Planned Parenthood?: Fertility Intentions and Experiences among Cohabiting Couples

Autor/inn/en	Sassler, Sharon; Miller, Amanda; Favinger, Sarah M.
Titel	Planned Parenthood?: Fertility Intentions and Experiences among Cohabiting Couples
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 30 (2009) 2, S.206-232 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X08324114
Schlagwörter	Pregnancy; Public Policy; One Parent Family; Interpersonal Relationship; Expectation; Interviews; Child Rearing; Social Class; Family (Sociological Unit); Marriage; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schwangerschaft; Öffentliche Ordnung; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kindererziehung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Familie; Ehe
Abstract	Most research on nonmarital births focuses on disadvantaged populations. This study examined the childbearing expectations and experiences of a working-class sample, drawing on in-depth interviews with 30 cohabiting couples. Few couples in the sample were attempting to conceive; most desired to defer parenting. Three responses emerged to how a pregnancy would be resolved. The largest group would be dismayed but would bear the child. A smaller set indicated that it would terminate a pregnancy. The third group disagreed on the outcome. Relationship context and partner attributes were key factors in fertility decisions. Couples who believed that they had a future together were most likely to agree that they would have the child, though not necessarily preceded by marriage; they were the most consistent users of contraception. Couples of the second and third groups (termination, nonconcurrence) were less regular or less effective contraceptors. Results are discussed in light of public policy interest in reducing nonmarital births. (Contains 1 table and 13 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10