DOI: 10.5279/dk-sa-dda-709
title: Familiedannelse og kvinders erhvervsdeltagelse, 1975
title: Family Formation and Women's Employment, 1975

description: Som undersøgelsens navn angiver, var man primært interesseret i at indsamle oplysninger om familiedannelse og kvinders erhvervsdeltagelse, og de fleste af spørgsmålene i spørgeskemaet drejer sig da også om disse emner.     #  Med hensyn til familiedannelse var formålet at belyse, i hvilket omfang og på hvilke områder mere eller mindre faste parforhold - de såkaldt papirløse ægteskaber - adskiller sig fra eller erstatter det lovformelige ægteskab. Med hensyn til kvindernes erhvervsdeltagelse ønskede man en detaljeret undersøgelse af erhvervsarbejdets omfang, indtægtsforhold, børnepasningsproblemer samt holdninger og ønsker til arbejde. Både familiedannelse og erhvervsarbejde ønskedes belyst i forhold til familiestørrelsen - såvel den faktiske som den forventede - samt til idealer for, hvornår det er bedst at få sine børn, og hvor mange man skal have. Kendskabet til og anvendelse af svangerskabsforebyggende metoder spiller en vigtig rolle i forbindelse med familiestørrelsen, og spørgsmål herom er derfor også medtaget i undersøgelsen. Dette gælder også for abortspørgsmålene: Hvilken holdning har kvinderne til abort, hvem er det, der søger, og hvilke omstændigheder leder frem til, at kvinden får sit svangerskab afbrudt?     #  Stikprøvens størrelse og sammensætning (ca. 6.000 kvinder i alderen 18-49 år) var fastlagt på en sådan måde, at den i videst muligt omfang ville imødekomme de forskellige formål, undersøgelsem havde, nemlig:     #1. Beskrivelse af fertiliteten i Danmark, herunder at søge at     #   besvare følgende spørgsmål:     #   - Er der et stigende antal kvinder, der ikke regner med at     #     skulle få børn?     #   - Er de lave fødselstal udtryk for, at kvinderne går senere i     #     gang med at få børn?     #   - Betyder en højere fødealder, at kvinderne føder færre børn?     #   - Hvorledes varierer børnetallet og fødealderen hos kvinder med     #     forskellig uddannelsesmæssig baggrund og forskellig     #     tilknytning til arbejdsmarkedet?     #2. Beskrivelse af eksisterende samlivsformer eller     #   boligfællesskaber og sammenligning af ægteskaber med     #   alternativer hertil, fx papirløse parforhold og kollektive     #   former for samliv.     #3. Beskrivelse af kvinders erhvervsdeltagelse, specielt relationen     #   mellem børn og arbejde og dermed børnepasningsproblemer,     #   økonomi, tid og energi.     #4. Brugen af forskellige former for svangerskabsforebyggende     #   midler og metoder.     #5. Holdninger til og forhold, der fører til afbrydelse af     #   svangerskab.     #Den del af undersøgelsen, der vedrører fertiliteten, indgik i et samarbejde mellem International Union for the Scientific Study of Population og International Statistical Institute, hvis formål er at tilvejebringe sammenlignelige fertilitetsstudier i en række industrialiserede lande. Arbejdet var koordineret af World Fertility Study i London med hensyn til at tilvejebringe ensartede spørgsmål i de enkelte landes undersøgelser
description: The main purpose of this survey was to examine and map out family formation and gainful employment of women.     #  As regards family formation the purpose was to examine to what an extent and in which ways various forms of cohabitation - the so-called common-law marriages - differ from or replace lawful marriages. As regards gainful employment of women the intention was to examine in detail the extent of gainful employment, income, problems in connection with child-minding as well as attitudes to and wishes as regards gainful employment. Both family formation and gainful employemnt of women were to be examined in relation to family size - actual family size as well as expected family size - as well as in relation to ideals as regards the best age to have children and how many children one should have. The knowledge and use of contraceptive methods play an important role in connection with family size, and questions about this subject were therefore also included in the survey. The same applies to the questions about abortion: What are the women's attitudes to abortion, who applies for an abortion and why does a woman get an abortion?     #  The size and composition of the sample (approx. 6000 women between 18 and 49) were determined in such a way that the sample would, to the greatest possible extent, comply with the various purposes of the survey, viz.:     #1. A description of fertility in Denmark, including an     #   examination of the following issues:     #   - Is the number of women who do not expect to have any children     #     on the increase?     #   - Is the low birthrate a manifestation of the fact that women     #     have their first child when they are older?     #   - Does a higher age at childbearing mean that the women have     #     fewer children?     #   - How do the number of children and the age at childbearing     #     vary for women with different educational backgrounds and     #     different degrees of affiliation to the labour market?     #2. A description of actual forms of cohabitation or community     #   households and a comparison between marriage and the     #   alternatives, e.g. common-law marriages and community     #   households.     #3. A description of gainful employment of women, in particular the     #   relation between children and employment and thereby problems     #   in connection with child-minding, financial conditions, time,     #   and energy.     #4. The use of various forms of contraceptive means and methods.     #5. Attitudes to and circumstances leading to induced abortion.     #The part of the survey which concerns fertility forms part of a co-operative project of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population and the International Statistical Institute, a project the purpose of which was to carry out comparable fertility studies in a number of industrialized countries. The work was co-ordinated by World Fertility Study in London as regards the providing of uniform questions in the surveys carried out in the separate countries
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