Essays about: "short-term fertility intentions"

Found 4 essays containing the words short-term fertility intentions.

1. 1. Impact of a Precarious Employment Situation on Short-term Fertility Intentions: A Comparative Study of Migrants and Natives in Sweden

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Mimmi Lounela; [2023]
   Keywords : precarious employment; unemployment; short-term fertility intentions; migrants; Swedish-born;

   Abstract : Over the past decades, the world has witnessed significant social and demographic changes, including a declining fertility rate in Europe, a decrease in job security and flexibilisation of the labour market, and an increasing flow of migrants to the Global North. Especially migrants have been affected by precarious work arrangements. READ MORE

3. 2. Stability of fertility preferences and intentions : A new angle on studying fertility behavior in Germany

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Antonia Spath; [2018]
   Keywords : Fertility preferences; family size preference; short-term fertility intentions; fertility intentions; Germany; Theory of Planned Behavior; life course perspective; attitudes; working life; female labor force participation; gender; parity;

   Abstract : Prevailing low fertility rates in several European states, such as Germany, have been studied widely in recent years. Findings include discrepancies between fertility preference and actual family size as well as between fertility intentions and fertility behavior; an ‘unmet need’ for children found on the individual and the societal level. READ MORE

4. 3. Intergenerational child care & fertility intentions : The Swedish welfare context

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Lukas Pashalidis; [2015]
   Keywords : fertility intentions; intergenerational child care; work-life balance; family policy; welfare context;

   Abstract : Using the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) and ordered logistic regression, the relation of intergenerational child care and short-term fertility intentions is explored in the gender-egalitarian Swedish family policy context. Overall, receiving child care help from parents or grandparents does not seem to influence whether women or men with one or two children plan to have another child. READ MORE

5. 4. The Effect of Work-Family Reconciliation Policies on First-Birth Childbearing Intentions in Poland and Sweden

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Matilda Rehn; [2015]
   Keywords : Work-family reconciliation policies; childbearing intentions; Poland; Sweden;

   Abstract : Many countries in Europe have experienced fertility below replacement level for a long period of time. Population ageing and difficulties in sustaining current living standards follow low fertility levels. READ MORE