TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carmichael,Gordon
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Decisions to Have Children in Late 20th and Early 21st Century Australia: A Qualitative Analysis 
T2  - SpringerBriefs in Population Studies,
SN  - 9789400760790
AV  - HB848-3697 
U1  - 304.6 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Dordrecht
PB  - Springer Netherlands, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Demography
KW  - Families
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Social Sciences
KW  - Family
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6079-0
ER  -