Bibliography

Now or later? The Theory of Planned Behavior and timing of fertility intentions

Dommermuth, L., Klobas, J., & Lappegård, T. (2011). Advances in Life Course Research, 16(1), 42-53 10.1016/j.alcr.2011.01.002

This article focuses on the time frame of intentions to have a child. For both parents and childless people we compare those who want a child now with those who intend to have a child within the next three years. Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior and using data from Norway (N = 1307), we investigate the role of …

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MAPLES: A general method for the estimation of age profiles from standard demographic surveys (with an application to fertility)

Impicciatore, R. & Billari, F. (2011). Demographic Research, 24, 719-748 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.29

In this paper we present MAPLES (Method for Age Profiles Longitudinal EStimation), a general method for the estimation of age profiles that uses standard micro-level demographic survey data. The aim is to estimate smoothed age profiles and relative risks for time-fixed and time-varying covariates. MAPLES is implemented through a data processing routine and a series of regressions using GAM (Generalized …

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Intergenerational family constellations in contemporary Europe: Evidence from the Generations and Gender Survey

Puur, A., Sakkeus, L., Põldma, A., & Herm, A. (2011). Demographic Research, 25, 135-172 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.4

Demographic research has drawn attention to the multiple ways in which changes in mortality and childbearing have produced major shifts in intergenerational family structures. The aim of this article is to contribute to this body of research by analysing the data from the Generations and Gender Surveys for nine European countries. In the study, data pertaining to the availability of …

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Intentions de fécondité et obstacles à leur réalisation en France et en Italie: Intentions de fécondité et obstacles à leur réalisation en France et en Italie

Régnier-Loilier, A. & Vignoli, D. (2011). Population, Vol. 66(2), 401-431 10.3917/popu.1102.0401

Dans les pays où les couples peuvent contrôler efficacement leurs naissances, la compréhension des comportements de fécondité nécessite l’analyse des intentions et de leur réalisation. En particulier, quels sont les facteurs (économiques, sociaux, culturels) conduisant à une révision (à la hausse ou à la baisse) du projet initial de fécondité ? Utilisant des données longitudinales et comparables issues des enquêtes …

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Economic conditions of stepfamilies from a cross-national perspective

Kreyenfeld, M. & Martin, V. (2011). Journal of Family Research, 23(2), 128-153 10.20377/jfr-204

This paper investigates the economic conditions of stepfamilies in Germany, the Russian Federation and France using data from the first wave of the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS). The analysis shows that stepfamilies more often report economic hardship than nuclear families in France and Western Germany. Socio-demographic differences between family types – particularly the fact that stepfamilies tend to be …

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Economic crisis and recovery: Changes in second birth rates within occupational classes and educational groups

Billingsley, S. (2011). Demographic Research, 24, 375-406 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.16

This study assesses the decline in second birth rates for men and women across different skill levels in transitional Russia. Changes within educational groups and occupational classes are observed over three distinct time periods: the Soviet era, economic crisis, and economic recovery. The most remarkable finding is the similarity in the extent second birth rates declined within educational groups and …

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Does nativity matter?: Correlates of immigrant health by generation in the Russian Federation

Buckley, C., Hofmann, E., & Minagawa-Sugawara, Y. (2011). Demographic Research, 24, 801-824 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.32

The Russian Federation has experienced simultaneous declines in health and rises in international migration. Guided by the “healthy migrant effect” found elsewhere, we examine two questions. First, do the foreign-born in the Russian Federation exhibit better overall health than the native-born? Second, to the extent positive health selectivity exists, is it transferred to the second generation? Using the first wave …

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Differences in life expectancy by education and occupation in Italy, 1980–94: Indirect estimates from maternal and paternal orphanhood

Luy, M., Di Giulio, P., & Caselli, G. (2011). Population Studies, 65(2), 137-155 10.1080/00324728.2011.568192

n the present study, we use the modified orphanhood method to analyse mortality differences by socioeconomic status in Italy. This technique permits the indirect estimation of adult mortality from surveybased information on parents’ survival in developed populations and helps to overcome several limitations of conventional studies on mortality differences by social class. We estimate a time series of life tables …

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Der Übergang in eine nacheheliche Partnerschaft: Eine vergleichende Analyse zwischen Männern und Frauen auf Basis des deutschen Generations and Gender Survey

Jaschinski, I. (2011). Journal of Family Research, 23(2), 219-240 10.20377/jfr-208

Due to continuously high marital dissolution rates, re-partnering becomes an increasingly regular life course experience. However, only few empirical studies have addressed the topic of repartnering after divorce. This analysis uses data from the first wave of the German Generations and Gender Survey (GGS), which was conducted in 2005, to study patterns of post-divorce union formation in Germany. Particular attention …

