Demographic and social implications of low fertility for family structures in Europe (Population studies No. 43).
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Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1374848376 |
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Book excerpt: The study sets out to investigate the relationship between low fertility and new patterns in the family and non-family sectors. It examines the social implications of childlessness, single-child families and other family sizes with an emphasis on questions of social cohesion.Firstly a theorical perspective on childlessness is given. This is followed by an analysis of the impact of changes in birth order-specific fertility on family size using the results from a simulation study which analyses how family sizes change when the level and timing of age - and order-specific fertility change. The final section discusses possible consequences for social cohesion and social exclusion of the trends identified in the previous sections with a focus on poverty. Nico Keilman.