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Income Inequality and Increasing Dispersion of the Transition to First Birth in the Global South

Castro Torres, A., Batyra, E., & Myrskylä, M. (2022). Population and Development Review, 48(1), 189-215 10.1111/padr.12451

The relationship between levels of social and economic inequality and demographic changes remains poorly documented, particularly for fertility. Covering a period from 1986 to 2018, this paper documents a positive country-level association between income inequality and the dispersion of first birth schedules among women from 88 countries of the Global South. This association is driven by a dual dynamic of …

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Working from Home, Work-Family Conflicts and Partnership Quality during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Sladká, D. & Kreidl, M. (2022). Czech Sociological Review, 58(4), 373-399 10.13060/csr.2022.024

During the Covid-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic, there was a sharp increase in the share of people working from home. It is predicted that working from home will continue to be a common form of work after the crisis. In this article, we investigate whether and how working frequently from home during the pandemic was associated with work–family conflict …

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Why Do Women Still Quit Their Jobs? Women’s Employment Transitions in the European Context

Lipasova, A. (2022). Journal of Economic Sociology, 23(5), 145-165 10.17323/1726-3247-2022-5-145-165

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Variation in the educational consequences of parental death and divorce: The role of family and country characteristics

Bussemakers, C., Kraaykamp, G., & Tolsma, J. (2022). Demographic Research, 46, 581-618 10.4054/DemRes.2022.46.20

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Ample research demonstrates that experiencing parental death or divorce harms children’s educational attainment. Less is known about variation herein, both between parental death and divorce and across social contexts. We investigated how family and national contexts moderate the educational consequences of these adverse events. At the family level, we studied whether the educational consequences of parental death …

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Things to Gain, Things to Lose: Perceived Costs and Benefits of Children and Intention to Remain Childless in Poland

Mynarska, M. & Brzozowska, Z. (2022). Social Inclusion, 10(3) 10.17645/si.v10i3.5377

A rapid fertility decline observed in Poland since the 1990s has been accompanied by a marked increase in childlessness. This may seem surprising given the high value placed on parenthood in the country. Some evidence exists on how childlessness in Poland relates to biological and situational constraints, but still relatively little is known about how the decision to never have …

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Three‐Generation Households in a Central and Eastern European Country: The Case of Hungary

Monostori, J. (2022). Social Inclusion, 11(1) 10.17645/si.v11i1.5968

Using data from censuses and a microcensus between 1980 and 2016, this study examines the trends in three‐generational living arrangements, along with the factors that determine the prevalence and characteristics of the phenomenon in Hungary. Apart from the period between 1990 and 2001, the proportion of three‐generation households declined in all periods among households with children. In the decade after …

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The Realization of Short-Term Fertility Intentions Among Immigrants and Children of Immigrants in Norway and Sweden

Carlsson, E. (2022). International Migration Review, 019791832211079 10.1177/01979183221107930

Immigrant fertility and the realization of fertility intentions are two topics of considerable interest in contemporary demographic research. Yet very few studies have explored the relationship between intended and actual fertility among immigrants and their children. Using data from the Norwegian and Swedish Generations and Gender Surveys, this article analyzes how both positive and negative short-term fertility intentions stated by …

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The impact of COVID-19 on fertility behaviour and intentions in a middle income country

Emery, T. & Koops, J. (2022). Plos One, 17(1), e0261509 10.1371/journal.pone.0261509

The COVID Pandemic may affect fertility behaviour and intentions in many ways. Restrictions on service provision reduce access to family planning services and increase fertility in the short term. By contrast, the economic uncertainty brought about by the pandemic and its impact on mental health and well-being may reduce fertility. These various pathways have been explored in the context of …

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The division of housework and re‐partnering in Europe: Is there a West/East divide?

Lozano, M. & Garcia‐Roman, J. (2022). Family Relations, 71(4), 1762-1784 10.1111/fare.12715

Abstract Objective This paper explores if re‐partnering leads to less traditional divisions of domestic work by comparing men and women in different European countries. Background Divorce and re‐partnering have become more common, and we question if they are opening the scope for more gender‐balanced arrangements at home and new theoretical approaches. Method Using the two available waves of the Gender …

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Social Investment Policies and Childbearing Across 20 Countries: Longitudinal and Micro-Level Analyses

Billingsley, S., Neyer, G., & Wesolowski, K. (2022). European Journal of Population, 38(5), 951-974 10.1007/s10680-022-09626-3

Abstract This study analyses the influence of family policies on women’s first and second births in 20 countries over the period 1995 to 2007. Welfare states have shifted towards social investment policies, yet family policy–fertility research has not explicitly considered this development. We distinguish between social investment-oriented and passive support that families may receive upon the birth of a child …

