Thinking About Children

Klappentext Originally published in 1977! this book offered an account of a research programme designed to explain the changes in fertility in post-war England. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1977! this book offered an account of a research programme designed to explain the changes in fertility in post-war England. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Theoretical Debate: 2. Malthusian theories of population; 3. Utilitarian theories of fertility; 4. The foundations for a theory; Part II. Research Design: 5. A natural history of the research; 6. A chapter of errors; 7. Survey research; Part III. Marriage and childbearing in post-war England; 8. Marriage; 9. Thinking about children; 10. Images of family life; 11. Uncertainty, negotiation and change; 12. Controlling births; 13. Trends in family size and spacing; Appendix A. The samples; Appendix B. Interview schedule for the pilot study; References; Index.

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• Authors: Joan Busfield, Busfield Joan, Michael Paddon, Paddon Michael
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521134477
• ISBN: 978-0-521-13447-7
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; England, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Sociology & anthropology, Population and Demography