ISBN:
9401794006
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (4444 KB, 178 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Parallel Title:
Print version Reproductive Decision-Making in a Macro-Micro Perspective
DDC:
155.2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book provides new insights into the significant gap that currently exists between desired and actual fertility in Europe. It examines how people make decisions about having children and demonstrates how the macro-level environment affects micro-level decision-making.Written by an international team of leading demographers and psychologists, the book presents the theoretical and methodological developments of a three-year, European Commission-funded project named REPRO (Reproductive Decision-Making in a Macro-Micro Perspective). It also provides an overview of the research conducted by REPRO researchers both during and after the project.The book examines fertility intentions from quantitative and qualitative perspectives, demonstrates how the macro-level environment affects micro-level decision-making, and offers a multi-level analysis of fertility-related norms across Europe.Overall, this book offers insight into how people make decisions to have children, when they are most likely to act on their decisions, and how different social and policy settings affect their decisions and actions. It will appeal to researchers, graduate students, and policy advisors with an interest in fertility, demography, and life-course decision making.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Reproductive Decision-Making in a Macro-Micro Perspective: A Conceptual Framework; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Background: Low Fertility in Europe; 1.3 General Framework; 1.4 The Macro-level: Societal Environment and Fertility Rates; 1.5 The Micro-level: Theory of Planned Behavior, Fertility Intentions and Their Realisation; 1.6 The Macro-Micro Link: Fertility Intentions in Context; 1.7 The Micro-macro Link: How to Integrate Both Levels?; 1.8 Outline of the Book; References; Chapter 2: Institutional Settings of Childbearing; 2.1 Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
2.2 The Three Levers of Family Policies in OECD Countries2.2.1 Increasing Expenditures for Families; 2.2.2 Financial Transfers; 2.2.3 Child-Related Leave Entitlements; 2.2.4 Child-Care Services; 2.2.5 A Diversity of Family Policy Patterns; 2.3 Summary: Family Policies and Fertility Outcomes; References; Chapter 3: Making the Decision to Have a Child; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A TPB Model of the Decision to Have a Child; 3.2.1 Childbearing Decisions in Context; 3.3 Data; 3.4 Findings; 3.4.1 The Contexts in Which the Decision to Have a Child Varies
Description / Table of Contents:
3.4.2 Beliefs About Having a Child in the Next Three Years3.4.3 Differences in Beliefs; 3.4.3.1 Differences in Beliefs by Country; 3.4.3.2 Differences in Beliefs by Parity; 3.4.3.3 Differences in Beliefs by Age Group; 3.4.3.4 Differences in Beliefs by Partnership Status; 3.4.3.5 Differences in Beliefs by Education; 3.4.3.6 Overview of Differences in Beliefs; 3.4.4 Effects of Social Psychological Factors on Childbearing Decision Making in Different Countries; 3.4.4.1 Differences in the Belief Structure of ATT, SN and PBC by National Context
Description / Table of Contents:
3.4.4.2 Differences in the Effects of ATT, SN and PBC on Intentions by Country3.4.5 Differences in the Effects of ATT, SN and PBC on the Decision to Have a Child in Different Contexts; 3.4.5.1 Differences in the Role of Beliefs; 3.5 Discussion; 3.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Influences on the Link Between Fertility Intentions and Behavioural Outcomes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Highlighting the Intention-Behaviour Link in the TPB Approach; 4.2.1 Relationship Between Fertility Intentions and Behaviour in the TPB; 4.2.2 Measurement Issues; 4.2.3 Partners and Partnership
Description / Table of Contents:
4.2.4 On the Nature of Attitudes and Behaviours4.2.5 (Un)expected Life-Course Events Causing Intention Revision; 4.2.6 Group-Specific Behaviour: Social Status and Demographic Position; 4.2.7 Macro-social Context; 4.2.8 Revisiting TPB and Fertility Behaviour: Matches and Challenges; 4.3 Building Hypotheses on Factors That Influence the Intention-Behaviour Link; 4.3.1 The Dependent Variable of the Analysis; 4.3.2 Potential Factors Influencing Intention Realisation; 4.3.2.1 Age; 4.3.2.2 Parity; 4.3.2.3 Partnership
Description / Table of Contents:
4.3.2.4 Background Factors: Educational Attainment, Activity Status, and Religious Denomination
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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