Childlessness: Difference between revisions

From Demography
(Created page with "==Definition== '''Childlessness''' refers to a phenomenon where women, or married or cohabiting couples, choose to have no couples at or beyond the customary age where people...")
 
No edit summary
 
Line 1: Line 1:
==Definition==
==Definition==


'''Childlessness''' refers to a phenomenon where women, or married or cohabiting couples, choose to have no couples at or beyond the customary age where people in their social circles begin having children. At the extreme, it means that the [[completed fertility]] of the female is 0.
'''Childlessness''' refers to a phenomenon where women, or married or cohabiting couples, choose to have no children at or beyond the customary age where people in their social circles begin having children. At the extreme, it means that the [[completed fertility]] of the female is 0.


The associated lifestyle with childlessness is sometimes termed the '''child-free lifestyle'''.
The associated lifestyle with childlessness is sometimes termed the '''child-free lifestyle'''.

Latest revision as of 03:10, 15 February 2014

Definition

Childlessness refers to a phenomenon where women, or married or cohabiting couples, choose to have no children at or beyond the customary age where people in their social circles begin having children. At the extreme, it means that the completed fertility of the female is 0.

The associated lifestyle with childlessness is sometimes termed the child-free lifestyle.