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Remaining Childlessness: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences
Remaining Childlessness: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences
Tuesday, 17 July 2018: 15:30-17:20
Location: 714B (MTCC SOUTH BUILDING)
RC06 Family Research (host committee) Language: English
Along with shifts in family values, the postponement of partnership and parenthood over the last decades has increased the probability for adults to remain childless in most developed countries. While the childlessness has emerged as heated public debate in Europe and North America, it is still a relatively sensitive topic in other societies. Because of data limitations, most past research focused on female childlessness and childless couple/family. However, the analysis of male childlessness has increased in recent years. This session invites scholarly research centered on the theme of childlessness. The related topics include the patterns and trends of childlessness, the social stratification of childlessness, the motives underlying their childlessness and the related decision-making process, the consequences of childlessness for labor market outcomes, preparedness and well-being for old age, and policy implication of childlessness.
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