Fertility intentions and their realization in couples
- Autor(en)
- Bernhard Riederer, Isabella Buber-Ennser, Zuzanna Brzozowska
- Abstrakt
Most research on Europe indicates that a gender-balanced division of family work tends to increase childbearing probabilities, but empirical results vary substantially. The present article proposes explanations for this observed discrepancy. It develops prior research further by (1) studying short-term fertility intentions and their realization within the subsequent 4 years, (2) analyzing the role of the spouses' satisfaction with the division for the effects that the division may have on childbearing, (3) proving a mediation by relationship satisfaction, and (4) considering gender as well as parity as moderators. Using data from two waves of the Generations and Gender Survey, we show that the division of work affects childbearing intentions. We find that the effect (a) depends on the spouses' satisfaction with the division, (b) is partly moderated by relationship satisfaction, and (c) varies by parity. The division of household labor, however, seems of less importance for the realization of childbearing intentions.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Soziologie
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Masaryk University, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)
- Journal
- Journal of Family Issues
- Band
- 40
- Seiten
- 1860–1882
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 23
- ISSN
- 0192-513X
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X19848794
- Publikationsdatum
- 05-2019
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 504006 Demographie, 504011 Familienforschung
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/d6f20f03-b9b6-4a01-8920-35de11e43926