behavior, net of other characteristics. However, the factors that promote or impede correspondence between fertility intentions … and behavior are not well understood. This article uses longitudinal data from Mozambique, a country where fertility … between reported intentions to stop childbearing and fertility behavior over a three-year period. …

particular family attributes, believe that development causes change in family life, believe that fertility reductions and age …. Multivariate analyses also demonstrate that such factors as parental education, respondent education, and income affect adherence …

The Netherlands has seen a considerable decline of the period total fertility rate and delayed childbearing, just like … all other European countries. The drop in fertility, however, has not been as sharp as in many other regions of Europe …. The period total fertility rate in the Netherlands has stabilized since the late 1970s at around 1.6 children per woman …