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Nur wenn alle Voraussetzungen passen: der Forschungsstand zu Kinderreichtum

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Lück, Detlev
Scharein, Manfred
Lux, Linda
Dreschmitt, Kai
Dorbritz, Jürgen

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Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BIB)

Abstract

Im 20. Jahrhundert ist Kinderreichtum - also die biologische Elternschaft von drei oder mehr Kindern - zu einer Ausnahme geworden und geht immer weiter zurück. Welche Erkenntnisse über die Verbreitung von Kinderreichtum in verschiedenen Teilen der Gesellschaft gibt es? Was ist bekannt über die Deter... view more

Im 20. Jahrhundert ist Kinderreichtum - also die biologische Elternschaft von drei oder mehr Kindern - zu einer Ausnahme geworden und geht immer weiter zurück. Welche Erkenntnisse über die Verbreitung von Kinderreichtum in verschiedenen Teilen der Gesellschaft gibt es? Was ist bekannt über die Determinanten und Mechanismen, die es wahrscheinlicher oder unwahrscheinlicher werden lassen, dass Eltern viele Kinder bekommen? Das Paper stellt diese Fragen in den Mittelpunkt und gibt einen Überblick über die aktuelle Forschungslage zu diesem Thema. Besonderes Augenmerk wird auf die sozio-demografischen Determinanten von Kinderreichtum wie zum Beispiel Bildung, Erwerbssituation, Einkommen oder Wohnsituation gelegt. Hinzu kommt die Bedeutung der eigenen Herkunftsfamilie, insbesondere der Geschwisterzahl als Vorbild. Als entscheidende Voraussetzung, um kinderreich zu werden, erweist sich ferner ein eng getakteter Lebenslauf, in dem zwischen Ereignissen wie Partnerfindung, erster und zweiter Geburt nur wenig Zeit vergeht. Das Paper benennt Forschungslücken, beispielsweise bei der Frage, welche Charakteristika von Kinderreichen eher Ursachen und welche eher Folgen von Kinderreichtum sind. Auch wird darauf hingewiesen, dass zu wenig zwischen Kinderreichtum im hier verstandenen Sinne und Mehrkindfamilien im Sinne eines Zusammenlebens mit vielen (nicht unbedingt eigenen) Kindern im Haushalt unterschieden wird.... view less


This paper investigates the state of research on large families, defined as biological parenthood of three or more children. However, in the literature this topic is often not clearly distinguished from that of large families, in the sense of three or more children living together with parents in a s... view more

This paper investigates the state of research on large families, defined as biological parenthood of three or more children. However, in the literature this topic is often not clearly distinguished from that of large families, in the sense of three or more children living together with parents in a social sense as a family. Therefore also the state of research cannot distinguish these two topics. The parenthood of three or more children has become an exception in the 20th century and is further declining over recent birth cohorts. Among the women born 1972 (in Germany) only 16.2 % had three or more children. A large share of the research deals with the specific characteristics of large families, compared to families with one or two children, partly deducing determinants of a third child from these characteristics. A particular focus lies on the socio-economic situation of the parents, represented in terms of education, employment situation, income and poverty, since here a deprivation is identified and problematized frequently. Related to this field, for instance health and housing space are also addressed relatively frequently. Another part of the literature is explicitly asking about the determinants of the transition to having a third child. Hereby for example the role model of the family of origin, a subjective family orientation, religiosity, a non-employed woman but also a first and a second child of the same sex turn out to be supportive influences. All in all there is a deficit of research that presents longitudinal analyses, that includes a couple perspective and that detects causalities and mechanisms behind the cross-sectional correlations.... view less

Keywords
desire for children; education; number of children; Federal Republic of Germany; siblings; family size; family planning; housing conditions; income; socioeconomic position; life career; fertility rate; life style; gainful employment; partnership; family; parenthood

Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Population Studies, Sociology of Population

Document language
German

Publication Year
2015

City
Wiesbaden

Page/Pages
34 p.

Series
BiB Working Paper, 3-2015

ISSN
2196-9574

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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