Author : Linda B Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 22,51 MB
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 042971453X
The shift toward the small nuclear family and the emergence of new roles for women have been among the conspicuous changes accompanying economic development and social modernization. The importance of changing autonomy for women in the reduction of control over women's lives by the extended family in the process of development raises questions abo
Author : Giuseppe A. Micheli
Publisher : Franco Angeli
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 43,41 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9788846480804
Author : Dimiter Philipov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,54 MB
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9401794014
This book provides new insights into the significant gap that currently exists between desired and actual fertility in Europe. It examines how people make decisions about having children and demonstrates how the macro-level environment affects micro-level decision-making. Written by an international team of leading demographers and psychologists, the book presents the theoretical and methodological developments of a three-year, European Commission-funded project named REPRO (Reproductive Decision-Making in a Macro-Micro Perspective). It also provides an overview of the research conducted by REPRO researchers both during and after the project. The book examines fertility intentions from quantitative and qualitative perspectives, demonstrates how the macro-level environment affects micro-level decision-making, and offers a multi-level analysis of fertility-related norms across Europe. Overall, this book offers insight into how people make decisions to have children, when they are most likely to act on their decisions, and how different social and policy settings affect their decisions and actions. It will appeal to researchers, graduate students, and policy advisors with an interest in fertility, demography, and life-course decision making.
Author : American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publisher : Boulder, Colo. : Published by Westview Press for the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 39,11 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. Committee on Economics and Demography
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 33,58 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Childfree choice
ISBN :
Author : David Bloom
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 22,69 MB
Release : 2003-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0833033735
There is long-standing debate on how population growth affects national economies. A new report from Population Matters examines the history of this debate and synthesizes current research on the topic. The authors, led by Harvard economist David Bloom, conclude that population age structure, more than size or growth per se, affects economic development, and that reducing high fertility can create opportunities for economic growth if the right kinds of educational, health, and labor-market policies are in place. The report also examines specific regions of the world and how their differing policy environments have affected the relationship between population change and economic development.
Author : Kuttan Mahadevan
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 1993-05-25
Category : Mathematics
ISBN :
This volume examines aspects of research methodology related to assessing the interaction between development and population behaviour with all its social ramifications. The contributors approach development from a broad holistic perspective and present interdisciplinary methods for the study of population processes with emphasis on both theory and practice.
Author : John Bongaarts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 38,54 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN :
With the radical transformation of family structure in most Western nations and its important social and economic implications, studies in family demographics have increased dramatically in recent years. The second volume in a new series undertaken in conjunction with the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, this collection documents recent methodological developments in the demographic analysis of families, households, and kin groups, including the analysis of the family life cycle and the construction of multistate life tables and simulation models. The volume also addresses the projection of the number and composition of families and households, a topic of great practical importance, and it proposes a number of refinements and alternatives to the simple conventional approaches now taken.
Author : Gordon A. Carmichael
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400760783
This book explores the process of decision-making around having children in a sample of 115 men, women and couples for whom family formation was a recent past, current or imminent future issue. The discussion is initially focused on the extent to which parenthood was contemplated in late adolescence and during the relationship formation/courtship process, and the process by which family sizes are determined. Decision-making associated with having first, second, third and fourth children is then examined in chapters entitled The First Child; The ‘Obligatory’ Second Child; The Discretionary Third Child and Fourth Children – Negative Reactions, Practical Issues. Decisions to Have Children in Late 20th and Early 21st Century Australia offers a detailed coverage of a topic with resonances and implications that apply to contemporary cultures all around the world.
Author : Alan Booth
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,23 MB
Release : 2005-05-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1135612161
This book is based on the presentations and discussions from a national symposium on "Creating the Next Generation: Social, Economic, and Psychological Processes Underlying Fertility in Developed Countries," held at the Pennsylvania State University in 2003. The papers address some of the antecedents and consequences of the recent steep declines in fertility in developed countries from different theoretical and disciplinary angles. While fertility rates are still high in some less-developed parts of the world, the new population problem with many countries in Europe, Asia, and North America is declining fertility. With fertility decline comes a reshaping of the population pyramid. The topic of fertility decline is interesting not only at the level of the individuals and couples, but also at the level of the societies that must come to grips with their long-term implications. Divided into four Parts, the text: *looks at contemporary trends in U.S. fertility, thus setting the stage for the entire volume; *discusses social and cultural values and attitudes; *analyzes fertility decisions in different countries; and *focuses on the possible long-term consequences of current fertility trends for individuals, families, and societies.
