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    How Many Children? by Cartwright, Ann;

    Series: Routledge Revivals;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 1
    • Publisher Routledge
    • Date of Publication 1 December 2025

    • ISBN 9781032716503
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages214 pages
    • Size 234x156 mm
    • Language English
    • 700

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    Short description:

    First published in 1976, this study of family size and spacing in England and Wales in 1973 is based on research and analysis, and interviews with the mothers and fathers of a random sample of legitimate births. The book discusses the extent to which people have firm intentions about their family structure and factors which may affect this.

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    Long description:

    Ann Cartwright’s book Parents and Family Planning Services (1970) had become a classic in its field.Originally published in 1976, How Many Children? Dr Cartwright’s study of family size and spacing in England and Wales in 1973 is again based on detailed research and analysis, and upon interviews with the mothers and fathers of a random sample of legitimate births in England and Wales.Ann Cartwright discusses the extent to which people have firm intentions about their family structure and the factors which may affect these intentions – work, housing, economic situation, marital relationships and family roles. She describes the part played by contraception, abortion and birth control services in people’s achievement of their intentions.A major interest of the study is in changes over time. It attempts to throw some light on the falling birth rate and the relative contributions to this decline of desires for smaller families, different spacing patterns and the use of more effective methods of birth control. Comparisons are made with the earlier study, Parents and Family Planning Services, and a fascinating conundrum emerges: in the later study, parents were using more effective methods of birth control but the proportion of unintended pregnancies had not declined. Possible explanations for this are discussed.

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    Table of Contents:

    Acknowledgments.  1. Introduction  2. Changes Between 1967/68 and 1973 and the Fall in the Birth Rate  3. Nature of Intentions  4. Timing and Spacing  Part One: Controlling Fertility  5. Use of Contraception  6. Attitudes to Different Methods of Birth Control  7. Contraceptive Servies and Discussion of Birth Control  8. Sub-Fertility  Part Two: Concomitants of Intentions  9. Mothers’ Perceptions of Reasons for Family Size Choice  10. Social Class and Education  11. Housing and Population Pressures  12. Economic Influences  13. Upbringing and Family of Origin  14. Husbands and Marriage  15. Some Conclusions and Speculations.  Appendixes.  Bibliography.  Index.

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