The positives and difficulties with the twin situation Cover Image

Az ikerhelyzettel járó pozitívumok és nehézségek
The positives and difficulties with the twin situation

Author(s): Zsófia Drjenovszky, Rita Hegedűs, András Pári
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: MTA TK Szociológiai Intézet
Keywords: sociology of the family; siblings; twins; child

Summary/Abstract: The number of twins has begun to increase both in Hungary and all over the world. Although all the numbers of births were typically decreasing during the last decades, since the end of the 1990s, the number of twin births began to increase. We come across twins more and more often. In case of these encounters almost everyone expresses an opinion, positive or negative. But what do the affected people say themselves? Do they enjoy being twins? What kind of problems do parents with twins have to tackle? In our study, after the review of the twin research, we shall present you the results of our reports of 2012 concerning parents with twins in the frame of a descriptive analysis, with special regard to the reports of the parents formulated by their own words.

  • Issue Year: 3/2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 54-88
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: Hungarian