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Between Two Worlds : Modern Wives in a Traditional Setting / Stella R. Quah.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [1988]Copyright date: ©1988Description: 1 online resource (72 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789971988852
  • 9789814345736
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.412095957 18
LOC classification:
  • HQ762.S5 Q34 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- II. RELEVANT FEATURES OF THE SOCIAL SETTING -- III. APPROACHES IN THE STUDY OF VALUES AND MOTHERHOOD -- IV. TRADITION , MODERNITY AND MOTHERHOOD -- V. OTHER ASPECTS OF MOTHERHOOD POSTPONEMENT -- VI. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A: NOTES ON THE STUDY PROCEDURE -- Appendix B: Questionnaire -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Summary: This study focuses on married couples' decision concerning the timing of their first child and attempts to identify the relevant factors involved in such a decision. The first section gives background on the situation in Singapore while the second reviews findings of other studies concerning parenthood decisions, their causes, and consequences. The third section discusses the aspects of modernity and traditionalism that are found to be related to the choice of delayed motherhood. The concluding section summarizes the main findings and their implications.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9789814345736

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- II. RELEVANT FEATURES OF THE SOCIAL SETTING -- III. APPROACHES IN THE STUDY OF VALUES AND MOTHERHOOD -- IV. TRADITION , MODERNITY AND MOTHERHOOD -- V. OTHER ASPECTS OF MOTHERHOOD POSTPONEMENT -- VI. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A: NOTES ON THE STUDY PROCEDURE -- Appendix B: Questionnaire -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY

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This study focuses on married couples' decision concerning the timing of their first child and attempts to identify the relevant factors involved in such a decision. The first section gives background on the situation in Singapore while the second reviews findings of other studies concerning parenthood decisions, their causes, and consequences. The third section discusses the aspects of modernity and traditionalism that are found to be related to the choice of delayed motherhood. The concluding section summarizes the main findings and their implications.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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