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Analyzing Childlessness
Get PDFChildlessness has been on the rise in many European societies. In Germany, the UK, Austria, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, childlessness has increased starting with the 1950s cohorts. In these countries, about 20 % of the women born around 1965 will remain childless. In southern Europe and the former state-socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the rise in levels of childlessness is a more recent phenomenon. Yet among younger cohorts in these countries, childlessness has reached levels of 15 % or higher. In this introductory chapter, we summarize the long-term trends in childlessness and discuss the differences between European countries in the prevalence of childlessness. We also outline the structure and the logic of this volume
Intrathecally administered NMDA receptor antagonists reduce the MAC of isoflurane in rats
No full textIsolation and Characterization of Rhizobacteria Antagonistic to Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid., Causal Agent of Alfalfa Damping-Off
No full textDJ-1 links muscle ROS production with metabolic reprogramming and systemic energy homeostasis in mice
No full textLong-term consumption of sugar-sweetened beverage during the growth period promotes social aggression in adult mice with proinflammatory responses in the brain
No full textQuality of life in residential care
No full textWhile some of the changes in life that accompany increasing age may promote higher quality of life, the increased prevalence of disease and other negative life events presumably operate in the opposite direction. Among the most salient negative life events in later life is the development of physical or
mental disability sufficiently severe 10 justify moving from an independent life in the community to a residential care facility. This chapter first reviews the current state of knowledge concerning quality of life with increasing age. Most studies note changes. but the distinction of age effects from cohort effects is not often made. Illness in later life has a major impact upon quality of life, especially if disability is one outcome. As illness and disability often lead to a move into a residential care facility, the quality of life in residential care becomes of broader interest. Such interest is enhanced by the strong contrast in views expressed by people when contemplating life in residential care and when actually experiencing it. Various models of this apparent "disability paradox" are described, followed by an analysis of the conceptual difficulties underlying research into quality of life because of the varied definitions in current use
