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Births 2007
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division
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September 2009
Do parental benefits influence fertility decisions?
This report looks at the role government granted benefits have in a couple's decision to have children in Canada.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Statistics Canada
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October 27, 2009
Inequality and Growth: Why Differential Fertility Matters
This paper examines the relationship between fertility rates and growing economic inequality.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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California Center for Population Research
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April 2001
Infecundity: A Result of Postponed Childbearing?
This paper highlights the increased likelihood of infertility among women over the age of thirty and suggests that the increasingly common practice of postponing motherhood until later life may be contributing to higher rates of infertility and involuntary childlessness in the population.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Statistics Netherlands, Division Socioeconomic Statistics, Population Department
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31 August 2000
World Collaborative Report on In Vitro Fertilization, 2000
This report analyzes birth rates from in vitro fertilization in 49 countries by the type of procedure, maternal age, number of embryos transferred, and procedures resulting in multiple births.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The American Society for Reproductive Medicine
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June 2006
Multiple Pregnancy and Birth: Twins, Triplets and Higher Order Multiples: A Guide for Patients
This paper discusses the heightened incidence of multiple births among women who use fertility treatment and its effects on mothers and babies.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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American Society for Reproductive Medicine
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2004
Age and Fertility: A Guide for Patients
This paper explains how age can effect women's fertility and how older women face an increased risk of infertility, miscarriage and chromosomal abnormality in their newborns.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The American Society for Reproductive Medicine
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2006
Learning, Family Formation and Dissolution
This paper examines the role of education in the formation and dissolution of marriages, cohabiting relationships and childbearing and discusses topics such as the relationship between extended education and late childbearing as well as the relationship between educational study and divorce.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning
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June 2002
Fertility Intentions and Preferences: Effects of Structural and Financial Incentives and Constraints in Austria
This paper provides evidence that Austrian couples' decisions about when and if to have a first or subsequent child are significantly affected by structural and financial factors.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Vienna Institute of Demography
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September 22, 2004
Marital Fertility and Religion: Recent Changes in Spain
This paper examines the effects of religious affiliation and religious commitment on family size and birth spacing decisions in Spain.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Population Research Center
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July 2004
A Study of Childlessness in Britain
This paper studies trends in childlessness in Britain, and examines the reasons why women are choosing not to have children.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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July 01, 1998
Assisted Reproductive Technology in Europe, 2000. Results Generated from European Registers by ESHRE
This paper provides statistical results of fertility treatment cycles began in Europe in 2000.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Oxford Journals
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January 2004
American Fatherhood Types: The Good, the bad, and the Uninterested
This paper explores four typologies of men in contemporary American society: the new involved father, the good provider, the deadbeat dad and the paternity-free man and compare these typologies to father data from the 1920s and 30s.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Mens Issues Press
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March 22, 2004
The Family Law Review
This continuation of the Breakthrough Britain series examines family law in the interest of encouraging a high-commitment culture to marriage and family.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Centre for Social Justice
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November 2008
The Effect of Step-Children on Childbearing Intentions and Births
This paper looks at how the presence of stepchildren affects parents' fertility and childbearing decisions.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Center for Family Demographic Research
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2000
Births: Preliminary Data for 2006
This report provides preliminary data on births in the United States in 2006.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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National Vital Statistics
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December 5, 2007
Families, Fertility, and Maternity Leave
This paper explores the causes of decreasing fertility and marriage rates and makes suggestions as to the development of public policy to address these concerns.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Centre for Independent Studies
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September 16, 2002
Ethical Issues Related to Multiple Pregnancies in Medically Assisted Procreation
This paper discusses some of the ethical controversy surrounding multiple pregnancies which may occur as the result of some forms of assisted reproductive technology.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Oxford Journals
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September 2003
Risks and Complications in Assisted Reproduction Techniques: Report of an ESHRE Consensus Meeting
This paper examines some of the negative effects and complications of assisted reproductive technologies.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Oxford Journals
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February 2003
Assisted Reproductive Technology in Europe, 1999. Results Generated from European Registers by ESHRE
This paper features the results of fertility treatments started in 1999 across 22 European countries.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Oxford Journals
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December 2002
Family Formation Trends and Analysis U.S. Overview 2007: Children
This report examines family trends in the United States with regard to children.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Focus on the Family
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2007
