Diversity in Pathways to Parenthood: Patterns, Implications, and Emerging Research Directions
Diversity in Pathways to Parenthood: Patterns, Implications, and Emerging Research Directions
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00719.x
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发表时间:
2010-06-01
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6
通讯作者:
Greenland, Fiona Rose
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作者:
Smock, Pamela J.;Greenland, Fiona Rose
This review examines and synthesizes recent research on pathways to parenthood. We begin by providing basic information about patterns, differentials, and trends and discussing adoption and new reproductive technologies. We next turn to several areas of inquiry that became particularly prominent in the last decade: the continued "decoupling" of marriage and childbearing, the parental relationship context of nonmarital childbearing, family structure stability, multiple partner fertility, and racial and ethnic variation in childbearing patterns. We then consider the implications of this body of scholarship and identify avenues for future research. Throughout, we highlight racial/ethnic and social class variation in childbearing patterns.