The New Role Of Women: Family Formation In Modern Societies

by Kathleen Kiernan and Hans-Peter Blossfeld

Book Overview

This is the first book to systematically track postwar changes in family formation in Western Europe and the United States. Cohabitation and motherhood outside of marriage have become more widespread at the same time that women's social roles are evolving. Women are attaining higher levels of education, marrying at an older age, more frequently working outside the home, and have more reproductive freedom due to new advances in contraception. In this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367309858
• ISBN13: 9780367309855
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"