The End of the Fertility Transition in the Developed World
This paper examines the effects of changes in the timing of childbearing on fertility rates in the developed world.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Population Council
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September 2002
Population Policy Dilemmas in Europe at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century
This paper discusses some of the political and social problems Europe faces as a result of declining birthrates.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Population Council
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March 2003
Births 2005
This study reports on Canadian birth data including number births, fertility and stillborn rates, as well as statistical information about mothers and babies.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Statistics Canada
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September 2007
Family Formation in France: Individual Preferences and Subsequent Outcomes
This section of the 2006 Vienna Yearbook of Population Research examines childlessness: The intention to have children and those who actually do.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Vienna Institute of Demography
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2006
The Postponement of Childbearing in Europe: Driving Forces and Implications
This introduction to the Vienna Institute of Demography's annual Yearbook of Population Research explains the trend towards delayed childbearing in European countries.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Vienna Institute of Demography
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2006
Men Who Father Children with More Than One Woman: A Contemporary Portrait of Multiple-Partner Fertility
Based on the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, the authors develop a portrait of multi-partner fertility among men 15 – 44 years of age in the U.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Child Trends
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November 2006
The Low Fertility Trap Hypothesis: Forces That May Lead to Further Postponement and Fewer Births In Europe
This paper discusses whether we can expect low birth rates to rise, and examines factors, both social and economic, that may be responsible for declining birth rates in European countries.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Vienna Institute of Demography
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2006
The Effect of Neighborhood Characteristics on Young Adult Outcomes: Alternative Estimates
This paper examines the impact of neighbourhood composition on adult outcomes for young women and finds that past research on this subject overstates the effect of neighbourhood factors.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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September 01, 1996
Do the More-Educated Prefer Smaller Families?
This study explores the relationship between educational attainment and desired family size.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Vienna Institute of Demography
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March 2005
Australian Social Trends 1998: Family - Family Formation: Family Planning
This article examines fertility trends and the development of birth control in Australia, as well as the type of contraception used by Australian women.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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January 26, 2000
This article examines how Canadians access the news media. The study found that television remains the most sought medium for news but that younger Canadians are increasingly turning to the internet. The article suggests that the level of political e
This study reports on pregnancy rates by age and place of residency.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Statistics Canada
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March 2006
Assisted Conception: Australia and New Zealand 2000 and 2001
This report provides information about different forms of reproductive technology and their rates of success in achieving pregnancy.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare National Perinatal Statistics Unit, The Fertility Society of Australia
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2003
The Effect of China’s One-Child Family Policy after 25 Years
This paper examines the implementation of China’s one-child policy in 1979 and the current effect the policy on the man to woman ratio and the adult child to elderly parent ratio.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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New England Journal of Medicine
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September 15, 2005
Safety Issues in Assisted Reproductive Technology: Aetiology of Health Problems in Singleton ART Babies
This study investigates why babies born using artificial reproductive technologies seem to suffer more frequent health problems than those conceived naturally.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
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October 2003
Australian Social Trends 1996: Family - Family Formation: Trends in Fertility
This article examines trends in fertility, births, family size, and infant mortality in Australia.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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January 12, 2001
Smoking and Reproductive Life: The Impact of Smoking on Sexual, Reproductive and Child Health
This report examines the effects of smoking on sexual, reproductive and child health, including issues of fertility, breastfeeding, and physical illness.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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British Medical Association
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February 2004
Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada 2003 and 2004
This paper provides a wide range of Canadian demographical information covering statistical data on fertility, mortality, immigration, marriage, divorce and abortion.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Statistics Canada
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June 2006
Does Parental Leave Affect Fertility and Return-to-Work? Evidence from a "True Natural Experiment"
This paper examines fertility and the effects of a 1990 public policy change in Austria that extended the maximum parental leave from one year to two years and allowed leave to be automatically renewed if a second child was born.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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May 2005
Understanding How Sexually Active Women Think About Fertility, Sex, and Motherhood
This report examines the attitudes of Irish women in their twenties toward childbearing and fertility decisions as they relate to life goals and the changing roles of women in education, careers, motherhood, and relationships.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Crisis Pregnancy Agency
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September 2004
Covert Contraceptive Use: Prevalence, Motivations, and Consequences
This paper examines the prevalence of, reasons for, and outcomes of women's contraceptive use without their husband's knowledge in Zambia.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Population Council
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December 1998
