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@article{Ciritel2019a,
  author = {Alexandra-Andreea Ciritel, Alessandra De Rose, Maria Felice Arezzo},
  title = {Childbearing intentions in a low fertility context: the case of Romania},
  year = {2019},
  journal = {Genus},
  volume = {75},
  number = {1},
  pages = {4},
  month = {Jan},
  url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-018-0046-6},
  timestamp = {23.04.2019},
  abstract = {This paper applies the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to find out the predictors of fertility intentions in Romania, a low-fertility country. We analyse how attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control relate to the intention to have a child among childless individuals and one-child parents. Principal axis factor analysis confirms which items proposed by the Generation and Gender Survey (GGS 2005) act as valid and reliable measures of the suggested theoretical socio-psychological factors. Four parity-specific logistic regression models are applied to evaluate the relationship between the socio-psychological factors and childbearing intentions. Social pressure emerges as the most important aspect in fertility decision-making among childless individuals and one-child parents, and positive attitudes towards childbearing are a strong component in planning for a child. This paper also underlines the importance of the region-specific factors when studying childbearing intentions: planning for the second child significantly differs among the development regions, representing the cultural and socio-economic divisions of the Romanian territory.}
}