| Description |
xi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Penn State University family issues symposia series |
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Penn State University family issues symposia series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Contemporary patterns and trends in U.S. fertility : where have we come from, and where are we headed? -- 1. Is very low fertility inevitable in America? : insights and forecasts from an integrative model of fertility / S. Philip Morgan and Kellie Hagewen -- 2. The role of nonmarital births in sustaining replacement fertility in the United States / R. Kelly Raley -- 3. When the rule applies : commentary on "is very low fertility inevitable in America?" / M. Belinda Tucker -- 4. Time and money : market work, nonmarket work, gender equality, and fertility / Suzanne M. Bianchi -- Pt. II. How do social and cultural values and attitudes shape fertility patterns in the developed world? -- 5. How do attitudes shape childbearing in the United States? / Jennifer S. Barber and William G. Axinn -- 6. Childbearing decisions : can attitude measures play a role in causal modeling? / Shelly Lundberg -- 7. Attitudes and low fertility : reflections based on Danish twin data / Hans-Peter Kohler -- 8. Attitudes, beliefs, and childbearing / Duane F. Alwin -- Pt. III. How and why is fertility tied to marriage - or not? -- 9. Partnerships & parenthood : a comparative view of cohabitation, marriage, and childbearing / Elizabeth Thomson -- 10. Partnership stability and marital outcomes in a representative UK sample / Sara Jaffee -- 11. The importance of gender relations for understanding low fertility and single motherhood / Harriet B. Presser -- 12. The changing partnership context of parenthood : where do researchers go from here? / Nancy S. Landale -- Pt. IV. What are the long-term consequences of current fertility trends for individuals, families, and society? -- 13. Children as private and public goods : implications of fertility trends / Christine Bachrach, Rosalind King and Anita Yuan -- 14. Creating the next generation : whose responsibility? / Lynn White -- 15. The concentration of reproduction in low-fertility societies : the case of the United States / Daniel T. Lichter and Jillian Wooton -- 16. The future of low fertility / William G. Axinn, Christine Bachrach, Jennifer S. Barber, Daniel T. Lichter, S. Philip Morgan, Elizabeth Thomson and Lynn White -- 17. Understanding low fertility : the impact of life-course competition on fertility behavior in developed nations / Tanja St. Pierre and Jacinda K. Dariotis. |
| Subject |
Family size -- Developed countries -- Congresses.
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Fertility, Human -- Developed countries -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Booth, Alan, 1935-2015
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Crouter, Ann C.
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| ISBN |
0805849785 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780805849783 cloth alkaline paper |
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0805849793 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780805849790 paperback alkaline paper |
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