How are Time-Dependent Childbearing Intentions Realized? Realization, Postponement, Abandonment, Bringing Forward

Zsolt Spéder () and Balázs Kapitány ()
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Zsolt Spéder: Demographic Research Institute Budapest
Balázs Kapitány: Demographic Research Institute Budapest

European Journal of Population, 2009, vol. 25, issue 4, No 8, 503-523

Abstract: Abstract Our study aims to identify factors that facilitate or inhibit the realization of fertility intentions. The analysis uses data collected in the first two waves of a Hungarian longitudinal survey. Fertility intentions recorded at the first wave pertain to the subsequent 3-year period, just similar to the behavior variable measuring the realization of intentions, i.e., a birth within the 3-year period in question. For this analysis, we used the respondents’ demographic, socio-structural, and orientational traits recorded at the first interview. Our findings show that age, parity, and partnership play a determining role in the realization of fertility intentions, but employment status, religious affiliation, and overall life satisfaction all exhibit significant effects. A marked gender difference was detected not only with regard to employment status but in the area of values and orientations as well.

Keywords: Fertility intentions; Fertility behavior; Fertility dynamics; Postponement; Panel survey; Generation and gender survey; Hungary; Intentions de fécondité; Comportement procréatif; Dynamique de fécondité; Report; Enquête par panel; Enquête Générations et Genre; Hongrie (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-009-9189-7

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