The Fertility Impact of Changes in the Timing of Childbearing in the Developing World
This paper examines the effects of delayed childbearing on actual and measured fertility rates in the developing world.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Population Council
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1999
The End of the Fertility Transition in the Developing World
This paper uses UN estimates from over 140 developing countries from 1950 to 2000 to explore patterns and determinants of fertility over time.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Population Council
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2002
Completing the Fertility Transition in the Developing World: The Role of Educational Differences and Fertility Preferences
This study examines the relationship between fertility and educational attainment in the developing world over a period of several decades.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Population Council
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2003
"It's Not for Lack of Wanting Kids": A Report on the Fertility Decision Making Project
This report examines fertility patterns and decision making in Australia.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Australian Institute of Family Studies
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November 2004
Family Planning and Women's Lives in Rural China
This article discusses the effect that the pressures of China's one-child policy and the social preference for sons has on rural women.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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June 2004
Childlessness and the Concentration of Reproduction in Austria
This paper examines the distribution of childbearing in Austria and finds evidence of an increasing concentration of reproduction.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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November 2004
Gender Preferences for Children Revisited: New Evidence from Germany
This paper examines gender preferences for children among parents and childless couples in Germany.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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May 2002
To Concentration of Reproduction in Cohorts of US and European Women
This paper provides a comparative analysis of the concentration of fertility and the proportion of women who remain childless in different European nations and the United States.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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October 2004
Child Health Statistics
This report presents statistical information pertaining to children's health and well being in England.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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National Statistics
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2000
Changing Fertility Patterns, 1974 to 1994
This article discusses the fluctuations in fertility rates in Canada between 1974-1994 and pays specific attention to the increase in teenage pregnancies and out of wedlock births.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Statistics Canada
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1996
Fertility in South Africa: Current Issues and Prospects for the Future
This paper studies fertility levels and trends, infant and child mortality rates, and living arrangements in South Africa.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Population Studies Center
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February 2003
Cohabitation, Marriage, and Non-Marital Fertility
This paper demonstrates that increasing trends of delayed marriage, marital disruption, and cohabitation place unprecedented numbers of women at risk of non-marital childbearing.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Population Research Center
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May 1997
Young Adult Fertility and the Intendedness of Births
This paper discusses the antecedents and consequences of unintended adolescent pregnancies for both men and women.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
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2002
The Impact of Gender Role Attitudes on Sterilization Decisions
This paper studies the impact of gender attitudes and roles on the occurrences of sterilization.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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April 2000
Indicators of Male Fertility, Family Formation, and Sexual Behavior
This paper discusses the use of indicators to understand men's decisions regarding sexual activity, family formation, and fertility.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Child Trends
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January 1997
Reassessing Delayed and Forgone Marriage in the United States
This paper, using measures of race and educational attainment, examines trends in the proportion of women in the United States who will marry by age 45.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Russell Sage Foundation
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June 2004
Childbearing Patterns for Swedish Mothers of Twins, 1961-1999
This article uses Swedish data to assess the effects of a twin birth on mothers' subsequent childbearing.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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December 23, 2004
The Economics of Assisted Reproduction
This paper outlines some of the economic challenges and dilemmas that have been raised as a result of assisted reproductive technologies.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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January 2005
Lowest Low Fertility in an Urban Context: When Migration Plays a Key Role
This paper examines the relationship between economic resources, fertility, and migration in an urban centre with extremely low fertility.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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October 2002
Does Economic Uncertainty Have an Impact on Decisions to Bear Children? Evidence from Eastern Germany
This paper explores the link between economic uncertainty and fertility decisions in an effort to understand the large drop in fertility that occurred in East Germany in the years following the fall of communism and the reunification with West Germany.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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August 2002
Institutional Arrangements and Life Course Outcomes: The Interrelations between Cohabitation, Marriage and First Birth in Germany and Sweden
This paper compares the connection between type of first union - cohabitation or marriage - and first childbirth in Germany and Sweden.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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June 2002
Fertility in Times of Discontinuous Societal Change: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe
This paper examines fertility patterns during a period of social and economic upheaval and uncertainty in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of communism.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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June 2002
Bearing Children in Unstable Times: Psychological Traits and Early Parenthood in a Lowest-Low Fertility Context, Rostock 1990 - 1995.
