2001–2011 we examine trends and correlates of childlessness intentions and ideals across Europe over the past decade.
Miettinen, Anneli, Szalma, Ivett
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A rapid fertility decline observed in Poland since the 1990s has been accompanied by a marked increase in childlessness. This may seem surprising given the high value placed on parenthood in the country.
Monika Mynarska, Zuzanna Brzozowska
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