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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Explanatory Model of Voluntary Childlessness among Iranian Couples in Tehran: A Grounded Theory Approach [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019 Background: Global and Iranian statistics indicate a rise in the newly emerging phenomenon of voluntary childlessness as a permanent status among couples. Childlessness is one of the main challenges of modern society.
Seyed Ebrahim Ahmadi +3 more
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Contested Parenthood: Attitudes Toward Voluntary Childlessness as a Life Strategy in Post‐Socialist Bulgaria [PDF]
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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Beyond parenthood: A comprehensive narrative review of voluntary childlessness in contemporary India [PDF]
Indian Journal of PsychiatryBackground: Voluntary childlessness—the conscious decision by individuals or couples to remain childfree—is an increasingly visible yet underexplored phenomenon in India.
Lija Prince +2 more
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Personal, social, and economic determinants of voluntary single-childedness and childlessness among urban couples in Babol, Iran: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicineBackground: Global fertility rates have declined in recent decades, with voluntary single-childedness and childlessness (VSCC) emerging as a major social and policy challenge.
Zahed Rezaei +3 more
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"Mother in the making": Motherhood performativity of childless women in rural Pakistan. [PDF]
PLoS ONEMotherhood is socially obligatory in rural Punjabi, Pakistan, leaving no room for voluntary childlessness. Women facing conception challenges strive to attain motherhood, combating the stigma of being labelled childless.
Rubeena Slamat +2 more
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Contraception, fertility and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): a survey of the perspectives of patients, gastroenterologists and women’s healthcare providers [PDF]
BMJ Open GastroenterologyObjective Despite guidelines indicating no contraindications for contraceptives in women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), this population shows increased voluntary childlessness and lower contraceptive use. Knowledge gaps among healthcare providers
Louis Buscail +5 more
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The Public Acceptance of Voluntary Childlessness in the Netherlands: from 20 to 90 per cent in 30 years [PDF]
Social Indicators Research, 2010 Inge Sieben
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Parity and post-reproductive mortality among U.S. Black and White women: Evidence from the health and retirement study. [PDF]
PLoS ONEPopulation health research finds women's mortality risk associated with childlessness, low parity (one child), and high parity (6+ children) in a U-shaped pattern, although U.S. studies are inconsistent overall and by race/ethnicity.
Cheryl Elman +2 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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