Are climate change worries reducing the desire for children?

New research has revealed that Australian women think the world is safe and promising for their children and the next generation.

The National studyMothers and potential mothers are invited to share their thoughts on how climate change has influenced their feelings about motherhood and the decisions they make about child-bearing.

Associate Professor Kris Natalier, Flinders University researcher and chief investigator of “Maternal Futures”, says that the pilot study 2022 aims to examine reproductive and child-rearing practices in the “age climate change”.

Associate Professor Natalier states, “We are living in an era where climate-fueled crises increasingly require our attention.”

“For women who see a future in climate change acceleration and disasters worsening, it has become more difficult to bring new life into this troubled world of crises becoming more frequent and longer.

Sociology researchers Associate Professor Kris Natalier, Flinders, and Professor of Emotions and Society Mary Holmes (University of Edinburgh), will work together with University of Tasmania historian Dr. Carla Pascoe Leahy in developing a Conceptual frameworkFurther studies are available.

Dr. Pascoe L. Leahy says that the framework was tested by analyzing testimonies of women whose fertility decisions were affected by the climate on the US Conceivable Futures site.

“We are already witnessing a rising number of women abandoning or postponing their desire to have children.

She says that some parents have taken steps to reduce their family size, while others are considering how to raise their children in a future where parenting practices are disrupted and the future climate is uncertain.

The study will assess and measure the relationships between these two entities. Environmental studiesAnd Family studiesYou can help quantify the effects of the climate crises on family and society.

“Government policy and media coverageAssociate Professor Natalier adds that her research has been on the effects of climate change on health, sickness, and death, the economic implications on employment and working conditions, as well the physical changes on buildings, and infrastructure.”

“But we seek to document, measure and find responses to the profound changes occurring at a community level—in the experiential, emotional and cultural effects of these climate catastrophes.”

People wishing to take part in the study can contact: [email protected] or [email protected].