Both life history theory and demographic transition theory predict that fertility responds to changes in mortality, but there have been relatively few tests which identify links between mortality perceptions and fertility preferences at the individual level. This paper provides an...

This paper presents some preliminary findings from Wave 5 of the Innovation Panel (IP5) of Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Study. Understanding Society is a major panel survey in the UK. In February 2012, the fifth wave of the Innovation Panel went into the field. IP5 used a...

This study investigates whether a female’s entry into motherhood is influenced by the kin orientation of her social network. We use data from the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) and define kin orientation as the number of relatives who a female reports within her three closest...