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Social Networks and Family Formation Processes

Young Adults’ Decision Making About Parenthood

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  1. Sylvia Keim
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  • A mixed-methods study on personal relations and social influence on family formation

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-18
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  2. The Social Network Perspective

    • Sylvia Keim
    Pages 19-30

  3. Fertility and Family Formation

    • Sylvia Keim
    Pages 31-45

  4. Methodological Approach and Research Design

    • Sylvia Keim
    Pages 47-82

  5. Making Decisions about Parenthood

    • Sylvia Keim
    Pages 83-142

  6. Personal Relations, Social Influences, and Social Networks

    • Sylvia Keim
    Pages 143-222

  7. Fertility Decline, Social Networks, and Individualization

    • Sylvia Keim
    Pages 223-247

  8. Summary

    • Sylvia Keim
    Pages 249-255

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 249-270
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About this book

How do young adults decide to become parents or to remain childless? Is this an individual choice, a couple’s decision or are there other social influences involved, such as social networks? Using a mixed-methods design, Sylvia Keim combines problem-centred interviews and network data collected among young adults in western Germany. The author shows that personal relations strongly influence the perceptions, attitudes, and plans individuals express concerning parenthood. She identifies basic mechanisms and channels of social influence as well as relevant network structures.

This book is valuable reading for academics, students, and policy makers interested in family research, the network perspective, and mixed-methods research.

About the author

Dr. Sylvia Keim completed her doctoral studies at the Institute for Sociology and Demographic Research at the University of Rostock, Germany. Her research interests focus on social networks, sociology of the life course, and family research.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Networks and Family Formation Processes

  • Book Subtitle: Young Adults’ Decision Making About Parenthood

  • Authors: Sylvia Keim

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-93173-9

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-17784-7Published: 22 June 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-93173-9Published: 24 June 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 270

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Social Sciences, general, Sociology, general

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