Overview
- This open access book provides an overview of the recent trend of childlessness throughout Europe
- Offers a collection of papers written by leading demographers and sociologists
- Examines patterns, causes and contexts in countries throughout the region
Part of the book series: Demographic Research Monographs (DEMOGRAPHIC)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Childlessness in Europe: An Overview
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Fertility Ideals, Biographical Decisions and Assisted Reproduction
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Consequences of Childlessness
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About this book
This open access book provides an overview of childlessness throughout Europe. It offers a collection of papers written by leading demographers and sociologists that examine contexts, causes, and consequences of childlessness in countries throughout the region.The book features data from all over Europe. It specifically highlights patterns of childlessness in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, Austria and Switzerland. An additional chapter on childlessness in the United States puts the European experience in perspective.
The book offers readers such insights as the determinants of lifelong childlessness, whether governments can and should counteract increasing childlessness, how the phenomenon differs across social strata and the role economic uncertainties play. In addition, the book also examines life course dynamics and biographical patterns, assisted reproduction as well as the consequences of childlessness. Childlessness has been increasing rapidly in most European countries in recent decades.
This book offers readers expert analysis into this issue from leading experts in the field of family behavior. From causes to consequences, it explores the many facets of childlessness throughout Europe to present a comprehensive portrait of this important demographic and sociological trend.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Childlessness in Europe: Contexts, Causes, and Consequences
Editors: Michaela Kreyenfeld, Dirk Konietzka
Series Title: Demographic Research Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44667-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44665-3Published: 18 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83108-4Published: 17 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44667-7Published: 11 January 2017
Series ISSN: 1613-5520
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9286
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 370
Number of Illustrations: 86 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Partly translated of Ein Leben ohne Kinder, Springer, 2013.
Topics: Demography, Population Economics, Sociology, general