书目名称 | The Future of Motherhood in Western Societies |
副标题 | Late Fertility and i |
编辑 | Gijs Beets,Joop Schippers,Egbert R. te Velde |
视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/911/910205/910205.mp4 |
概述 | Contains an international team of experts trying to solve the old dilemma of how to make work and family life compatible.Offers a new interdisciplinary look at shaping work and family life more smooth |
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描述 | Most people value to have children still highly. But what is the optimal moment to have the first? The decision on having children or not and if yes on the timing of the first is one of the most difficult ones to make, also because it more or less coincides with various other heavy decisions on shaping the life course (like on union formation, labour market career, housing accommodation, etc.). People realise that having children will fundamentally change their life and in order to fit this unknown and irreversible adventure perfectly into their life course postponement of the first birth is an easy way out as long as doubts continue and partners try to make up their mind. Modern methods of birth control are of course a very effective help in that period. What is the best moment to have the first child? And to what moment is postponement justified? There are no easy answers to these questions. Best solutions vary per person as they depend on personal circumstances and considerations (the partner may have conflicting ideas; housing accommodation; job; income; free time activities). Existing parental leave and child care arrangements are weighted as well. Unfortunately the biological |
出版日期 | Book 2011 |
关键词 | Age at first birth; Compatibility of work and family life; Delayed fatherhood; Emancipation; Female beha |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8969-4 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-9024-7 |
isbn_ebook | 978-90-481-8969-4 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 |