The existence of large child penalties on women’s labor market outcomes has been documented for multiple countries and time periods. In this paper, we assess the extent to which marriage decisions pregnancies may partly explain these penalties. Using data from 29 drawn Survey Health, Ageing Retirement in Europe (SHARE), show that although a negative effect employment (3.3%), its magnitude is mu...

Being a mother is inseparable from women's existential life. Mothers with mental illness struggle with conflicting and distressing feelings related to motherhood. They seldom obtain the necessary support to increase their control over the determinants of their role as a mother, thus their opportunity of improving their own and their children's mental health is weakened. The aim of this study wa...

BACKGROUND Teenage pregnancy is seen as a cause for concern in the United Kingdom (UK). However, there has been little research from primary care looking at teenage motherhood and its implications. AIM To investigate the experiences of teenage mothers in relation to their role as mothers and their expectations of their futures. DESIGN OF STUDY Qualitative study. SETTING East Devon, Englan...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To incorporate women's domestic trajectories and circumstances into analyses of the socioeconomic influences on women's smoking status (current and former smoking) in early adulthood. DESIGN Cross sectional survey. SETTING Southampton, UK. PARTICIPANTS 8437 women aged 25-34 recruited from 1998-2002 via patient lists of general practices. MAIN RESULTS Domestic lifecourse ...

This study assumes a dialogical perspective towards the processes of identity construction during the transition to motherhood, and it relies on a methodology that invites the participants to deal with the dualities of the dialogical self (Dialogical Articulation Task DAT). Using this semi-structured interview, we ask the participants to identify the various selfdescriptive dimensions of their ...