Value of Children
The term child value or originally English. value of children referred to in the rational choice theory the benefit of children for their parents .
According to the theory of social production functions , children are intermediate goods for achieving parental basic needs for physical and psychological well-being. Accordingly, the value of children plays a crucial role in family planning and intergenerational relationships, especially with regard to intercultural differences.
Essentially, the value is divided into the benefits and costs of children, with individual dimensions being mapped according to the social production function theory.
Use
- Stimulation (children make life more intense and fulfilling)
- Comfort (child labor, support in the household , support in old age)
- Status (with children being more respected by others)
- Confirmation of behavior (feeling of being used)
- Affect (affection, love)
See also
costs
- Direct (concern for the future of one's own children)
- Indirect (opportunity costs) (combine work and family)
literature
- Nauck, B. (2010). Cross-cultural comparison of fertility strategies: Value of Children, ideal and desired number of children in twelve countries. In Psychology – Culture – Society (pp. 213–238). VS publishing house for social sciences.
- Nauck, B. (2007). The individual and collective benefit of children. In the population challenge (pp. 321–331). VS publishing house for social sciences.
- Klaus, D., & Suckow, J. (2005). The value of children and its long shadow. A critical appreciation of VOC research.
- Trommsdorff, G., & Nauck, B. (2005). The value of children in cross-cultural perspective. Case studies from eight societies. Lengerich: Pabst.
- Nauck, B. (2001). The value of children to their parents. KZfSS Cologne Journal for Sociology and Social Psychology, 53 (3), 407–435.
- Werneck, H., Nickel, H., Rollett, B., & Quaiser-Pohl, C. (2001). Value of children and stress caused by children in the experience of young parents in Germany, Austria and South Korea. Young parents undergoing cultural change - Studies on starting a family in international comparison, 159–171.
- Friedman, D., Hechter, M., & Kanazawa, S. (1994). A theory of the value of children. Demography, 31 (3), 375-401. http://personal.lse.ac.uk/kanazawa/pdfs/D1994.pdf
- Zelizer, VAR (1985). Pricing the priceless child: The changing social value of children. Princeton University Press.
- Hoffman, LW, & Hoffman, ML (1973). The value of children to parents.
- Schultz, TW (1973). The value of children: an economic perspective. The Journal of Political Economy, S2-S13.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/soziologie/nauck/arbeitspapiere/arbeitspapier1.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
