Social Networks and Family Formation Processes [electronic resource] : Young Adults’ Decision Making About Parenthood / by Sylvia Keim.
By: Keim, Sylvia [author.].
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BookPublisher: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2011Description: 270p. 26 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783531931739.Subject(s): Social sciences | Sociology | Social Sciences | Sociology | SociologyDDC classification: 301 Online resources: Click here to access online
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Springer eBooksSummary: How do young adults decide to become parents or to remain childless? Is this an individual choice, a couple’s decision or are there other social influences involved, such as social networks? Using a mixed-methods design, Sylvia Keim combines problem-centred interviews and network data collected among young adults in western Germany. The author shows that personal relations strongly influence the perceptions, attitudes, and plans individuals express concerning parenthood. She identifies basic mechanisms and channels of social influence as well as relevant network structures. This book is valuable reading for academics, students, and policy makers interested in family research, the network perspective, and mixed-methods research.
How do young adults decide to become parents or to remain childless? Is this an individual choice, a couple’s decision or are there other social influences involved, such as social networks? Using a mixed-methods design, Sylvia Keim combines problem-centred interviews and network data collected among young adults in western Germany. The author shows that personal relations strongly influence the perceptions, attitudes, and plans individuals express concerning parenthood. She identifies basic mechanisms and channels of social influence as well as relevant network structures. This book is valuable reading for academics, students, and policy makers interested in family research, the network perspective, and mixed-methods research.
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