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Decisions to Have Children in Late 20th and Early 21st Century Australia [electronic resource] : A Qualitative Analysis / by Gordon Carmichael.

By: Carmichael, Gordon [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies: Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013Description: V, 41 p. 1 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400760790.Subject(s): Social sciences | Demography | Social Sciences | Demography | FamilyDDC classification: 304.6 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Abstract -- Introduction -- Explicit and Implicit Decision-making -- Context–Delayed Childbearing -- The Qualitative Data.-  Contemplating Families -- Early thought about having children -- Discussion of children during courtship -- Determining Family Size -- How meaningful are early ‘expected’ family sizes?.-The process -- The First Child.-The ‘Obligatory’ Second Child -- The Discretionary Third Child -- Fourth Children–Negative Reactions, Practical Issues -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References .
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book explores the process of decision-making around having children in a sample of 115 men, women and couples for whom family formation was a recent past, current or imminent future issue. The discussion is initially focused on the extent to which parenthood was contemplated in late adolescence and during the relationship formation/courtship process, and the process by which family sizes are determined. Decision-making associated with having first, second, third and fourth children is then examined in chapters entitled The First Child; The ‘Obligatory’ Second Child; The Discretionary Third Child and Fourth Children – Negative Reactions, Practical Issues. Decisions to Have Children in Late 20th and Early 21st Century Australia offers a detailed coverage of a topic with resonances and implications that apply to contemporary cultures all around the world.
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Abstract -- Introduction -- Explicit and Implicit Decision-making -- Context–Delayed Childbearing -- The Qualitative Data.-  Contemplating Families -- Early thought about having children -- Discussion of children during courtship -- Determining Family Size -- How meaningful are early ‘expected’ family sizes?.-The process -- The First Child.-The ‘Obligatory’ Second Child -- The Discretionary Third Child -- Fourth Children–Negative Reactions, Practical Issues -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References .

This book explores the process of decision-making around having children in a sample of 115 men, women and couples for whom family formation was a recent past, current or imminent future issue. The discussion is initially focused on the extent to which parenthood was contemplated in late adolescence and during the relationship formation/courtship process, and the process by which family sizes are determined. Decision-making associated with having first, second, third and fourth children is then examined in chapters entitled The First Child; The ‘Obligatory’ Second Child; The Discretionary Third Child and Fourth Children – Negative Reactions, Practical Issues. Decisions to Have Children in Late 20th and Early 21st Century Australia offers a detailed coverage of a topic with resonances and implications that apply to contemporary cultures all around the world.

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