caa a22 4500 469037016 CHVBK 20180323132758.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00304398 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00304398 Gee Ellen Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, B.C., Canada aut Only children as adult women: Life course events and timing [Elektronische Daten] [Ellen Gee] A comparison between adult women who are only children and women who grew up with siblings is performed in relation to life course characteristics (events and timing), using a random sample of Canadian women (birth cohorts 1905-29 and 1930-44) surveyed, by telephone, in Vancouver and Victoria (total n of 1 251, with a response rate of approximately 60 percent). Initial analysis shows that female adult only children are less likely to have large families, more likely to marry and have their first child at older ages, more likely to attain high levels of education, and, among the younger cohort, more likely to cohabitate at younger ages. However, more refined analysis reveals that differences are, for the most part, the result of family of origin variables associated with sibsize rather than the result of only child status per se. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for research within the life course perspective, and in the light of possible changes accompanying population aging. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 26/2(1992-03-01), 183-197 0303-8300 26:2<183 1992 26 11205 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00304398 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00304398 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Gee Ellen Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, B.C., Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 26/2(1992-03-01), 183-197 0303-8300 26:2<183 1992 26 11205 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer