Journal article
Realization of fertility intentions by different time frames
Advances in Life Course Research, Vol.24, pp.34-46
2015
Abstract
This paper focuses on the realization of positive fertility intentions with different time frames. The analyses are based on a unique combination of survey data and information from Norwegian administrative registers on childbearing in the years following the complete selected sample. Guided by the theoretical and empirical framework of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), the results suggest that a fertility intention's time frame is relevant for childbearing behaviour, but the patterns are somewhat different for respondents who were childless at the time of the interview compared to those who already had children. Overall, childless were less likely to realize their fertility intentions than parents. Following the TPB, childless may underestimate the difficulty of acting on their intentions and therefore have more difficulty realizing their intentions, versus parents who take into account their ability to manage another child. The results also show that childless with an immediate fertility intention are more likely to succeed than those with a longer-term intention. Likewise, parents with an immediate fertility intention are more likely to realize their intention during the two first years after the interview, but after four years the childbearing rate was higher among those with longer-term fertility intentions.
Details
- Title
- Realization of fertility intentions by different time frames
- Authors/Creators
- L. Dommermuth (Author/Creator) - Statistics NorwayJ. Klobas (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityT. Lappegård (Author/Creator) - Statistics Norway
- Publication Details
- Advances in Life Course Research, Vol.24, pp.34-46
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Identifiers
- 991005543917607891
- Copyright
- 2015 Elsevier Ltd
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Engineering and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 6.178.516 Family Fertility Dynamics
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