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Who remains childless?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Kathleen E. Kiernan
Kathleen E. Kiernan
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Social Statistics Research Unit, City University, London
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Who are the men and women who are childless in their mid-30s? Life history data for a British cohort born in 1946 show that age at marriage and marital breakdown were clearly associated with childlessness. Women who were only children were more likely to be childless than those with siblings. Further, early menarcheal age, being highly qualified and having a high status occupation were indirectly related to childlessness. For men, particularly amongst those who had experienced a broken marriage, it was the most ambitious, the highly educated and those in professional occupations who were relatively more likely to be childless.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 1989 , pp. 387 - 398
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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