Childbearing intentions in a low fertility context: the case of Romania
Childbearing intentions in a low fertility context: the case of Romania
This paper applies the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to find out the predictors of fertility intentions in Romania, a low-fertility country. We analyse how attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control relate to the intention to have a child among childless individuals and one-child parents. Principal axis factor analysis confirms which items proposed by the Generation and Gender Survey (GGS 2005) act as valid and reliable measures of the suggested theoretical socio-psychological factors. Four parity-specific logistic regression models are applied to evaluate the relationship between the socio-psychological factors and childbearing intentions. Social pressure emerges as the most important aspect in fertility decision-making among childless individuals and one-child parents, and positive attitudes towards childbearing are a strong component in planning for a child. This paper also underlines the importance of the region-specific factors when studying childbearing intentions: planning for the second child significantly differs among the development regions, representing the cultural and socio-economic divisions of the Romanian territory.
Developmental regions, Fertility intentions, Gender and generation survey, Romania, Theory of planned behaviour
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Ciritel, Alexandra Andreea
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De Rose, Alessandra
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Arezzo, Maria Felice
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Ciritel, Alexandra Andreea
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De Rose, Alessandra
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Arezzo, Maria Felice
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Ciritel, Alexandra Andreea, De Rose, Alessandra and Arezzo, Maria Felice
(2019)
Childbearing intentions in a low fertility context: the case of Romania.
Genus, 75 (1), , [4].
(doi:10.1186/s41118-018-0046-6).
Abstract
This paper applies the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to find out the predictors of fertility intentions in Romania, a low-fertility country. We analyse how attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control relate to the intention to have a child among childless individuals and one-child parents. Principal axis factor analysis confirms which items proposed by the Generation and Gender Survey (GGS 2005) act as valid and reliable measures of the suggested theoretical socio-psychological factors. Four parity-specific logistic regression models are applied to evaluate the relationship between the socio-psychological factors and childbearing intentions. Social pressure emerges as the most important aspect in fertility decision-making among childless individuals and one-child parents, and positive attitudes towards childbearing are a strong component in planning for a child. This paper also underlines the importance of the region-specific factors when studying childbearing intentions: planning for the second child significantly differs among the development regions, representing the cultural and socio-economic divisions of the Romanian territory.
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Accepted/In Press date: 25 November 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 January 2019
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Developmental regions, Fertility intentions, Gender and generation survey, Romania, Theory of planned behaviour
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ISSN: 0016-6987
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