Negative perceptions of older childless men

Hadley, Robin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4254-7648 (2018) Negative perceptions of older childless men. Independent Age.

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Abstract

Who are MAWF? Men ageing without family (MAWF) are a group that are invisible and an aｨront to traditional expectations. The MAWFs are all around and occupy every social category – so how are they invisible? The major reason why MAWFs are invisible is that the UK (unlike most countries, except Norway) only collects details on how many children a woman has had. The level of childless men is not known although a cohort study indicated that in 2012, 25.4% of men and 19% of women had no biological children of their own.

Item Type:	Article (Article)
Peer-reviewed:	No
Date Deposited:	07 Aug 2024 10:09
Publisher:	Independent Age
Additional Information:	This is a blog post which originally appeared on the website for Independent Age
Divisions:	Faculties > Science and Engineering
Subject terms:	Men Ageing Without Family (MAWF), Ageing Without Children, Childlessness, Social isolation, Older men, Stigmatization, Support networks, Life expectancy, Sexual stereotypes, Exclusion, Policy
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/635234

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