Social pressure and late motherhood phenomenon

Abstract

Master's thesis Social Pressure and Late Motherhood will deal with the social influences connected to the transition to motherhood. The theoretical part of the thesis will consist of efforts to describe phenomenon of delayed motherhood and will reflect on both biological and social aspects of it. In the practical part of the thesis, we will try to identify the social pressures surrounding motherhood transition perceived by women of advanced reproductive ages and compare it amongst the age groups and on reproductive ability. The research sample consists of women facing infertility and a control subsample of women not having reproductive issues that are either willing to become or already are mothers. Data will be gathered through a semi- structured questionnaire and subsequently analyzed quantitatively using mainly statistical tests of difference between independent samples.