Fertility and Social Change: The Neglected Contribution of Men's Approaches to Becoming Partners and Parents:

摘要: Attitude survey and interview data are mobilised to address neglect of men's contribution low fertility wider social change in families relationships. Men's attitudes as relevant women's understanding behaviour. However, behaviour can only be understood the context a package changes gender relations family life. Data from random sample men aged 18–49 surveyed Scottish Social Attitudes (SSA) 2005/06 combined with in-depth interviews conducted 2007 75 25–44 identified through Household Survey not living co-resident partnership arrangements. Both datasets encompass age span conventionally associated having children who were potential partners women delaying first child until their 30s. They allow consideration impact contact parents on intentions how role provider features views about parenting. The focus have fallen out of, or entered, partnerships examine relationship between partnering In combination suggest act complementary contradictory downward drag that has been underestimated which is part.