's physical health and survival is negative. Early motherhood is paralleled by poorer physical health in West Germany, whereas … late motherhood is associated with lower psychological well-being in East Germany. Moreover, among Western German women … biosocial pathways playing an important role in shaping the fertility-health-nexus. Specifically, the Western German "male …

explain fertility behavior. We study parental happiness trajectories before and after the birth of a child using large British … process of childbearing which may include partnership formation and quality. Sociodemographic factors strongly modify this … and Germany and suggest that up to two, children increase happiness, and mostly among those who postpone childbearing …