Childlessness and Parenthood in Two Centuries: Different Roads--Different Maps?

Autor/inn/en	Dykstra, Pearl A.; Hagestad, Gunhild O.
Titel	Childlessness and Parenthood in Two Centuries: Different Roads--Different Maps?
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 28 (2007) 11, S.1518-1532 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X07303881
Schlagwörter	Childlessness; Parents; Males; Females; Older Adults; Futures (of Society); Gender Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Health; Social Networks; Marital Status; Employed Women; Mothers; Fathers; Figurative Language; Global Approach; Surveys; Australia; Finland; Germany; Israel; Japan; Netherlands; Spain; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kinderlosigkeit; Eltern; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Weibliches Geschlecht; Älterer Erwachsener; Future; Society; Zukunft; Geschlechterkonflikt; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Gesundheit; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Familienstand; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Mother; Mutter; Globales Denken; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Australien; Finnland; Deutschland; Niederlande; Spanien; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	The article focuses on findings that were replicated across several countries and considers their relevance for future older adults. Key findings are that (a) childlessness makes more of a difference in men's than in women's lives, (b) never-married women are a childless category with particularly favorable characteristics, and (c) childless people face support deficits only toward the end of life. In future cohorts, the authors expect to see (a) clearer contrasts between childless men and fathers, given indications that men are being more strongly selected into parenthood; (b) diminished differences between childless women and mothers, given the improved conditions for combining work and care; (c) fewer differences in reliance on formal support between older people with and without children, given the increased levels of education and material resources; and (d) that involuntary childlessness will be all the more distressing, given that a chosen life path has been blocked. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10