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Fertility rates and population decline: no time for children?

In: Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life

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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

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Fertility rates and population decline: no time for children?

In: Palgarve Macmillan studies in family and intimate life

Buchanan, Ann; Rotkirch, Anna

While many worry about population overload, this book highlights the dramatic fall in fertility rates globally exploring questions such as why are parents having fewer babies? Will this lead to population decline? What will be the impact of a world with fewer children and can social policy reverse fertility decline?, 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 different areas and psychologists and sociologists explore the possible impact on children, parents and the elderly. Given that fertility trends are not easy to reverse, the book concludes that more needs to be done to maximize the potential of all children; particularly those who have been at the margins of society