WIC Hybrid Colloquium ***************************** Sarah R. Hayford Ohio State University Childbearing desires and models of “good” parenthood among U.S. young adults Tuesday, 4 June, 2024 11:00 – 12:00 (CEST) (save to your calendar - .ics-file<https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Institute/VID/ICAL-files/Colloquium/20240604.ics>) The hybrid seminar will be held in person at Austrian Academy of Sciences, Alte Burse, Sonnenfelsgasse 19, 1010 Vienna and online via Zoom. Please register here: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium/wic-colloquium-registration <https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium/wic-colloquium-registration> Login information for online participation will be sent to all registered participants shortly before the start of the presentation. Abstract: Abstract: After many years of stability, birth rates in the United States have declined to their lowest recorded level. This decline has been attributed in part to increasing economic precarity, particularly among young adults, coupled with high demands for investment in children. Still, most young people in the U.S. want to have children at some point. Understanding young people’s plans and goals for childbearing is important for predicting future demographic trends. It can also shed light on the social meanings that young people assign to parenthood. In this talk, I draw on data from in-depth interviews with childless young adults to describe how young people envision “good” parenting and the extent to which these ideals are related to plans for childbearing. Results suggest that young people feel a responsibility to provide emotional support as well as economic support to potential future children. The perceived emotional demands of parenting serve as a motivation to delay parenthood. About the presenter: Sarah Hayford is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Population Research at Ohio State University. She studies childbearing, family formation, and reproductive health, primarily in the United States and sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on desires and intentions. https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Institute/VID/PDF/Colloquium/2024/... *************************************************************************************************** PLEASE SEE https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium FOR OUR UPCOMING AND PREVIOUS COLLOQUIA ***************************************************************************************************