Attitudes, Norms, and Beliefs Related to Assisted Reproduction Technologies among Childless Women in a Pronatalist Society

This book examines the general attitudes of childless women to assisted reproduction technologies as well as the norms and beliefs concerning partnership, age and burdens related to assisted reproduction technologies based on four focus group discussions and 32 semi-structured, in-depth interviews. The results show that there is an overall positive attitude to assisted reproduction, but that does not necessarily mean that someone would use assisted reproduction if they needed it and considerable differences in views across age groups can be found.ContentChildless women’s general attitudes to assisted reproductive technology in HungaryViews about what partnership norms are necessary for involvement in assisted reproductive treatments in a pronatalist societyBeliefs about age-related restrictions and the burdens related to undergoing assisted reproductive treatmentsTarget groupsGeneral readersinterested in the topic of assisted reproductive treatments Policymakers who are interested in understanding the embeddedness of social attitudes towards ART in a pronatalist societyFamily sociologist who are boarder interested in family formations related to beliefs and norms among childless womenAuthorIvett Szalma, PhD is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and an Associate Professor at the Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary). She is the Head of the Family Sociology Section of the Hungarian Sociological Association. Her research topics include attitudes towards assisted reproduction technology, childlessness, non-resident fatherhood, post-separation fertility, measurement of homophobia and adoption by same-sex couples.