Changing Gender Roles and Attitues to Family Formation in Ireland - Rilegato

Fine-Davis, Margret

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ISBN 10: 0719096960 ISBN 13: 9780719096969

Casa editrice: Manchester Univ Pr, 2016

Riassunto

Recent decades have witnessed major changes in gender roles and family patterns, as well as a falling birth rate in Ireland and the rest of Europe. While the traditional family is now being replaced in many cases by new family forms, we do not know the reasons why people are making the choices they are and whether or not these choices are leading to greater well-being. While demographic research has attempted to explain the new trends in family formation and fertility, there has been little research on people's attitudes to family formation and having children. This book presents the results of the first major study to examine people's attitudes to family formation and childbearing in Ireland. Based on a nationwide representative sample of 1,404 men and women in the childbearing age group, the study was carried out against a backdrop of changing gender role attitudes and behaviour as well as significant demographic change.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Margret Fine-Davis is Senior Research Fellow (Emeritus) in the Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences & Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, and Director of the Social Attitude & Policy Research Group

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The last few decades have witnessed major changes in gender roles and family patterns in Ireland and the rest of Europe, accompanied by a fall in birth rates. While the traditional family is now being replaced in many cases by new family forms, we do not know the reasons why people are making the choices they are and whether or not these choices are leading to greater well-being.

Demographic research has attempted to explain the new trends in family formation and fertility, yet there has been relatively little scholarly investigation into people's attitudes to having children. This book presents the results of the first major study examining attitudes to family formation and childbearing in Ireland. Based on a nationwide representative sample of 1,404 men and women in the childbearing age group, the study was carried out against a backdrop of changing gender-role attitudes and behaviour as well as significant demographic transformation.

Changing gender roles and attitudes to family formation in Ireland will be an invaluable resource to courses in the sociology of the family, gender studies, social psychology and contemporary Irish studies. By presenting quantitative data in an accessible form, as well as rich qualitative material, it will also provide a valuable case study for courses on research methods in social research.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Manchester Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0719096960
• ISBN 13: 9780719096969
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 224
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