During recent decades fertility in Sweden has evolved in tandem with the business cycle. Supported by social policies …, both women and men tend to postpone starting a family until they have acquired a secure job with decent earnings. In this … a family for those with temporary employment as compared to those permanently employed. …

between reported intentions to stop childbearing and fertility behavior over a three-year period. …Extensive research in both developed and developing countries has shown that intentions for future childbearing predict … behavior, net of other characteristics. However, the factors that promote or impede correspondence between fertility intentions …

particular family attributes, believe that development causes change in family life, believe that fertility reductions and age … important international force for family and demographic change. Developmental idealism is a set of cultural beliefs and values … about development and how development relates to family and demographic behavior. It holds that modern societies are causal …