عنوان

Fertility rates and population decline :

(Number (ISBN

1137030399

(Number (ISBN

9781137030399

Number

b542122

Title Proper

Fertility rates and population decline :

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[Book]

Other Title Information

no time for children?

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Ann Buchanan, and Anna Rotkirch.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2013

Text of Note

List of tables --;List of figures --;Acknowledgements --;Notes on contributors --;What is happening to fertility behaviour? --;No time for children? the key questions / Ann Buchanan and Anna Rotkirch --;Demographic transitions and familial change : comparative international --;Perspectives / David Reher --;The growth of the one-child family and other changes in the low fertility --;Countries of Asia / Gavin W. Jones --;Childlessness : choice and circumstances : chance and change / John Haskey --;Population decline : facing an inevitable destiny? / David Coleman and Bob Rowthorn --;What are the reasons for women having fewer children? --;Why are women having fewer babies? / The views of Mumsnet users Justine Roberts, Kate Williams and Ann Buchanan --;Young women's relationships, contraception and unintended pregnancy in the United States / Jennifer S. Barber, Yasamin Kusunoki, Heather H. Gatny, and Jennifer Yarger --;Crisis and control : Russia's dramatic fertility decline and efforts to increase it / Brianna Perelli-Harris and Olga Issoupova --;The choice of having a second child and its implication for future family structure in China / Zhenzhen Zheng --;Childbearing and the impact of HIV : the South African experience / Lorna Benton and Marie-Louise Newell --;Declining fertility, television and the (mis) representation of motherhood / Stuart Basten --;What will be the impact of women having fewer babies? --;What will be the impact on the well-being of children? / Ann Buchanan --;Falling fertility, ageing, and the demographic deficit / Sarah Harper --;The impact on mothers : managinG the competing needs / Ann Buchanan --;Baby fever and longing for children / Anna Rotkirch --;A look into the crystal ball : possible responses --;Family policy and fertility : do policies make a difference? / Anne Gautier --;Investing in early childhood / Gosta Esping-Andersen --;Making time for children / Ann Buchanan and Anna Rotkirch.

Text of Note

While many worry about population overload, this book highlights the dramatic fall in fertility rates globally exploring questions such as why are parents having fewer babies? Will this lead to population decline? What will be the impact of a world with fewer children and can social policy reverse fertility decline?

Fertility, Human.

Population.

SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography.

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Book number

edited by Ann Buchanan, and Anna Rotkirch.

Ann Buchanan

Anna Rotkirch

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[Book]

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