Are daughters' childbearing intentions related to their mothers' socio-economic status?

Autor/inn/en	Testa, Maria Rita; Bordone, Valeria; Osiewalska, Beata; Skirbekk, Vegard
Titel	Are daughters' childbearing intentions related to their mothers' socio-economic status? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Hat der sozioökonomische Status von Müttern einen Einfluss auf den Kinderwunsch ihrer Töchter?
Quelle	In: Demographic research, (2016) 35, Art. 21, S. 581-616 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1435-9871; 2363-7064
DOI	10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.21
Schlagwörter	Generatives Verhalten; Kinderwunsch; Soziale Herkunft; Generation; Familie; Familienplanung; Kinderzahl; Mutter; Tochter; Mobilität; Sozialer Status; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Beruf; Qualifikation; Internationaler Vergleich; Auswirkung; Hoch Qualifizierter; Bulgarien; Italien; Norwegen; Österreich
Abstract	"Background: Unlike actual fertility, fertility intentions are often found to be positively correlated with education. The literature explaining this paradox is scarce.; Objective: We aim to fill the gap in the existing scientific literature by searching for the main factors that influence highly educated women to plan a larger family size.; Methods: Using the first wave of the Generations and Gender Survey for four countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, and Norway), we analyse the relationship between mother's socio-economic status and daughter's fertility intentions, controlling for daughter's socio-economic status and sib ship size. Zero-inflated Poisson regression models are employed to estimate the predictors of women's additionally intended number of children.; Results: We find that the effect of family of origin is exerted mainly through sib ship size among childless daughters: Daughters with more siblings intend to have more children. After the transition to parenthood, the effect of family of origin is exerted mainly through the mother's level of education: Daughters with highly educated mothers intend to have more children.; Conclusions: The empirical results suggest that the positive link between births intentions and level of education might not merely be an artefact generated by the design of cross-sectional surveys but the outcome of a better socio-economic status that allows forming positive reproductive plans.; Contribution: The positive role of mother's socio-economic status on daughter's fertility decision-making offers a valuable interpretation of the positive link between education and fertility intentions which goes beyond the alternative explanations referring to self-selection, partner effect, or time squeeze, and needs to be confirmed by further research." (Author's abstract, © Max-Planck-Institut für demographische Forschung).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2017/1