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- Title
Who remains childless?
- Authors
Kiernan, Kathleen E.; Kiernan, K E
- Abstract
Who are the men and women who are childless in their mid-30s? Life history data for a British cohort born in 1946 show that age at marriage and marital breakdown were clearly associated with childlessness. Women who were only children were more likely to be childless than those with siblings. Further, early menarcheal age, being highly qualified and having a high status occupation were indirectly related to childlessness. For men, particularly amongst those who had experienced a broken marriage, it was the most ambitious, the highly educated and those in professional occupations who were relatively more likely to be childless.
- Subjects
CHILDLESSNESS; MARRIAGE age; MARITAL relations; HUMAN fertility; COHORT analysis; SOCIAL factors; PSYCHOLOGICAL factors
- Publication
Journal of Biosocial Science, 1989, Vol 21, Issue 4, p387
- ISSN
0021-9320
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S0021932000018125