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Normative and microeconomic models of voluntary childlessness

Sociological Spectrum, 1984
This paper employs microeconomic and normative variables rather than the more commonly used social psychological modesl to examine voluntary childlessness. The author uses religion race ruban versus sural residence education and region of residence as normative determinants of fertility; he hypothesizes that fewer Catholics will be childless and that ...
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Religious Homogamy and Voluntary Childlessness in Canada

Sociological Perspectives, 1993
Given the greater propensity of married women to choose a childless lifestyle in recent decades, it is important to understand what contributes to or deters this decision. This paper focuses on religious homogamy as a possible predictor. Data from the Canadian Fertility Survey (CFS) are used to examine the relationship between religious homogamy and ...
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Voluntary Versus Involuntary Childlessness

2013
There are various reasons for why some individuals and couples are childless. Although involuntary childlessness is not a choice, the postponement of parenthood and voluntary childlessness are often confused retrospectively. This chapter discusses the increase in postponed parenthood and some of the reasons this phenomenon has received so much ...
Roudi Nazarinia Roy, Walter R. Schumm, Sonya L. Britt   +2 more
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The future of voluntary childlessness in Australia

Australian Journal of Sex, Marriage and Family, 1983
SynopsisData relating to voluntary childlessness are reviewed in order to assess the possibility of an increase in the incidence of the lifestyle in Australia. Economic change, development in contraceptive technology and attitudinal change are isolated as particularly relevant in determining rates of childlessness.
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Attitudes Toward Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness

Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 1995
Prior research has documented negative attitudes toward the voluntarily childless. Although research indicates that infertile couples perceive their condition to be discrediting, the extent to which the public considers involuntary childlessness as a negative attribute is unclear.
Claudia Lampman, Seana Dowling-Guyer
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The Psychosocial Implications of Voluntary Childlessness

Social Casework, 1977
With the changes in marriage patterns, new family structures are emerging; one of which is an intentionally childfree ...
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Voluntary and Involuntary Aspects of Childlessness

The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, 1939
THE Book of Genesis documents the existence of barren women in early Biblical times. Despite the age-old character of the problem, we know little about the incidence of actual sterility today. There are some data regarding the proportion of childless families among marriages of completed fertility, but such figures leave unanswered the question ...
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Voluntary childlessness: early articulator and postponing couples

Journal of Biosocial Science, 1984
SummaryTwenty-seven voluntarily childless couples who had made early decisions prior to marriage not to have children were compared to 23 couples childless through a series of successive postponements of childbearing. While the two groups differed little on background characteristics, husbands in early deciding relationships were less feminine-oriented
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Voluntary childlessness: A review of the evidence and implications

Population Research and Policy Review, 1982
This paper reviews evidence on the incidence, correlates, and implications of voluntary childlessness in the United States. Overall, the evidence points toward the increasing prevalence of this phenomenon, with some analysts projecting that as much as 30 percent of recent cohorts of American women will remain permanently childless. These high rates are
David E. Bloom, Anne R. Pebley
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Voluntary Childlessness. The Ultimate Liberation

The Family Coordinator, 1976
Working mothers experience tremendous demands on their time and energy as a result of the combined responsibilities of a job, a family, and a home. Career-orientated wives may increasingly consider the child-free state as a liberating alternative. Freed from child care responsibilities, a woman who is committed to a career may benefitfrom greater ...
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