Fertility rates and population decline : no time for children? / edited by Ann Buchanan, University of Oxford, UK and Anna Rotkirch, Population Research Institute, Finland.

Contributor Buchanan, Ann.

ImprintHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Descriptionxvi, 327 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note: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 users / Justine Roberts, Kate Williams and Ann Buchanan -- Young women's relationships, contraception and unintended pregnancy in the United States / Jennifer S. Barber, Yasamin Kusunoki, Heather H. Gatny,and Jennifer Yarger -- Crisis and control : Russia's dramatic fertility decline and efforts to increase it / Brienna Perelli-Harris and Olga Isupova -- The choice of having a second child and its implication for future family structure in China / Zhenzhen Zheng -- Childbearing and the impact of HIV : the South African experience / Lorna Benton and Marie-Louise Newell -- Declining fertility, television and the (mis) representation of motherhood / Stuart Basten -- What will be the impact of women having fewer babies? -- What will be the impact on the well-being of children? / Ann Buchanan -- Falling fertility, ageing, and Europe's demographic deficit / Sarah Harper -- The impact on mothers : managing the competing needs / Ann Buchanan -- Baby fever and longing for children / Anna Rotkirch -- A look into the crystal ball : possible responses -- Family policy and fertility : do policies make a difference? / Anne H. Gauthier -- Investing in early childhood / Gøsta Esping-Andersen -- Making time for children / Ann Buchanan and Anna Rotkirch.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.

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