Childlessness in Europe: Contexts, Causes, and Consequences

Part I: Childlessness in Europe: An Overview: Analyzing Childlessness: Michaela Kreyenfeld & Dirk Konietzka.- Childlessness in Europe: Reconstructing Long-Term Trends among Women Born in 1900-1972: Tomás Sobotka.- Part II: Country Studies: Childlessness in the UK: Ann Berrington.- Childlessness in France: Katja Köppen, Magali Mazuy & Laurent Toulemon.- Childlessness in East and West Germany: Michaela Kreyenfeld & Dirk Konietzka.- Childlessness in Switzerland and Austria: Marion Burkimsher & Krystof Zeman.- Childlessness in Finland: Anna Rotkirch & Anneli Miettinen.- Childlessness in the United States: Tomás Frejka.- Part III:Women's Education and Childlessness: Education and Childlessness: The Influence of Educational Field and Educational Level on Childlessness among Swedish and Austrian Women: Gerda Neyer, Jan Hoem & Gunnar Andersson.- Childlessness and Fertility Dynamics of Female Higher Education Graduates in Germany: Hildegard Schaeper, Michael Grotheer & Gesche Brandt.- Part IV: Fertility Ideals, Biographical Decisions and Assisted Reproduction: Fertility Ideals of Women and Men across the Life Course in Germany: Anne-Kristin Kuhnt, Michaela Kreyenfeld & Heike Trappe.- Childless at Age 30: A Qualitative Study of the Life Course Plans of Working Women in East and West Germany: Laura Bernardi & Sylvia Keim-Klärner.- Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Germany: A Review of the Current Situation: Heike Trappe.- Assisted Reproductive Technology in Europe: Usage and Regulation in the Context of Cross-Border Reproductive Care: Patrick Präg & Melinda C. Mills.- Part V: Consequences of Childlessness: What's a (Childless) Man Without a Woman? The Differential Importance of Couple Dynamics for the Wellbeing of Childless Men and Women in the Netherlands: Renske Keizer & Katya Ivanova.- Fertility and Women's Old-Age Income in Germany: Tatjana Mika & Christin Czaplicki.- Childlessness and Intergenerational Transfers in Later Life across Europe: Marco Albertini & Martin Kohli.