This study examines the extent to which psychological traits can be used to understand and predict individuals' transition into parenthood.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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April 2002
The Fertility Pattern of Twins and the General Population Compared: Evidence from Danish Cohorts 1945–64
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the childbearing patterns of twins and non-twins.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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May 24, 2002
Fertility Intentions in a Cross-Cultural View: The Value of Children Reconsidered
This paper examines the motives of couples who are or are not intending to have children and analyses fertility intentions and levels in Turkey and Japan, two countries with very different fertility levels, institutions, and states of social and economic development.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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September 2001
Cohabitation, Marriage, First Birth: The Interrelationship of Family Formation Events in Spain
This paper explores the strong correlation between union formation and first birth in Spain.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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November 2001
Social Capital Related to Fertility: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Evidence from Bulgaria
Based on a study of Bulgarian women, this paper argues that social capital and interpersonal exchanges have an important effect on fertility decisions if they are able to reduce the costs of childbearing and increase the financial stability of the household.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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June 2005
Becoming a Parent in East Germany During the 1990s: The Impact of Personal Considerations on the Timing of Entry to Parenthood
This paper examines the effects of individual psychological factors on young adults' decisions about becoming a parent in East Germany in the 1990s.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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April 2005
Additional Work, Family Agriculture, and the Birth of a First or a Second Child in Russia at the Beginning of the 1990s
This paper examines fertility patterns in Russia in the period following the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
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May 2003
Two Theoretical Interpretations of the Dissonance between Fertility Intentions and Behaviour
This paper provides two theories to explain the gap that often exists between people's actual fertility and their expressed fertility preferences.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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April 2003
Childrearing Responsibility and Stepfamily Fertility in Finland and Austria
This study of childbearing in stepfamilies examines future fertility and the effects of partners having shared children or children from previous unions.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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January 2003
Fertility Intentions and Preferences: Effects of Structural and Financial Incentives and Constraints in Austria
This paper discusses the significant gap between actual fertility and expressed fertility preferences in many European countries and explores the extent to which financial and structural incentives and barriers affect fertility intentions in Austria.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences
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September 22, 2004
The Emergence of Sub-Replacement Family Size Ideals in Europe
This paper indicates that the average desired family size in much of Europe is significantly below the replacement fertility level of 2.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Vienna Institute of Demography and the Austrian Academy of Sciences
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2003
Childcare and Fertility in (Western) Germany
This paper examines the effects of child care availability and cost on women's fertility decisions in western Germany in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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July 2001
Patterns of Childbearing in Russia 1994 - 1998
This paper examines factors influencing actual and intended fertility in Russia in the 1990s.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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July 2001
Cohort Childbearing Age Patterns in Low-Fertility Countries in the Late 20th Century: Is the Postponement of Births an Inherent Element?
