Socio-Economic Differences in the Prevalence of Single Motherhood in North America and Europe
Abstract: The study focuses on understanding the association between parental socio-economic status (SES) and the likelihood of women experiencing a first birth while single, and identifying societal factors that influence this association in 18 North American and European societies. Previous research has shown that single motherhood occurs disproportionately among those from with lower a lower parental SES. The study assesses whether this is caused by parental SES differences in the risk of single women experiencing a first conception leading to a live birth or by parental SES differences in how likely women are to enter a union during pregnancy. Additionally, an assessment is made of whether cross-national differences in these associations can be explained by a country’s access to family planning, norms regarding family formation, and economic inequality. Across countries, a negative gradient of parental SES was found on the likelihood of single women to experience a first pregnancy. The n
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie ; 37 (2021) 4-5 ; 825-849
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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2021
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10.1007/s10680-021-09591-3
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-79318-1
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated
- Koops, Judith C.
- Liefbroer, Aart C.
- Gauthier, Anne H.
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Time of origin
- 2021
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