Decisions to Have Children in Late 20th and Early 21st Century Australia A Qualitative Analysis /

• Main Author: Carmichael, Gordon (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Demography.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Social Sciences.; Family.

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...