The Childbearing Decision: Fertility Attitudes and Behavior

by Greer Litton Fox

Original essays present new findings on when and why people choose to have children. Recent changes in the age of new parents, the number of children they choose to have and when they decide to stop having children are explored. Issues of fertility in adolescence such as contraceptive use, the support of the family, and the decision to have sex are discussed. How married people decide to have children, the impact of marital discord, and the effect...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803901364
• ISBN13: 9780803901360
• Release Date: June 1982
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.