Bibliography

The Influence of Partnership Status on Fertility Intentions of Childless Women and Men Across European Countries

Sturm, N., Koops, J., & Rutigliano, R. (2023). European Journal of Population, 39(1), 20 10.1007/s10680-023-09664-5

Abstract The absence of a suitable partner is the most frequently given reason for unmet fertility intentions across European countries while having a partner is positively associated with the intention to have a child. However, once this relationship is framed within a life-course approach, existing evidence is mixed and inconclusive. The norm to have children within a stable relationship and …

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The Link Between Sexual Disagreements and Separation Proneness: Differences Between Men and Women in a Culturally Diverse Sample

Perdoch Sladká, D. & Kreidl, M. (2023). The Journal of Sex Research, 1-9 10.1080/00224499.2023.2270508

Traditional gender ideologies suggest that sexual disagreements are associated with union instability more strongly among men than among women. Previous studies of this topic were based on one panel survey initiated in the United States in the late 1980s and they provided contradictory results. We revisited this issue using the Generations and Gender Survey, a more recent panel that interviewed …

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The Association between Religiosity and Fertility Intentions Via Grandparenting: Evidence from GGS Data

Dantis, C., Rizzi, E., & Baudin, T. (2023). European Journal of Population, 39(1), 1 10.1007/s10680-023-09652-9

Abstract Although the literature concerning the association between religiosity and fertility in European countries is already quite extensive, studies exploring the mechanisms of action of religiosity are rare. The main aim of this article is to investigate whether grandparental childcare is a mediating or moderating variable in the association between attendance at religious services and the intention to have a …

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Relationship satisfaction and money pooling among older working and retired couples in Sweden

Kridahl, L. & Duvander, A. (2023). Family Relations 10.1111/fare.12919

Objective: This study explores whether relationship satisfaction among older individuals living with a partner is influenced by partners’ status of working or being retired, and whether the degree of pooling money affects the association. Background: Couple’s spending decisions are likely influenced by the partner with the greatest bargaining power, which may lead to different levels of relationship satisfaction. However, any …

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Relationship quality and family formation in Europe

Blom, N., Perelli-Harris, B., & Wiik, K. (2023). Advances in Life Course Research, 55, 100527 10.1016/j.alcr.2023.100527

The increase in cohabitation and nonmarital childbearing across Europe has raised questions about who still marries either before or after having a child. Although prior studies have addressed the sequence of marriage and childbearing, few have examined the role of relationship quality in these transitions. Here we employ a crossnational perspective to study the association between relationship quality and marriage …

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Partnership satisfaction in Czechia during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kreidl, M. & Hubatková, B. (2023). Demographic Research, 49, 635-650 10.4054/DemRes.2023.49.24

BACKGROUND There are several published investigations of family life during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, only a few describe trends in partnership quality, and none do so for the later stages of the pandemic. OBJECTIVE We want to show how various measures of partnership quality develop over time and whether trends differ by respondent’s sex and education. METHODS We use non-parametric …

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Paid Parental Leave Reforms and Mothers’ Employment in Austria, France and Hungary

Makay, Z. (2023). Comparative Population Studies, 48 10.12765/CPoS-2023-17

This study focuses on changes in the length of paid parental leave in Austria, France and Hungary between the 1960s and the first decade of the 2000s. Its aim is to analyse to what extent extensions and reductions of the duration of paid parental leave affect mothers’ labour market entry after childbirth. For each country, periods according to the different …

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Loneliness during the Pregnancy-Seeking Process: Exploring the Role of Medically Assisted Reproduction

Köksal, S. & Goisis, A. (2023). Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 64(2) 10.1177/00221465231167847

This study explores whether undergoing medically assisted reproduction (MAR) is associated with experiencing loneliness and whether this association varies by gender and having a live birth. Using two waves of the Generations and Gender Survey (n = 2,725) from countries in Central and Eastern Europe, we estimate the changes in levels of emotional and social loneliness among pregnancy seekers in …

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Life course decisions in Central and Eastern Europe: A gendered connection between family formation and moving intentions?

Deimantas, V. (2023). Journal of Family Research, 35, 232-250 10.20377/jfr-837

Objective: This paper investigates the association between family formation intentions of marriage and childbearing in connection to moving intentions in early life course in Central and Eastern Europe. Background: While connections between intentions in Western Europe has received some scholarly attention, the link between marriage, having children and moving intentions has been largely overlooked in Central and Eastern Europe. We …

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Labour Market Participation and Fertility in Seven European Countries: A Comparative Perspective

Tomatis, F. & Impicciatore, R. (2023). Comparative Population Studies, 48 10.12765/CPoS-2023-08

Although evidence suggests a correlation between fertility and employment, comparative studies on this topic are relatively scarce, particularly when considering the diverse ways in which the two variables interact in different countries. The aim of this article is to analyse the relationship between the employment and reproductive behaviours of women born between 1940 and 1979 in seven European countries (Bulgaria, …

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How socio-cultural factors and opportunity costs shape the transition to a third child

