Karabchuk, Tatiana and Duelmer, Hermann and Gatskova, Kseniia (2022) Fertility attitudes of highly educated youth: A factorial survey. JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, 84 (1). pp. 32-52. ISSN 0022-2445, 1741-3737
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Objective This study used factorial survey data from five countries to assess the factors that shape young adults' attitudes toward the ideal number of children for described couples. Background Continuously low fertility rates in many Asian and European countries generate an interest in understanding the fertility attitudes of young adults-and the implications for family policies. Method The causal impact of socioeconomic and cultural factors on the ideal number of children for couples described in the vignettes was tested using a factorial survey experiment (vignette analysis). Data were collected from Germany, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to represent five different contexts each with different economies, political regimes, cultural and religious backgrounds, and population structures. Seven vignette-level and four respondent-level factors were assumed to affect the conditional ideal number of children. Results The strongest predictors of the higher ideal number of children for couples described in the vignettes were income, availability of childcare, and husband's full employment. The highest average ideal number of children for described couples was observed in the UAE (2.8 children), followed by Germany (1.6 children), Ukraine and Russia (1.3 children), and Japan (1.2 children). Conclusion The existing gap between public attitudes and fertility behaviors could be addressed by child-friendly policies which allow a better reconciliation of work and family life.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CHILD-CARE AVAILABILITY; EASTERN-EUROPE; GENDER EQUITY; FAMILY-SIZE; INTENTIONS; WOMEN; BEHAVIOR; POLICY; PERCEPTIONS; TRANSITION; children; factorial survey; fertility attitudes; gender roles; housework; ideal number of children; income; vignettes; youth |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences |
| Divisions: | Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IESES) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2022 05:46 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2022 05:46 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/47720 |
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