THE DECISION TO HAVE A CHILD IN A LOWEST-LOW FERTILITY CONTEXT: A CONSUMPTION ORIENTATION

THE DECISION TO HAVE A CHILD IN A LOWEST-LOW FERTILITY CONTEXT: A CONSUMPTION ORIENTATION

How do people approach the issue of whether or not to have a child? This question was asked in an area with one of the lowest fertility rates in the world: Hong Kong. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews focused on the meaning that having a child held were carried out with Hong Kong Chinese, married...

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Published in:International journal of sociology of the family Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 27 - 48
Main Author: ADAMS, JACQUELINE
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Serials Publications 01-04-2014
Subjects:
Asian Cultural Groups
Child care
Child psychology
Childbirth
Children
Consumption
Decisions
Females
Fertility
Hong Kong
Infants
Motherhood
Mothers
Parenthood
Parents
Total fertility rate
Wives
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Summary:How do people approach the issue of whether or not to have a child? This question was asked in an area with one of the lowest fertility rates in the world: Hong Kong. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews focused on the meaning that having a child held were carried out with Hong Kong Chinese, married women who did not yet have a child but wanted one. The women approached having a child as they might the purchase of a very expensive, rarely bought item. They evaluated the sacrifices and costs it would entail for them, considered that they would need to be financially and psychologically prepared, and thought about what having a child would bring them. Theirs was a consumption orientation to having children.
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ISSN:0020-7667
0973-2039
0020-7667