by Laura | Oct 23, 2014 | Childfree Research-related
There are scads of nonfiction books out there on the happiness topic. Then there are the “Who’s Happier” studies the media loves to talk about. Earlier this month Good Morning America joined the collection of television and print media with what it...
by Laura | Sep 2, 2014 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
As an author on the childfree choice, I am always keeping the pulse on international trends. Awhile back I posted on the growing numbers of childfree in India. It seems research in this area is growing in this country as well. Most recently, a research scholar at Tata...
by Laura | Jan 17, 2014 | Childfree Research-related
Hot off the research press are the results of two studies came out to add to the collection of research on who’s happiest — parents or those with no children. One was sponsored by Open University in Great Britain, and was based on an online survey of about...
by Laura | Dec 6, 2013 | Childfree Research-related
I recently had the pleasure of doing a Q&A with sociologist and criminologist, Kimya N. Dennis, who is currently conducting an interesting study on childfree Black women: What inspired you to do a study on childfree Black women? First, my sociological interests...
by Laura | Dec 3, 2013 | Childfree Research-related
Tracy Morison, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow in the Human and Social Development Research Program and Honorary Research Associate in the Psychology Department at Rhodes University in South Africa, recently passed on an interesting Master’s thesis to me. Julia Moore’s...
by Laura | Oct 14, 2013 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Research-related
Sociology researcher Brian Powell has done some very interesting research about how today’s Americans define family. Results in the book Counted Out examine how men and women of different ages, races, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds view what...