This paper provides an overview and examination of changes in the age patterns of childbearing in low-fertility countries in the latter half of the twentieth century.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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April 2001
Measure and Dynamics of Marriage Squeezes: From Baby Boom to Baby Bust in Italy
This paper examines the dynamics and characteristics of the marriage market in Italy from 1969 to 1995, a period encompassing both a baby boom and later a baby "bust.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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February 2001
Fertility of Internal Migrants: Comparison Between Austria and Poland
This paper explores the effects of internal migration on the reproductive behaviours of females in post-war Austria and Poland.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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August 2004
Labour-Market Attachment and Entry into Parenthood: The Experience of Immigrant Women in Sweden
This paper examines the effect of labour-force attachment on immigrant women's childbearing decisions in Sweden.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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April 2004
Family Formation in Times of Social and Economic Change: An Analysis of the 1971 East German Cohort
This paper explores the union formation and childbearing patterns of East Germans who entered adulthood during the period of upheaval and uncertainty caused by the reunification of East and West Germany.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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April 2004
Australia’s Uncertain Demographic Future
This article provides predictions of Australia's population to 2051.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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September 23, 2004
Demographic Trends in Sweden: An Update of Childbearing and Nuptiality up to 2002
This article examines trends in marriage, divorce and childbearing in Sweden from the early twentieth century to 2002.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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October 2003
Fertility and Family Policy in Norway: A Reflection on Trends and Possible Connections
This study examines the effectiveness of generous family policies for promoting childbearing in Norway.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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June 08, 2004
Employment, Family Union, and Childbearing Decisions in Great Britain
This paper explores the interrelationship of work and family for men and women in Britain.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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July 2003
Association of Late Childbearing with Healthy Longevity among the Oldest-Old in China
This paper provides evidence that childbearing after age 35 or 40 is significantly associated with survival and good health among very old Chinese people, particularly women.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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July 2003
Gender Equality and Fertility in Sweden: A Study on the Impact of the Father’s Uptake of Parental Leave on Continued Childbearing
This paper examines the effects of maternal and paternal pattern of sharing parental leave on the likelihood of continued childbearing.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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April 26, 2005
Childbearing Developments in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden from the 1970s to the 1990s: A Comparison
This paper provides a comparative analysis of fertility trends in Denmark, Sweden and Norway from the 1970s to the 1990s.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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October 2003
Women’s Labor Force Attachment and Childbearing in Finland
This paper examines the effects of women's labour force activity, income, and utilization of child home care allowance on their likelihood of having a first or second child.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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January 2004 (Revised March 2004)
Why Does Sweden Have Such High Fertility?
This paper documents the relatively high rates of fertility in Sweden and discusses the role of the education system, generous family policies, and a female-friendly political culture on childbearing decisions in that country.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research,
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April 2005
The Impact of Individual and Aggregate Unemployment on Fertility in Norway
This paper compares the influence of individual unemployment and regional unemployment rates on women's fertility decisions in Norway.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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April 05, 2002
Charting Parenthood: A Statistical Portrait of Fathers and Mothers in America
This report uses data from national surveys to provide a comprehensive comparison of mothers and fathers on more than 40 indicators of parenting, family formation, and fertility.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Child Trends
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July 09, 2002
Recent Trends in Abortion Rates Worldwide
This article discusses how contraceptive methods, if used properly, can decrease the use of abortion.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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March 01, 1999
The Effect of Welfare on Marriage and Fertility: What do we Know and What do we Need to Know?
