The Future of Motherhood in Western Societies: Late Fertility and Its Consequences

by Egbert R. te Velde, Joop Schippers, Gijs Beets

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048189683
• ISBN13: 9789048189687
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"