Not Having Children
- ISBN-10
- 0195549694
- ISBN-13
- 9780195549690
- Category
- Childlessness
- Pages
- 200
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Author
- Helen Marshall
Description
A timely study of the modern conjugal phenomenon of voluntary childlessness. Using case studies, the author examines the backgrounds of the subjects, the ways in which they assimilate other people's ideas about families, and the long-term consequences of childlessness.
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