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Perpetual postponers? Women's, men’s and couple’s fertility intentions and subsequent fertility behaviour

Perpetual postponers? Women's, men’s and couple’s fertility intentions and subsequent fertility behaviour
Perpetual postponers? Women's, men’s and couple’s fertility intentions and subsequent fertility behaviour
In this article data from the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) are used to analyse gender differences in fertility intentions, and the correspondence between fertility intentions and subsequent fertility behaviour. By exploiting couple-level data, we examine whether partners have conflicting preferences for future fertility. Focusing on women who remain childless in their thirties we look at socio-demographic factors related to the intention to remain childless, or to start a family later on in life. By following up women over time, the characteristics of women who go on to have a child later on in life are considered. The importance of having a partner and the fertility intention of that partner in predicting whether a birth will occur are also examined.
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Berrington, Ann
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Berrington, Ann
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Berrington, Ann (2004) Perpetual postponers? Women's, men’s and couple’s fertility intentions and subsequent fertility behaviour. Population Trends, 117, Autumn Issue, 9-19. (PMID:15521417)

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In this article data from the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) are used to analyse gender differences in fertility intentions, and the correspondence between fertility intentions and subsequent fertility behaviour. By exploiting couple-level data, we examine whether partners have conflicting preferences for future fertility. Focusing on women who remain childless in their thirties we look at socio-demographic factors related to the intention to remain childless, or to start a family later on in life. By following up women over time, the characteristics of women who go on to have a child later on in life are considered. The importance of having a partner and the fertility intention of that partner in predicting whether a birth will occur are also examined.

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Published date: 2004

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Local EPrints ID: 34148
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34148
ISSN: 0307-4463
PURE UUID: 2ca74ddf-1fa5-412c-a94a-20d2fead52ac
ORCID for Ann Berrington: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1683-6668

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Date deposited: 15 May 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:46

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