Sigle-Rushton, Wendy 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8450-960X
(2008)
England and Wales: stable fertility and pronounced social status differences.
Demographic Research, 19 (15).
pp. 455-502.
ISSN 1435-9871
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Abstract
For nearly three decades, the total fertility rate in England and Wales has remained high relative to other European countries, and stable at about 1.7 births per woman. In this chapter, we examine trends in both period and cohort fertility throughout the twentieth century, and demonstrate some important differences across demographic and social groups in the timing and quantum of fertility. Breaking with a market-oriented and laissez-faire approach to work and family issues, the last 10 years have seen the introduction of new social and economic policies aimed at providing greater support to families with children. However, the effect of the changes is likely to be limited to families on the lower end of the income scale. Rather than facilitating work and parenthood, some policies create incentives for a traditional gendered division of labour. Fertility appears to have remained stable despite, rather than because of, government actions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.demographic-research.org/default.htm |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 The Author This open-access work is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 2.0 Germany, which permits use, reproduction & distribution in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author(s) and source are given credit. See http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/ |
| Divisions: | Social Policy Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jan 2011 10:46 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2024 21:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/31307 |
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