As populations age and longevity rises, the structure of the extended family is changing.
Parents of young children are increasingly turning to the children's grandparents to provide …

The number of women who remain childfree is on the rise, as documented by demographic
statistics. Yet, because research on women in the workplace has so far been focused on …

Low fertility and childlessness have been largely interpreted as being driven by the same
mechanisms, although they may be qualitatively different phenomena. The present article …

This special issue of Women: A Cultural Review explores the diversity of maternal images
proffered by various media formats, including cinema, literature and visual art, in the twenty …

From an evolutionary perspective, childlessness may be considered a failure, as it implies
that there will be no direct transmission of one's genetic material to later generations. It is …

OBJECTIVE If adolescent mothers are the subject of much research, little interest has
concentrated upon their lives following an early entry into motherhood–especially with …

Forming a family and having children constitutes an adulthood rite of passage, one of the
tacitly assumed requirements of a fulfilled life. What happens, then, when the 'family …

Cristina Archetti started researching childlessness after being diagnosed with"" unexplained
infertility"". She soon discovered that, although involuntary childlessness affects an …

Most of the extant literature on the fertility history and social networks of older adults has
focused on advanced societies. Nevertheless, a limited number of studies have explored …

Objective Drawing on the life course perspective, this study examined partnership
trajectories of childless individuals to understand the drivers and processes of becoming …