Stratified Fertility: Age Norms, Ideals, Behaviors, and the Role of National Contexts: Age norms, ideals, behaviors, and the role of national contexts

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Název: Stratified Fertility: Age Norms, Ideals, Behaviors, and the Role of National Contexts: Age norms, ideals, behaviors, and the role of national contexts
Autoři: Badolato, Luca, Billari, Francesco C., Liefbroer, Aart C.
Zdroj: Eur J Popul
Informace o vydavateli: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024.
Rok vydání: 2024
Témata: Age norms, Social stratification, Second Demographic Transition, Transition to parenthood, AGE NORMS, CROSS-NATIONAL FERTILITY COMPARISON, SECOND DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION, SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD, Cross-national fertility comparison, Original Research
Popis: A growing body of research shows that demographic attitudes and behaviors across the life course are socially stratified. Building on this and focusing on the transition to parenthood, we hypothesize that (i) parental socioeconomic status is associated with multiple dimensions of the transition to parenthood, including fertility norms (perceived lower age limit at first birth), ideals (ideal age at first birth), and behaviors (age at first birth), and that (ii) this association varies across national contexts, as national contexts determine the opportunities and constraints that guide young adults' life course attitudes and behaviors. Drawing on the European Social Survey 2006 and 2018 data, we analyze early fertility norms and ideals and later fertility behaviors of a pseudo-panel of individuals born between 1976 and 1988. We show that (i) parental socioeconomic status is positively associated with later fertility norms, later fertility ideals, and later childbearing, even when controlling for respondents' own socioeconomic status, and that (ii) national contexts partially moderate these associations. We conclude by discussing implications for theories of fertility and highlighting avenues for future research.
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Jazyk: English
ISSN: 1572-9885
0168-6577
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-024-09718-2
Přístupová URL adresa: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39601958
Rights: CC BY NC ND
Přístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....85d0e3de018d98c3761503ebb0d0ac0d
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:A growing body of research shows that demographic attitudes and behaviors across the life course are socially stratified. Building on this and focusing on the transition to parenthood, we hypothesize that (i) parental socioeconomic status is associated with multiple dimensions of the transition to parenthood, including fertility norms (perceived lower age limit at first birth), ideals (ideal age at first birth), and behaviors (age at first birth), and that (ii) this association varies across national contexts, as national contexts determine the opportunities and constraints that guide young adults' life course attitudes and behaviors. Drawing on the European Social Survey 2006 and 2018 data, we analyze early fertility norms and ideals and later fertility behaviors of a pseudo-panel of individuals born between 1976 and 1988. We show that (i) parental socioeconomic status is positively associated with later fertility norms, later fertility ideals, and later childbearing, even when controlling for respondents' own socioeconomic status, and that (ii) national contexts partially moderate these associations. We conclude by discussing implications for theories of fertility and highlighting avenues for future research.
ISSN:15729885
01686577
DOI:10.1007/s10680-024-09718-2