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This 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 in 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. §

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Sociology

• Full title: Childlessness in Europe: Contexts, Causes, and Consequences
• Author: Michaela Kreyenfeld, Dirk Konietzka
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 370
• EAN: 9783319446653
• ISBN: 3319446657
• ID: 13633732
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
• Weight: 6978 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 28 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. January 2017

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