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Abstract：
Like other Latin American countries, over the past half-century, Colombia has experienced rapid urbanization, dramatic fertility decline, and massive educational expansion. These socio-demographic changes have transformed gender roles and, with them, the landscape surrounding reproductive decisions, family life, and opportunities in other life \'domains.\' I draw on the \'life course cube\' (LCC) approach, which frames individual actions within a multidimensional behavioral process shaped by interdependencies between time, life domains, and levels to explore Colombian male childlessness.
I seek to answer two questions: How does Colombian non-fatherhood vary across the life course (with respect to overall prevalence and associated factors)? and How do men frame their non-fatherhood, and, especially, how do they envision a future without children?
To address the first question, I used the 2015 Colombian Demographic and Health Survey\'s men\'s dataset (N > 30,000) to explore the overall level of male childlessness across age/generational groups and separate voluntary/involuntary childlessness. Then, using generalized linear models, I analyzed the relationships between different life domains (e.g. education, employment) and non-fatherhood at time points representing early-, mid-, and later-life childlessness (among men in their thirties, forties, and fifties). To address the second question, I used qualitative data from in-depth life history interviews I conducted with male (N = 7) and female (N = 28) parents/non-parents in Bogotá, analyzing connections between different \'levels\' of men\'s experiences: their inner feelings, past and (envisioned) future actions, and societal factors framing childlessness.
The quantitative findings indicate that male childlessness across the adult life course is strongly associated with later start of first union/never entering a union, and with small ideal family size. Later-life, definitive childlessness is also strongly associated with relative economic disadvantage and lower-prestige occupations, though early-life fatherhood postponement is not. Qualitatively, interviewed men expressed more worry and less preparation for the future than childless women. Understanding \'vulnerability\' as \'the dynamics of stress and resources across the life course\', I discuss these findings, paying attention to older non-fathers\' potential psycho-social, relational, and socioeconomic vulnerability. Therefore, this work seeks to contribute to the literature on the determinants and experiences of male childlessness, focusing on a Latin American perspective.
I seek to answer two questions: How does Colombian non-fatherhood vary across the life course (with respect to overall prevalence and associated factors)? and How do men frame their non-fatherhood, and, especially, how do they envision a future without children?
To address the first question, I used the 2015 Colombian Demographic and Health Survey\'s men\'s dataset (N > 30,000) to explore the overall level of male childlessness across age/generational groups and separate voluntary/involuntary childlessness. Then, using generalized linear models, I analyzed the relationships between different life domains (e.g. education, employment) and non-fatherhood at time points representing early-, mid-, and later-life childlessness (among men in their thirties, forties, and fifties). To address the second question, I used qualitative data from in-depth life history interviews I conducted with male (N = 7) and female (N = 28) parents/non-parents in Bogotá, analyzing connections between different \'levels\' of men\'s experiences: their inner feelings, past and (envisioned) future actions, and societal factors framing childlessness.
The quantitative findings indicate that male childlessness across the adult life course is strongly associated with later start of first union/never entering a union, and with small ideal family size. Later-life, definitive childlessness is also strongly associated with relative economic disadvantage and lower-prestige occupations, though early-life fatherhood postponement is not. Qualitatively, interviewed men expressed more worry and less preparation for the future than childless women. Understanding \'vulnerability\' as \'the dynamics of stress and resources across the life course\', I discuss these findings, paying attention to older non-fathers\' potential psycho-social, relational, and socioeconomic vulnerability. Therefore, this work seeks to contribute to the literature on the determinants and experiences of male childlessness, focusing on a Latin American perspective.
摘要：
背景：像其他拉丁美洲国家一样，在过去的半个世纪里，哥伦比亚经历了快速的城市化，生育率急剧下降，和大规模的教育扩张。这些社会人口结构的变化改变了性别角色,和他们在一起,围绕生殖决定的景观，家庭生活,和其他生活领域的机会。\'我借鉴了\'生命历程立方体\'（LCC）方法，在由时间之间的相互依存关系形成的多维行为过程中构建个体动作，生命领域，探索哥伦比亚男性无子女的水平。
目标：我试图回答两个问题：哥伦比亚的非父亲身份在整个生命过程中如何变化（就总体患病率和相关因素而言）？男人如何看待他们的非父亲身份？and,尤其是,他们如何设想没有孩子的未来？
方法：要解决第一个问题，我使用了2015年哥伦比亚人口与健康调查的男性数据集（N>30,000）来探索不同年龄/世代群体和单独的自愿/非自愿无子女的男性无子女的总体水平。然后，使用广义线性模型，我分析了不同生活领域之间的关系(例如教育，就业)和代表早期的非父亲身份，mid-,和晚年无子女(在30多岁的男性中，四十年代，和五十年代）。为了解决第二个问题，我使用了来自对波哥大男性（N=7）和女性（N=28）父母/非父母进行的深入生活史访谈的定性数据，分析不同层次的男人经历之间的联系：他们的内心感受，过去和(设想的)未来行动，以及构成无子女的社会因素。
结论：定量研究结果表明，在整个成人生活过程中，男性无子女与第一次结合的开始时间晚/从未进入结合密切相关，和小理想的家庭规模。晚年,明确的无子女也与相对经济劣势和声望较低的职业密切相关，虽然早年的父亲延期不是。定性,与没有子女的女性相比，接受采访的男性表达了更多的担忧和对未来的准备。将“脆弱性”理解为“整个生命过程中压力和资源的动态”，我讨论这些发现，关注年长的非父亲潜在的社会心理，关系,和社会经济脆弱性。因此,这项工作旨在为有关男性无子女的决定因素和经验的文献做出贡献，专注于拉丁美洲的观点。
目标：我试图回答两个问题：哥伦比亚的非父亲身份在整个生命过程中如何变化（就总体患病率和相关因素而言）？男人如何看待他们的非父亲身份？and,尤其是,他们如何设想没有孩子的未来？
方法：要解决第一个问题，我使用了2015年哥伦比亚人口与健康调查的男性数据集（N>30,000）来探索不同年龄/世代群体和单独的自愿/非自愿无子女的男性无子女的总体水平。然后，使用广义线性模型，我分析了不同生活领域之间的关系(例如教育，就业)和代表早期的非父亲身份，mid-,和晚年无子女(在30多岁的男性中，四十年代，和五十年代）。为了解决第二个问题，我使用了来自对波哥大男性（N=7）和女性（N=28）父母/非父母进行的深入生活史访谈的定性数据，分析不同层次的男人经历之间的联系：他们的内心感受，过去和(设想的)未来行动，以及构成无子女的社会因素。
结论：定量研究结果表明，在整个成人生活过程中，男性无子女与第一次结合的开始时间晚/从未进入结合密切相关，和小理想的家庭规模。晚年,明确的无子女也与相对经济劣势和声望较低的职业密切相关，虽然早年的父亲延期不是。定性,与没有子女的女性相比，接受采访的男性表达了更多的担忧和对未来的准备。将“脆弱性”理解为“整个生命过程中压力和资源的动态”，我讨论这些发现，关注年长的非父亲潜在的社会心理，关系,和社会经济脆弱性。因此,这项工作旨在为有关男性无子女的决定因素和经验的文献做出贡献，专注于拉丁美洲的观点。