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Changes in contraceptive practice and the transition of reproduction pattern in the Czech population

Kocourková, J. & Fait, T. (2011). The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care, 16(3), 161-172 10.3109/13625187.2011.574750

Objectives To analyse changes in contraceptive practice among Czech women, during the last two decades, and to evaluate the associated demographic impacts. Methods Recent trends in fertility and abortion are presented and compared with earlier survey data on contraceptive use. Data from four Czech surveys carried out as part of international projects in 1993, 1997, 2005, and 2008 were used …

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Balancing generations: on the strength and character of family norms in the West and East of Europe

Daatland, S., Herlofson, K., & Lima, I. (2011). Ageing and Society, 31(7), 1159-1179 10.1017/s0144686x10001315

This article explores the strength and character of responsibility norms between older parents and adult children in a European context. Data from the ‘ Generations and Gender Survey ’ are analysed to compare seven countries from the North West to the South East of Europe : Norway, Germany, France, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia and Georgia. Norm strength is measured as the …

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An Extension of the Conventional TFR

Hoem, J. & Mureşan, C. (2011). European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie, 27(4), 389-402 10.1007/s10680-011-9247-9

Abstract The period-based total fertility rate is probably the most commonly used single measure of a population’s fertility level, but it has the disadvantage that it only controls for the population’s age distribution and not for any other subdividing feature, such as the parity distribution, ethnic composition, or educational attainment. This may lead the TFR to change because the population …

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Linked Life-Events. Leaving Parental Home in Turkish Immigrant and Native Families in Germany

Windzio, M. (2011). In M. Wingens, M. Windzio, H. De Valk, & C. Aybek (Eds.), A Life-Course Perspective on Migration and Integration (pp. 187-209) Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands 10.1007/978-94-007-1545-5_9

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Fertility in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989: Collapse and gradual recovery

Sobotka, T. (2011). Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung, 36(2), 246-296

Abstract: »Fertilität in Mittel- und Osteuropa nach 1989: Kollaps und graduelle Erholung«. This contribution looks at the recent transformations of reproductive and family behaviour in Central and Eastern Europe and their interpretations. First I look at the development of family trends from a long-term perspective, focusing especially on the period of state socialism between the late 1940s and the late …

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Fertility intentions and obstacles to their realization in France and in Italy

Régnier-Loilier, A. (2011). Population (English Edition), 66, 361-390

o understand fertility behaviours in countries where effective methods of birth control are widely available, they must be analysed in terms of intentions and realization. In particular, what are the factors – economic, social or cultural – that lead couples to have more or fewer children than initially planned? Using comparable longitudinal data from the Generations and Gender Surveys (GGS), …

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Concepts and Operationalisation of Reproductive Decisions. Implementation in Austria, Germany and Switzerland

Philipov, D. & Bernardi, L. (2011). Comparative Population Studies, 36(2-3), 495-530

Abstract: Recently the difference between actual and hypothetical fertility (fertility gap) has served as an indication to enforce family policies with the purpose to increase births. This paper examines the relevance of hypothetical fertility measured with fertility ideals and intentions, to the estimation of the gap. Based on a literature review we discuss the meaning of these concepts and their …

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The negative educational gradients in Romanian fertility

Muresan, C. & Hoem, J. (2010). Demographic Research, 22, 95-114 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.4

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The Educational Gradient of Childbearing within Cohabitation in Europe

Perelli‐Harris, B., Sigle‐Rushton, W., Kreyenfeld, M., Lappegård, T., Keizer, R., & Berghammer, C. (2010). Population and Development Review, 36(4), 775-801 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2010.00357.x

Nearly every European Country has experienced some increase in nonmarital childbearing, largely due to increasing births within cohabitation. Relatively few studies in Europe, however, investigate the educational gradient of childbearing within cohabitation or how it changed over time. Using retrospective union and fertility histories, we employ competing risk hazard models to examine the educational gradient of childbearing in cohabitation in …

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The De Jong Gierveld short scales for emotional and social loneliness: tested on data from 7 countries in the UN generations and gender surveys

De Jong Gierveld, J. & Van Tilburg, T. (2010). European Journal of Ageing, 7(2), 121-130 10.1007/s10433-010-0144-6

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Physical and psychological health of first and second generation Turkish immigrants in Germany

Kotwal, A. (2010). American Journal Of Human Biology, 22, 538-545 10.1002/ajhb.21044

Recent studies in Germany suggest that first generation Turkish immigrants have lower mortality rates compared to native Germans. Conversely, studies examining morbidity, though not national in scope, have demonstrated that first generation Turks may have poorer health than native Germans. Additionally, little is known about the health of the emerging second generation Turkish population in Germany. To evaluate the discrepancy …

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