The interpretation and role of work-associated accelerated childbearing in post-war Britain
Ní Bhrolcháin, Máire (1986) The interpretation and role of work-associated accelerated childbearing in post-war Britain. European Journal of Population, 2, (2), 135-154. (doi:10.1007/BF01796887).
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The paper examines a variety of data relating to work-associated differentials in birth-spacing and concludes that these may be interpreted as work-motivated. Two effects of employment on fertility are hypothesized: current work exerting a negative, decelerating influence and prospective employment a positive, accelerating influence. It is argued that the post-war rise in fertility to the mid-60s may have been brought about, in part, by the strong trend in women's labour-force participation. The pull of future work is argued to have been stronger during the 1950s and 1960s and that of current economic activity to have increased during the 1970s. The changing balance of attractiveness between current and prospective economic activity may therefore initially have had an accelerating and later a decelerating impact on birth rates.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| ISSNs: | 0168-6577 (print) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Social Statistics |
| Item ID: | 34347 |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2011 10:08 |
| Contributors: | Ní Bhrolcháin, Máire (Author) |
| Date: | October 1986 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34347 |
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