Childlessness in Europe: Contexts, Causes, and Consequences

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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kreyenfeld, Michaela (Editor), Konietzka, Dirk (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Series:Demographic Research Monographs, A series of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research,
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44667-7
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Childlessness in Europe: An Overview: Analyzing Childlessness: Michaela Kreyenfeld & Dirk Konietzka
  • Childlessness in Europe: Reconstructing Long-Term Trends among Women Born in 1900-1972: Tomáš Sobotka
  • Part II: Country Studies: Childlessness in the UK: Ann Berrington
  • Childlessness in France: Katja Köppen, Magali Mazuy & Laurent Toulemon
  • Childlessness in East and West Germany: Michaela Kreyenfeld & Dirk Konietzka
  • Childlessness in Switzerland and Austria: Marion Burkimsher & Kryštof Zeman
  • Childlessness in Finland: Anna Rotkirch & Anneli Miettinen
  • Childlessness in the United States: Tomáš Frejka
  • Part III:Women’s Education and Childlessness: Education and Childlessness: The Influence of Educational Field and Educational Level on Childlessness among Swedish and Austrian Women: Gerda Neyer, Jan Hoem & Gunnar Andersson
  • Childlessness and Fertility Dynamics of Female Higher Education Graduates in Germany: Hildegard Schaeper, Michael Grotheer & Gesche Brandt
  • Part IV: Fertility Ideals, Biographical Decisions and Assisted Reproduction: Fertility Ideals of Women and Men across the Life Course in Germany: Anne-Kristin Kuhnt, Michaela Kreyenfeld & Heike Trappe
  • Childless at Age 30: A Qualitative Study of the Life Course Plans of Working Women in East and West Germany: Laura Bernardi & Sylvia Keim-Klärner
  • Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Germany: A Review of the Current Situation: Heike Trappe
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology in Europe: Usage and Regulation in the Context of Cross-Border Reproductive Care: Patrick Präg & Melinda C. Mills
  • Part V: Consequences of Childlessness: What’s a (Childless) Man Without a Woman? The Differential Importance of Couple Dynamics for the Wellbeing of Childless Men and Women in the Netherlands: Renske Keizer & Katya Ivanova
  • Fertility and Women’s Old-Age Income in Germany: Tatjana Mika & Christin Czaplicki
  • Childlessness and Intergenerational Transfers in Later Life across Europe: Marco Albertini & Martin Kohli.