Voluntary Childlessness
A Neglected Area of Family Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4789407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean E Veevers (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 199 |
| Publication date | 1973-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Family Coordinator (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-7214 • E-ISSN: 2325-5501 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/582108 |
| OpenAlex | W291690227 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 39 |
| References cited | 20 |
It is noted that voluntary childlessness has been a neglected area of study of family life. It is suggested that through the study of voluntarily childless couples information would be gained concerning the reasons that people become parents and the effects that parental roles have on peoples life adjustments. Little is known about the motivation for parenthood. Questions remain to be answered such as: 1) What kinds of instinct or socialization lead to a strong desire for parenthood? 2) Why do people want or not want children? 3) What incentives does society offer which encourage people to accept parental roles? 4) What determines the number of children wanted? 5) Why is childlessness decreasing? and 6) Is it possible to encourage more people to remain childless? Determining the characteristics of the voluntarily childless couple would be of value in contributing information about a deviant minority group and in providing a basis for contrast and comparison with the conventional conforming majority
Childlessness · Economics · Fertility · Management · Population · Sociology · Turnover · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology
Estimating voluntary and involuntary childlessness in the developing countries
Fertility control and the voluntarily childless
Becoming voluntarily childless
Naturligt barnfri. Kroppens betydelse i frivilligt barnlösas positionering
Children by choice or by chance
Barnfri
Characteristics of voluntarily and involuntarily childless wives
A study of the membership of the national organization for non‐parents
A Comparison of Intentional Parents and Intentionally Childless Couples
Voluntary Childlessness. The Ultimate Liberation
After forty, it feels settled
Maternal Silences
Childlessness in old age - an anthropological approach to a current problem
A Framework for Studying Adults who Neither have Nor Want Children
Decision-making in contraceptive use among childfree couples
Choosing to be Childfree
Se réunir pour résister
I’ve changed my mind. The intentions to be childless, their stability and realisation
Considering Alternate Sources of Role Identity
Some Assumed Characteristics of Voluntarily Childfree Women and Men
Just “Different Life Paths”
Certainty as social justice
Fifty shades of freedom. Voluntary childlessness as women's ultimate liberation
Doing Family Without Having Kids
Who Remains Childless? Unrealized Fertility Plans in Hungary
Patterns of Childlessness among Catholic and Non‐Catholic Women in the U.S
Trends in childlessness in the United States, 1910–1975
Childlessness among American women
Examining a non-conformist choice
Childlessness in Nigeria
It's most of my life – going to the pub or the group’
Generativity in Culture Context
Parenthood and suicide
Voluntary and involuntary childlessness in the United States, 1955-1973
Voluntary and involuntary childlessness among catholic and non-catholic women
Le choix de ne pas avoir d'enfant, ultime libération
Changes in childlessness in the United States
We all have Regrets; it doesn't Mean we are Failures
Social Network Characteristics of Early Midlife Voluntarily and Involuntarily Childless Couples
The family, society, and the individual
Fertility and Family Planning in the United States
Building a Successful Marriage
A Reading and Study Guide for Students in Marriage and Family Relations
The Sociological Imagination
The Social Context of Marriage
Factors in the incidence of childlessness in Canada
Childlessness and age at first marriage
Declining childlessness and age at marriage
Differential childlessness by color
A Note on Selective Inattention in Social Science
Instinct in Man
Marriage and Family Relations
Marriage
The Family
The Case against Having Children
Transition to Parenthood
Foundations for Marriage and Family Relations
Social Devices for Impelling Women to Bear and Rear Children
| Unique citing works | 39 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,74 |
| Citation span | 1973 - 2026 (54) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |