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Childlessness in Europe: Contexts, Causes, and Consequences (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
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Childlessness in Europe: Contexts, Causes, and Consequences (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
Series: Demographic Research Monographs
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This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. 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.
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