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E' davvero possibile invertire la rotta demografica italiana? Ecco le ragioni per essere ottimisti
No full textGesellschaftliche Normen und soziale Netzwerke entscheidend. Erklärung des Kinderwunsches in Bulgarien. Demografische Forschung aus erster Hand No.3
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I figli mai nati dell'era Covid: perchè l'emergenza sanitaria ha inasprito la crisi demografica italiana
Full text linkOn the positive correlation between education and fertility intentions in Europe: Individual- and country-level evidence
Full text linkIncreasing shares of European women are making large investments in their human capital. Whether and to what extent these investments are in conflict with reproductive behaviour are issues that have repercussions for fertility levels. Using two Eurobarometer survey data (2006 and 2011) on individuals clustered in the 27 EU countries, I investigate the relationship between women's education and lifetime fertility intentions. Results suggest that a positive association between women's level of education and lifetime fertility intentions exists at both the individual and country levels, as well as in a micro-macro integrated framework. The main explanation for these findings - which remains to be proven by future research - is that, in institutional contexts allowing highly educated women to have large families, women of reproductive ages are more prone to make investments in both human capital and
family size, because these choices are not seen as incompatible alternatives. (author's abstract
Will highly educated women have more children in the future?
Full text link"Will highly educated women have more children in the future?" In this contribution,
I address this question by looking at both fertility and fertility intentions; i.e., the
number of children people plan to have over their reproductive lives. Intended births are highly correlated with actual births, and in low-fertility settings, childbearing has become associated with the couple's agency.
On the other hand, education, which is a marker of income and social status, has remained an important driver of fertility choices. Hence, understanding the reproductive decision-making of women and men with low, medium, and high levels of education is crucial when seeking to determine whether - and if so, to what extent - there is scope for additional policy interventions aimed at raising fertility levels
E‘ davvero possibile invertire la rotta demografica? Ecco le ragioni per essere ottimisti
No full textFertility Desires, Intentions and Behaviour: A Comparative Analysis of Their Consistency
Full text linkRealisation of childbearing intentions implies couple's dyadic interaction and proceptive behaviour. Studies on childbearing intentions and outcomes have rarely considered non-use of contraception or 'proceptive behaviour' in general as an important mediator of fertility outcomes. The traits-desires-intentions-behaviour theory (Miller and Pasta, 1996; Miller et al., 2004; Miller, 2010) expects proceptive behaviour to be the most accurate predictor of a birth and intentions to be more predictive than desires. We test this theory using longitudinal data from the Generations and Gender Surveys from Austria, France and Bulgaria (2004-2013) and performing logistic regression models on birth outcomes which includes as key explanatory variables different pairwise combinations of desires, intentions and contraceptive (or proceptive) behaviour. The findings show that an individual's intention to have a child predicts the birth of a child better than non-use of contraception, or proceptive behaviour; however, proceptive behaviour is a better predictor of a birth than non-use of contraception. Finally, perception of the partner's agreement on having a child now is less predictive than an individual's intention to have a child within three years. This paper calls for the collection of genuine couple-level data on fertility intentions and behaviour and more refined measures on both contraceptive and proceptive behaviour
Lernen die jüngeren Generationen von den älteren? Ideale Familiengröße in Europa: Trend zur Kleinfamilie erweist sich als längerfristig
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