Italian women prevail in reproductive decision-making, because childbearing lies mainly in their sphere of influence. The data …

rates of the women born in the mid-1970s projected at 1.65 (Austria) and 1.8 children per woman (Czech Republic). Austrian …This article provides a comparative analysis of fertility and family transformations and policy responses in Austria … cohabiting couples and single mothers. Czech women retain considerably lower childlessness, possibly due to the persistently …

The negative correlation between women's education and fertility is strongly observed across regions and time; however …, its interpretation is unclear. Women's education level could affect fertility through its impact on women's health and … their physical capacity to give birth, children's health, the number of children desired, and women's ability to control …