Chapter 1 Analyzing Childlessness

Chapter 2 Childlessness in Europe: Reconstructing Long-Term Trends Among Women Born in 1900–1972

Chapter 3 Childlessness in the UK

Chapter 4 Childlessness in France

Chapter 5 Childlessness in East and West Germany: Long-Term Trends and Social Disparities

Chapter 6 Childlessness in Switzerland and Austria

Chapter 7 Childlessness in Finland

Chapter 8 Childlessness in the United States

Chapter 9 Education and Childlessness: The Influence of Educational Field and Educational Level on Childlessness among Swedish and Austrian Women

Chapter 10 Childlessness and Fertility Dynamics of Female Higher Education Graduates in Germany

Chapter 11 Fertility Ideals of Women and Men Across the Life Course

Chapter 12 Childless at Age 30: A Qualitative Study of the Life Course Plans of Working Women in East and West Germany

Chapter 13 Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Germany: A Review of the Current Situation

Chapter 14 Assisted Reproductive Technology in Europe: Usage and Regulation in the Context of Cross-Border Reproductive Care

Chapter 15 What’s a (Childless) Man Without a Woman? The Differential Importance of Couple Dynamics for the Wellbeing of Childless Men and Women in the Netherlands

Chapter 16 Fertility and Women’s Old-Age Income in Germany

Chapter 17 Childlessness and Intergenerational Transfers in Later Life