Life's Greatest Joy?: European Attitudes toward the Centrality of Children.

Jones, Rachel K.; Brayfield, April

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ERIC Number: EJ548008

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Publication Date: 1997

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Life's Greatest Joy?: European Attitudes toward the Centrality of Children.

Jones, Rachel K.; Brayfield, April

Social Forces, v75 n4 p1239-69 Jun 1997

Analysis of data from the 1988 International Social Science Survey examined attitudes toward the centrality of children in six European countries. Italians and Austrians had the most favorable attitudes toward children, Dutch respondents the least. Pronatalism was positively related to being ever-married with children, and negatively related to educational attainment and liberal sex-role attitudes. Contains 67 references. (SV)

Descriptors: Children, Educational Attainment, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Life, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Parent Child Relationship, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Social Attitudes, Socioeconomic Status

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Language: English

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