Auch zwei Jahrzehnte nach der Wiedervereinigung bestehen in beiden Teilen Deutschlands unterschiedliche Muster im generativen Verhalten und in der Wahl privater Lebensformen fort. Unterschiede bestehen auch in den Geschlechtsrollenvorstellungen, der hausliche Arbeitsteilung und in den in...

Women's lives and opportunities in the economically advanced industrialized countries have changed dramatically during the last decades of the 20th century. One of the important implications of women's increased labor force participation and intensity, their improved occupational qualifications...

This paper studies the short-term fertility intentions of women and men and their subsequent behavior. On the one hand, the predictive strength of fertility intentions is of interest. On the other hand, the most important determinants that inhibit or enable the realization of fertility...