Screen LibraryFertility rates and population decline：no time for children?
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 327 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781137030382 (hc.) 1137030380 |
| Index Number: | C923 |
| CLC: | C923 |
| Call Number: | C923/F411 |
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Includes bibliographical references. What is happening to fertility behaviour? -- No time for children? the key questions / Ann Buchanan and Anna Rotkirch -- Demographic transitions and familial change : comparative international perspectives / David S. Reher -- The growth of the one-child family and other changes in the low fertility countries of Asia / Gavin W. Jones -- Childlessness : choice and circumstances / John Haskey -- Population decline : facing an inevitable destiny? / David Coleman and Bob Rowthorn -- What are the reasons for women having fewer children? -- Why are women having fewer babies? / The views of Mumsnet While much of the world worries about increasing population, this book looks the other way. It highlights the dramatic fall in fertility rates in all regions of the world. Demographers suggest that by 2050 this will lead to population decline. While environmentally this may be welcomed, there may also be negative impacts on our economies: less workers, an increasing number of elderly, and more unwanted childlessness. In this book, key experts untangle the reasons for not having children; international case studies demonstrate that there are similar but also different reasons operating in dif |