Résumé Cet article présente un aperçu des recherches dans le domaine de la fécondité
réalisées dans les sociétés dites avancées, c'est-à-dire les sociétés dans lesquelles le …

BACKGROUND The increasingly common practice in high-income countries to delay
childbearing to the fourth and fifth decades of life increases the risk of involuntary …

" This article introduces the DFG-funded'Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family
Dynamics'(pairfam) study, which was initiated to provide an extended empirical basis for …

We study the aggregate gap between intended and actual fertility in 19 European countries
and the US based on a cohort approach. This complements prior research that had mainly …

In this article, we study fertility decision-making through timing parity-progression intentions.
The theoretical framework builds on Ajzen's social psychological" Theory of Planned …

People's childbearing intentions change over the course of their reproductive lives. these
changes have been conceptualized as occurring in response to the realization that an …

BACKGROUND This study examines whether social age deadlines exist for childbearing in
women and men, how they vary across countries, whether they are lower than actual …

Despite a long tradition of studying the relationship between education and fertility outcomes
less is known about how educational differences in fertility intentions are formed and …

Increasing shares of European women are making large investments in their human capital.
Whether and to what extent these investments are in conflict with reproductive behaviour are …

In previous research I have theorised that there is a three-step motivational sequence that
drives fertility behaviour, beginning with motivational traits, continuing with fertility desires …