This paper discusses the conflicting findings of different studies that have examined the impact of welfare on marriage and fertility.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Institute for Research on Poverty
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December 01, 1997
Into A New World: Young Women's Sexual and Reproductive Lives (Executive Summary)
This summary of a longer report discusses the sexual and reproductive lives of young women in countries around the world.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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1998
Adolescent Sexual Health
This chapter, from the book The Health of Children and Young People, discusses teen sexual activity, fertility, and pregnancy as well as the transmission of STDs amongst youth.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Office of National Statistics
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March 01, 2004
Australian Social Trends 2001: Family - Family Formation: Older Mothers
This article discusses the increasing trend towards delaying pregnancy and motherhood until later in life.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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May 20, 2002
In Their Own Right: Addressing The Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Men Worldwide
This booklet provides a comprehensive analysis of the reproductive health needs of men in 45 developed and developing countries around the world.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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2003
Induced Abortion in the Developing World: Indirect Estimates
This article discusses the statistics on abortion in 21 developing countries, and aims to find the correlation between abortion and the detriments of fertility.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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September 01, 1996
Adolescent Fertility and the Educational Attainment of Young Women
This paper examines the corelation between early childbearing and educational attainment.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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February 01, 1995
Employment and the Sexual and Reproductive Behavior of Female Adolescents
This study finds that employed adolescent girls are more likely to experience their first sexual encounter sooner than are their unemployed peers.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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June 01, 2002
Women’s Efforts to Prevent Pregnancy: Consistency of Oral Contraceptive Use
This study provides evidence that a significant number of women who rely on the birth control pill as their sole method of contraception are inconsistent in their use.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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February 01, 1998
Fertility Preferences and Contraceptive Change In Developing Countries
This article analyzes the family planning programs in developing countries that promote the use of contraceptive measures.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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September 01, 2000
Trends in Contraceptive Use In the United States: 1982–1995
This study looks at changes in the types of contraception used over time.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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February 01, 1998
Clandestine Abortion in Latin America: A Clinic Profile
This article examines the characteristics of women either having complications with their abortions or women seeking abortion.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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March 01, 2001
Why Nigerian Adolescents Seek Abortion Rather than Contraception: Evidence from Focus-Group Discussions
This paper discusses the common misunderstandings among Nigerian adolescents regarding contraceptive methods and abortion.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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June 01, 2001
Determinants of Unintended Pregnancy Among Women in Ecuador
This article outlines the social and health complications that result from unintended pregnancies in Ecuador.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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March 01, 1999
Understanding U.S. Fertility: Continuity And Change in the National Survey Of Family Growth, 1988-1995
This article uses data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) to analyse patterns of fertility, infertility, contraceptive use, unintended pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, concern about sexually transmitted disease, and women's use of health services from 1988 to 1995.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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February 01, 1996
Her, His and Their Children: Childbearing Intentions and Births in Stepfamilies
This paper studies the fertility intentions and decisions of stepparents, as well as the factors that influence such decisions, such as family size and parenthood status.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison
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May 29, 2002
Understanding the Rise in Illegitimacy
This paper discusses the extent to which illegitimacy is replacing marriage as the means of child bearing and raising in the US.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Welfare Reform Academy
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June 05, 1998
Ageing Yet Diverse: The Changing Shape of Australia's Population
This paper discusses Australia's population growth rates including statistics on fertility, life-expectancy, age demographics, as well as the impact of the ageing population on society.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Australian Institute of Family Studies
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September 01, 2001
Quebec's Baby Bonus: Can Public Policy Raise Fertility?
This paper assesses the impact and effectiveness of Quebec's child incentive program and weighs it against the program costs in order to determine whether or not it is a feasible strategy for the future.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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C.D. Howe Institute
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January 24, 2002
Couples' Fertility and Contraceptive Decision-Making In Developing Countries: Hearing the Man's Voice
This article addresses the different reproductive goals between spouses in developing countries.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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March 01, 1998
Australian Social Trends 1999: Population - Population Projections: Our Ageing Population
This article looks at Australia's ageing population and declining fertility rates, and discusses the impact that this population distribution will have on future generations.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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January 26, 2000
Disposable Human Beings?
This paper presents some moral and ethical objections to reproductive technology and stem cell research.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Family Research Council
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November 30, 2000
Bridging the Gap Integrating Family Planning With Abortion Services in Turkey
This paper examines Turkey's use of abortion as a method of controlling fertility.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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June 01, 2001
Employment, Family Union, and Childbearing Decisions in Great Britain
This paper explores the extent to which changes in family life and employment are linked.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
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Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
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April 01, 2004
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