The retreat from marriage and parenthood : examining the causes and consequences of declining rates

• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
• Series: Contemporary perspectives on family research ; v. 3.
• Subjects: Marriage.; Families.; Parenthood.; Social Science > Sociology > Marriage & Family.; Sociology: family and relationships.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781835493083
• DOI: 10.1108/s1530-3535202530
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 pages)

Around the globe, two of the more fundamental attributes of families and households have been changing, as both rates of marriage and fertility have been steadily decreasing. These declines have numerous associated causes - among them, increases in singlehood, increases in cohabitation, and greater...