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Life-Course Trajectories of Childless Women: Country-Specific or Universal?
Valentina Tocchioni1, Anna Rybińska2, Monika Mynarska3
1Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications "G. Parenti", University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
European Journal of Population = Revue Europeenne De Demographie
|December 12, 2022
Summary
This study reveals that while childless women
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Demography
- Gender Studies
Background:
- Existing research highlights complexities in childless women's biographies.
- Limited comparative, cross-country studies exist on life-course pathways of childless individuals.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate country-specific versus shared life-course pathways to childlessness.
- To analyze biographies of childless women across Germany, Italy, Poland, and the United States.
Main Methods:
- Sequence analysis with dynamic Hamming distance.
- Cluster analysis and discrepancy analysis of partnership, education, and employment histories.
Main Results:
- Identified seven distinct life-course trajectories for childless women.
- The most common pathway involved single, working women with early educational completion.
- Found both country-specific variations and cross-country similarities in life-course patterns.
Conclusions:
- Life-course pathways to childlessness exhibit significant variation across countries.
- Both unique national influences and shared patterns shape women's journeys to being childless.
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