Panova, R., Buber-Ennser, I., & Bujard, M. (2023). Journal of Family Research, 35, 162-180 10.20377/jfr-821

Objective: Why do parents decide to have more than two children? Background: This study explores how opportunity costs and socio-cultural factors such as value of children, perceived social pressure and intergenerational fertility transmission influence the transition to higher order fertility in seven European countries. Method: Using panel data for Austria, Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Hungary, Poland and Russia, stemming from the …

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Fertility Intentions Within a 3-Year Time Frame: a Comparison Between Migrant and Native Italian Women

Mussino, E., Gabrielli, G., Ortensi, L., & Strozza, S. (2023). Journal of International Migration and Integration, 24(S1), 233-260 10.1007/s12134-020-00800-2

Abstract The body of literature on the fertility of migrants in Europe has grown significantly in recent decades. The focus has mostly been on analysing their actual behaviours, and reflection on other crucial aspects extensively analysed in studies on natives has been lacking. In particular, differences between migrants’ reproductive decision-making process and that of natives are currently understudied in the …

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Educational reproduction in Sweden: A replication of Skopek and Leopold 2020 using Swedish data

Wittemann, V. (2023). Demographic Research, 48, 733-774 10.4054/DemRes.2023.48.25

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Different experiences of children living in two-parent and single-parent families: Comparing generations born in the 1950s-1980s in Russia and in France

Churilova, E. & Zakharov, S. (2023). Population and Economics, 7(4), 24-38 10.3897/popecon.7.e114980

This paper examines the life-time measures and trends of children’s experiences in single-parent and two-parent families in Russia and France, within the context of generations. The study was conducted using two panel waves of GGS-Russia (2004, 2007) and GGS-France (2005, 2008). The results indicate that despite the Second Demographic Transition starting later in Russia than in France, and with approximately …

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Die intergenerationale Transmission von Scheidung im zeitlichen Wandel <b>. Eine Meta-Analyse mit gepoolten Originaldaten</b>

Schulz, S. (2023). Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 52(3), 282-301 10.1515/zfsoz-2023-2023

Zusammenfassung Diese Studie analysiert anhand einer Datenkumulation von mehr als 37.000 Erstehen aus verschiedenen deutschen Umfrageprogrammen, ob sich die intergenerationale Transmission von Scheidung in Ost- und Westdeutschland im Kohortenvergleich gewandelt hat. Die Studie ist in der Lage, frühere Ergebnisse zur Scheidungstransmission über verschiedene deutsche Datenquellen hinweg zu replizieren. In Bezug auf zeitliche Veränderungen sprechen die Ergebnisse jedoch hauptsächlich für eine …

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Depressive symptoms, gender equality and belongingness among older partnered individuals in Sweden

Kridahl, L. & Duvander, A. (2023). Community, Work & Family, Online 10.1080/13668803.2023.2291993

Approximately one-third of all older adults in Sweden report periods with depressive symptoms. The study aims to find explanations for older partnered individuals’ depressive symptoms by focusing on their gender attitudes, household division of labor and conformity to younger partnered individuals’ commonly held gender attitudes and household division of labor. Analyses are based on a subsample (n respondents 1764) from …

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Children of Separation: An International Profile

Zilincikova, Z., Skopek, J., & Leopold, T. (2023). Population and Development Review, 49(4), 859-878 10.1111/padr.12592

Abstract This study offers a comprehensive international overview of children from separated families across 13 countries, with an emphasis on the European context. We investigate changes in the number of children experiencing parental separation over birth cohorts (1960–1989) and changes in their social composition using data from the Generations and Gender Survey and official statistics. Results on absolute numbers highlight …

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Changes in reproductive behavior associated with the perception and individual experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic

Slabá, J. (2023). PLOS ONE, 18(7), e0288833 10.1371/journal.pone.0288833

This study evaluates the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the reproductive behavior of men and women during the most restrictive period of the pandemic in Czechia. At the end of this period, data was collected for the Czech GGS COVID Pilot–Follow-up Study (April 2021), which included additional questions on reproductive plans and perceptions of the pandemic related to fertility. …

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Calculating contraceptive prevalence and unmet need for family planning in low-fertility countries with the Generations and Gender Survey

Koops, J. (2023). Demographic research 10.4054/DemRes.2023.49.21

BACKGROUND In Europe, 10%‒40% of adults experience an unintended or sooner-than-intended birth. However, European research on family planning need and use is scarce. OBJECTIVE The Generations and Gender Survey is a cross-national panel survey collected in lowfertility settings in Europe, Asia, and South America. This paper demonstrates how to use this dataset to calculate family planning need and use and …

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Better to ask online when it concerns intimate relationships? Survey mode differences in the assessment of relationship quality

Schumann, A. & Lück, D. (2023). Demographic Research, 48, 609-640 10.4054/DemRes.2023.48.22

BACKGROUND The assessment of relationship quality is a key construct in family research and relies on several indicators. As answer behavior for sensitive and subjective questions can be biased by the interview situation, the emerging switch from face-to-face mode to web or mixed mode in surveys challenges the comparability of measurements. OBJECTIVE This study investigates the impact of two modes …

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