Essays about: "childrearing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word childrearing.

  1. 1. House Price and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Taiwan

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Samuel Attafuah; Ko-Cheng Chang; [2022-06-23]
    Keywords : House Price; Fertility; Taiwan; Realized Fertility RF ; Fertility Intentions LF ; Fertility Gap FG ;

    Abstract : Given the concurrent incidence of falling birth rates and increasing house prices experienced in Taiwan over the past two decades, the current thesis examines the role of house prices on fertility-related behaviors and outcomes among Taiwanese households. Acknowledging that housing is a major cost associated with childrearing and the theoretical assumption that children are normal goods, we hypothesize that house price inflation will adversely impact fertility and that current non-homeowners are the most affected due to the “resource exhaustion effect”. READ MORE

  3. 2. Determinants of the use of violence against children: Evidence from Peru

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Rosita Hortencia Espinoza Dios; [2022]
    Keywords : Children; Violence; Childrearing patterns; Socioeconomic determinants; Peru; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research carried out an assessment on the socioeconomic factors related to the use of violence (psychological aggression and physical assault) against children within the family context, and the extent to which childrearing patterns can be transmitted across generations. The sample under study consisted of 13,205 observations from mothers in all regions of Peru and their children aged 1 to 5 years old. READ MORE

  4. 3. Planning parenthood: How important is it for people who plan to become parents to maintain their cutlure and language while raising their children in a bicultural and bilingual environment?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

    Author : Maria Stratigi; [2018]
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    Abstract : The current study aims to investigate the way Greek immigrant couples who live in the United Kingdom and are going to have children, plan to maintain and transmit their language and culture to their future children. Furthermore, the study mainly includes the perceptions of participants about bilingualism and biculturalism. READ MORE

  5. 4. The natural mother : Discourse and representation of motherhood in an Italian Facebook group

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Silvia Marchesi; [2018]
    Keywords : Motherhood; nature; breastfeeding; Facebook group; ecofeminism; intersectionality; online ethnography; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : Nature still plays a prominent role in shaping social expectations about the tasks of parents, especially mothers. The transition from the previous model of mothering and the contemporary one in Italy is definitely characterized by a revival of what is perceived as the ancient way of childrearing. READ MORE

  6. 5. "It's not like someone hands you a brochure" : A qualitative study of migrant mothers' perceptions of their learning at Swedish open preschools

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Ariana Moir; [2017]
    Keywords : Community of practice; Wenger; open preschools; migrant mothers; parental learning;

    Abstract : Times of transition can provoke informal learning that is both potentially transformative and often unacknowledged. New mothers living in a new country are in effect undergoing a double transition, and thus are in a position to possibly undertake a great deal of informal learning. READ MORE