Late motherhood in the City of Buenos Aires: experiences and voices of women who become mothers after the age of 35
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https://doi.org/10.15381/rsoc.n36.26650Keywords:
late motherhood, culture, womenAbstract
In the City of Buenos Aires, we have been witnessing a process of fertility decline year by year since approximately 2008. Currently, the total fertility rate is 1.48 children per woman, i.e., below generational replacement. At the same time, the average age of mothers is 32.4 years (31,1 years for first-time mothers and 33,5 years for non-first-time mothers). Based on these data, it is evident that women in the City of Buenos Aires are having fewer children and at increasingly later ages. In this sense, this paper aims to reflect, based on the testimonies of women who became mothers after the age of 35, on their experiences of late motherhood, paying special attention to their cultural practices, their representations of the family, motherhood, and the role of women in society, among others. This research is part of the doctoral thesis “Late motherhood in middle class women in the city of Buenos Aires: new practices and cultural models”.
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