TY  - BOOK
AU  - R.Quah,Stella
TI  - Between Two Worlds: Modern Wives in a Traditional Setting 
SN  - 9789971988852
AV  - HQ762.S5 Q34 2015
U1  - 301.412095957 18
PY  - 1988///]
CY  - Singapore : 
PB  - ISEAS Publishing, 
KW  - Family size
KW  - Singapore
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Wives
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814345736
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789814345736
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