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Revisiting the historical trend of educational stratification in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia

Yastrebov, G. (2022). Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 77, 100662 10.1016/j.rssm.2021.100662

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Partnership Satisfaction and Conflict among Czech Couples during the Pandemic-related Employment Insecurity

Zvoníček, T., Kreidl, M., & Fučík, P. (2022). Sociální studia/Social Studies, Online, 1-24 10.5817/soc2022-20990

It can be reasonably assumed that the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a toll on family and interpersonal relationships. Previous research has established that job insecurity and financial hardship lead to reduced relationship quality and a higher incidence of partner conflicts. Our goal is to investigate the dynamics of partnership satisfaction and partnership conflict during the COVID-19 …

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Patterns of Co‐Residential Relationships Across Cohorts in Post‐Socialist Countries: Less Time for Childbearing?

Billingsley, S. & Oláh, L. (2022). Social Inclusion, 10(3) 10.17645/si.v10i3.5201

Co‐residential partnerships are a pre‐condition for childbearing and less time is spent in these unions when there is difficulty finding partners, a delay in union formation, and partnership instability. Our study explores patterns in co‐residential partnerships across birth cohorts in 11 post‐socialist countries to assess changes in the number of years spent in these partnerships and the patterns underlying any …

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Partnership dynamics and the fertility gap between Sweden and Spain

Nishikido, M., Cui, Q., & Esteve, A. (2022). Genus, 78(1), 26 10.1186/s41118-022-00170-w

Abstract Below-replacement fertility has persisted across European countries for a few decades, though, with variation. Delays in age at first union and first birth have been key factors in the declining fertility levels within these societies. While the vast majority of births occurs within a stable partnership, the link between partnership formation and childbearing is rarely taken into account. In …

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Partnership quality, union dissolution intensions and their realization among men and women in Russia

Zakharov, S. & Churilova, E. (2022). Woman in russian society(3), 131-142 10.21064/WinRS.2022.3.9

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Parental education, divorce, and children’s educational attainment: Evidence from a comparative analysis

Guetto, R., Bernardi, F., & Zanasi, F. (2022). Demographic Research, 46, 65-96 10.4054/DemRes.2022.46.3

Background: Children who experience parental divorce have worse long-term educational attainment than children living in intact families. Less clear is the extent to which heterogeneity in the divorce penalty depends on parents’ socioeconomic background and contextual characteristics. Objective: This study focuses on the negative consequences of parental divorce for children’s tertiary education attainment, their heterogeneity by parental socioeconomic background, and …

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Mental Health Across the Life Course for Men and Women in Married, Cohabiting, and Living Apart Together Relationships

Yucel, D. & Latshaw, B. (2022). Journal of Family Issues, 0192513X2110680 10.1177/0192513X211068038

This study examines the underexplored relationship between union type and mental health for married, cohabiting, and living apart together (“LAT”) individuals. Further, we assess whether gender and age moderate (separately and jointly) this relationship. Using data from Wave 1 of the Generations and Gender Survey ( N = 34,833), results suggest that cohabitors and LATs have worse mental health than …

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Late fertility intentions increase over time in Austria, but chances to have a child at later ages remain low

Beaujouan, É. (2022). Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online, 14, 125-139 10.1016/j.rbms.2021.10.002

Childbearing takes place at increasingly older ages, and fertility is continuing to decrease across female birth cohorts. This study investigated whether the proportion of women who unintentionally forwent childbearing increased over time, and linked this to the age profile of fertility intentions and realization among men and women. This study was based on the Austrian MicroCensuses (1986–2016) and on the …

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Home Alone: Exploring Childcare Options to Remove Barriers to Second Childbearing in Belarus

Ishchanova, K. (2022). Social Inclusion, 10(3) 10.17645/si.v10i3.5223

This study investigates the relationship between childcare usage and parents’ intentions to have a second child in Belarus. Previous research has established that low fertility in Belarus can be primarily explained by falling second birth rates. However, a substantial research gap remains regarding the determinants of the low rate of second childbearing in Belarus. Based on a comprehensive review of …

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Gender-Egalitarian Attitudes and Assortative Mating by Age and Education

Trimarchi, A. (2022). European Journal of Population, 38(3), 429-456 10.1007/s10680-022-09607-6

Abstract In the last decades, conventional patterns of assortative mating have been challenged by changes in the gender-gap in education. In many countries, educationally hypogamous unions (i.e. the woman is more educated than the man) now outnumber hypergamous unions (i.e. the man is more educated than the woman). The extent to which such structural changes have also been accompanied by …

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