Editors:
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)
Buying options
Table of contents (17 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Childlessness in Europe: An Overview
-
Front Matter
-
-
Fertility Ideals, Biographical Decisions and Assisted Reproduction
-
Front Matter
-
-
Consequences of Childlessness
-
Front Matter
-
About this book
Keywords
- Biographical patterns
- Childlessness throughout Europe
- Determinants of lifelong childlessness
- Increasing childlessness
- Life course dynamics
- Role of Economic uncertainty
- Fertility and assisted reproduction
- Open Access
Editors and Affiliations
-
Hertie School of Governance GmbH , Berlin, Germany
Michaela Kreyenfeld
-
Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Dirk Konietzka
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
License: CC BY
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: Population and Demography, Population Economics, Sociology