for the realization of short-term childbearing intentions is tested in the low-fertility context of Germany. Our …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 …

Germany is a low-fertility country with a rapidly ageing population, and will remain so for the foreseeable future …. There are several reasons for this trend. Germany is among the countries with the highest rates of childlessness in the …-marital cohabitation, lone parenthood, patchwork families and living apart together. A culture of individualism has spread in Germany which …

We compare second birth risks in France and western Germany using data from the Family and Fertility Survey. Second … birth risks are higher for highly educated women than for women with lower education in both countries. In western Germany … fertility. …

-specific differences in behavior. In this study, we examine how the effects of unemployment on fertility vary by socio …, our results show that there are strong educational gradients in the unemployment and fertility nexus, and that the … relationship between unemployment and fertility varies by socioeconomic group. Fertility tends to be lower during periods of …

This paper validates the fertility and union histories of the German Generations and Gender Survey (GGS). One major … result from this validation is that the fertility of the older GGS-cohorts is too low, while it is too high for the younger … cohorts. For partnership histories, we find a similar bias. In sum, the GGS gives wrong cohort fertility and marriage trends …

Until 2008, Germany’s vital statistics did not include information on the biological order of each birth. This resulted …-specific fertility rates for the period 2001 to 2008. Hospital statistics include information on births that took place in German … assessment is that the hospital data are a valuable source for generating order-specific fertility rates, regardless of whether …

This paper compares the non-marital birth pattern in France and West Germany. Since the beginning of the eighties …, France witnessed a steady increase in non-marital birth rates, while in West Germany non-marital birth rates have remained at … Rhine which hamper or foster childbearing in cohabiting unions. Using data from the French and German Family and Fertility …

The birth cohort 1971 entered transition to adulthood at the onset of societal transformation in East Germany. Their … marriage and fertility behavior therefore was expected to be severely affected by the upheavals following unification. And … particular are postponing fertility. Women with a relatively low education, by contrast, are accelerating family formation …