| Description |
1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Revivals Series |
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Routledge Revivals Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Aims -- Methods -- Background to the study -- Chapter 2: Changes between 1967/68 and 1973 and the Fall in the Birth Rate -- Intentions -- Use of contraception -- Unintended pregnancies -- Spacing -- The conundrum -- Chapter 3: Nature of Intentions -- Intentions about family size at time of marriage -- Present intentions about family size -- Changes in intentions -- Sex preferences -- Intentions about survey babies |
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Chapter 7: Contraceptive Services and Discussion of Birth Control -- Changes over time -- Relationship with doctors -- Social class -- Size of family -- Mothers' age -- Methods discussed -- Advice and help about the pill -- Advice and help about sterilization -- Some suggestions -- Chapter 8: Sub-Fertility -- Extent of sub-fertility -- Age and length of marriage -- Frequency of intercourse -- Social class -- Size of family -- Summary -- Part Two: Concomitants of Intentions -- Chapter 9: Mothers' Perceptions of Reasons for Family Size Choice -- Reasons for not wanting further children |
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Reasons for wanting a particular number of children -- The best number of children -- Chapter 10: Social Class and Education -- Family size and social class -- Age at marriage and age at first pregnancy -- Education -- Social class and contraceptive efficiency -- Social class and spacing -- Social class and jobs -- The questions that have been raised -- Chapter 11: Housing and Population Pressures -- Housing trends -- Housing and family size -- Housing conditions -- Social class and housing -- Population -- Perception of a problem -- Belief and action -- Chapter 12: Economic Influences |
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Attitudes to income -- Affording children -- Changes in circumstances -- Saving and spacing -- Mother's work -- Unemployment -- In conclusion -- Chapter 13: Upbringing and Family of Origin -- Place of birth -- Size of family of origin -- Contact with parents -- Discussion -- Chapter 14: Husbands and Marriage -- Fathers and children -- Attitudes to birth control -- Husbands and wives -- Age and marital relationships -- Looking after the baby and doing the housework -- Relationships with kin -- Summing up -- Chapter 15: Some Conclusions and Speculations -- Intentions -- Economic influences |
| Summary |
Chapter 4: Timing and Spacing -- Time of marriage -- Timing of first birth -- Space between children -- Implications -- Part one: Controlling Fertility -- Chapter 5: Use of Contraception -- Religion and attitudes to birth control -- Hopes for furt her children and family size -- Age -- Frequency of intercourse -- Social class -- Past experience of contraception -- Possible changes in the future -- Chapter 6: Attitudes to Different Methods of Birth Control -- Assessment of different methods of contraception -- The pill -- The IUD -- Sterilization -- Abortion |
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First published in 1976, this study of family size and spacing in England and Wales in 1973 is based on research and analysis, and interviews with the mothers and fathers of a random sample of legitimate births. The book discusses the extent to which people have firm intentions about their family structure and factors which may affect this |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Family relationships |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781003862703 |
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1003862705 |
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