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How do young adults decide to become parents or to remain childless? Is this an individual choice, a couple’s decision or are there other social influences involved, such as social networks? Using a mixed-methods design, Sylvia Keim combines problem-centred interviews and network data collected among young adults in western Germany. The author shows that personal relations strongly influence the perceptions, attitudes, and plans individuals express concerning parenthood. She identifies basic mechanisms and channels of social influence as well as relevant network structures.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Sociology

• Full title: Social Networks and Family Formation Processes
• Subtitle: Young Adults' Decision Making About Parenthood
• Author: Sylvia Keim
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274
• EAN: 9783531177847
• ISBN: 9783531177847
• ID: 08908228
• Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
• Weight: 332 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 148 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. June 2011

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