SOCIOL 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sandwich Generation, Culture Of Asia, Total Fertility Rate
5 Dec 2017
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Childlessness in later life: soc 3cc3, dr. lin, nov 6-8, 2016. Childlessness: distinction between childfree & childless, different connotations, demographic impact of childlessness (negative population growth, historical context (usa) The great depression, wwii (period effect: transition to childlessness. Period effects: external variations cross time periods that simultaneously influence all age groups, and encompasses a wide range of historical, social, and environmental factors, such as wars, technological innovation and economic crisis (reither et al. , 2009) Factors associated with childlessness: the intersection of ses (women"s education), gender, childlessness. Delayed marriage & childbirth (leftover women in china: historical comparison. Multi-level analysis (culture, family, career, individual motives) Marriage is not necessarily a pre-condition for having a child: voluntary vs. involuntary, cohabitation > marriage (exception: quebec, cohort differences. Other overlapping reasons of childlessness: being single and altruism (not wanting to have children in an an over-crowed world) or freedom, late marriage & biological challenge for couples to have a child later in life.
