Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/226457 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers on Population, Family and Welfare No. 14
Publisher: 
Hungarian Demographic Research Institute, Budapest
Abstract: 
This study investigates the realisation of time-related positive fertility intentions using a comparative approach. Four European countries of medium size are compared, all with rather different fertility regimes: the Netherlands and Switzerland (Western), and Hungary and Bulgaria (Post-communist). Using four harmonised longitudinal panel surveys, it is possible to construct a typology of fertility intentions and outcomes, and not only to identify common patterns but also different influencing factors in each country. By employing multinominal logistic regressions, we uncover factors influencing postponement, abandonment and realisation of childbearing. In all four countries, age, partnership status and education appear to influence fertility intentions in the same ways. However, the effects of some of these factors do differ in the four countries that we focus on.
Subjects: 
fertility
fertility intention
childbearing intention
fertility behaviour
fertility dynamics
postponement
Europe
comparison
panel survey
JEL: 
J13
ISBN: 
978-963-9597-24-2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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