’s decision-making autonomy on fertility preferences and ever-use of modern contraception is examined using logistic regression … predictors of fertility preferences and ever-use of modern family planning methods. At the same time, results show that the … effects of women’s education on fertility preferences are not always significant although it has significant roles in …

stärker von der Partnerschaftsqualität abhängen, als die von kinderlosen Paaren. Although many studies consider fertility … fertility intentions. This study uses survey data from 2.793 couples of the German „Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and … Family Dynamics“ (pairfam) to evaluate congruent fertility intentions of couples, and considers self-perceived relationship …

explanations concerning the low fertility levels in developed countries. This study examines the role of the outsourcing of … household labor and of childcare responsibilities in reducing the incompatibility of women’s roles and in increasing fertility …. Drawing on Goode’s role strain theory, we suggest that the incompatibility of women’s roles is affected not only by allocation …

complete fertility histories of women as well as longitudinal information of firm-specific characteristics where these women … fertility behavior. Women who are employed in female-dominated firms have substantially higher first, second and third birth …

examine the importance of social interactions in fertility outcomes by assessing family members’ scope of influence on their … fellow kin’s fertility behavior. With the unique KASS genealogical dataset from eight countries in Europe, we study the … effects of family members’ fertility outcomes on individual fertility to assess the presence and the extent of inter …

A fundamental reversal of the traditional fertility-development relationship has occurred in highly developed countries … so that further socioeconomic development is no longer associated with decreasing fertility, but with increasing … fertility. In this paper, we seek to shed light on the mechanisms underlying this reversal by analyzing data from 1975 to 2008 …

in fertility. However, most research on fertility and happiness uses cross-sectional data, hindering causal conclusions … most among those who postpone and have more resources. This recipe for happiness is highly consistent with the fertility … fertility. …

This paper investigates the role of states and regions in shaping spatial patterns of non-marital fertility in Europe … substantial nonmarital fertility increases over the last 50 years. Prior research by Watkins (1991) has shown that in the first … continue to play such a dominant role in delineating patterns of nonmarital fertility between 1960 and 2007. We find that …