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1. 1. The Only Child Experience : A study on how having no siblings influence childbearing behavior.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Felicia Wibe; [2017]
   Keywords : Only Children; Fertility; Intergenerational transmission; Socialization; Two-child norm; Demography;

   Abstract : In a society with a strong two-child family norm, but where children tend to reproduce the fertility behavior of their parents, it is relevant to study the childbearing patterns of only children. Do they follow the stream or do they follow their parents? There is very little previous research on this topic, but there is some evidence that show that only children are not more likely to prefer a one-child family themselves. READ MORE