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Do costs and benefits of children matter for religious people? Perceived consequences of parenthood and fertility intentions in Poland

Bein, C., Mynarska, M., & Gauthier, A. (2021). Journal of Biosocial Science, 53(3), 419-435 10.1017/S0021932020000280

Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the positive relationship between religiosity and fertility from the perspective of perceived consequences of parenthood. Previous studies in Germany have found that highly religious people ascribe higher benefits and lower costs to having children. Furthermore, the impact of costs and benefits on fertility is less pronounced among the highly religious. This …

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Does the Birth of a Child Still Prompt a Marriage? A Comparison of Austria, France, Germany and Hungary

Groepler, N., Huinink, J., & Peter, T. (2021). European Societies, 23(3), 333-359 10.1080/14616696.2021.1922930

Austria, France, Germany, and Hungary are four neighbouring European societies all with conservative welfare regimes, yet with distinct institutional and structural features. We investigate how these differences shape a particular example of culturally contingent behaviour: cohabiting couples’ marriage behaviour when they have a child. Based on a discussion of relevant differences in family policy, legal frames and normative contexts, we …

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Didn’t Plan One but got One: Unintended and sooner-than-intended Parents in the East and the West of Europe

Brzozowska, Z., Buber-Ennser, I., & Riederer, B. (2021). European Journal of Population, 37(3), 727-767 10.1007/s10680-021-09584-2

Abstract The realisation rates of short-term childbearing intentions are known to be consistently lower in post-socialist countries than in the rest of Europe. However, the East–West differences in the outcomes of intentions to postpone or forego (further) childbearing have not been previously examined. We employ two panel waves of the Generations and Gender Survey in six countries (three from Eastern …

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Children’s Living Arrangements after Marital and Cohabitation Dissolution in Europe

Zilincikova, Z. (2021). Journal of Family Issues, 42(2), 345-373 10.1177/0192513X20923721

The rapid increase of the number of children being born in cohabitation appears to have an important impact on their lives, since they face a higher risk of parental breakup than children born in wedlock. This article aims to provide a cross-national overview of the living arrangements of children following breakup of cohabiting unions and to investigate whether the post-dissolution …

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Assessing Short-Term Fertility Intentions and Their Realisation Using the Generations and Gender Survey: Pitfalls and Challenges

Brzozowska, Z. & Beaujouan, E. (2021). European Journal of Population, 37(2), 405-416 10.1007/s10680-020-09573-x

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Are mothers and daughters most important? How gender, childhood family dissolution and parents’ current living arrangements affect the personal care of parents

Kridahl, L. & Duvander, A. (2021). Social Sciences, 10(5), 160 10.3390/socsci10050160

This study examines adult children’s propensity to provide personal care to older mothers and fathers. The theory of intergenerational solidarity facilitates the understanding of commitment and support between adult children and parents. Solidarity may depend on childhood events as well as the current situation, and we therefore focus on whether there was a parental breakup in childhood and the parent’s …

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A New Look at the Separation Surge in Europe: Contrasting Adult and Child Perspectives

Kalmijn, M. & Leopold, T. (2021). American Sociological Review, 86(1), 1-34 10.1177/0003122420973982

This study contrasts adult and child perspectives on divorce and separation. Based on harmonized retrospective life history data from eight European countries, we study the risk of divorce and separation from the perspective of adult unions and the perspective of children born into these unions. The analysis connects adult and child perspectives, focusing on union cohort changes (1945 to 2005) …

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Life Course as an Identity Component of the Last Soviet Generation in Lithuania

Kraniauskien, S. (2021). Soviet and Post-Soviet Lithuania Generational Experiences Routledge

This chapter addresses the ways in which certain social and demographic processes describe the last Lithuanian Soviet generation (born in the late 1960s and 1970s). The primary focus is directed to the analysis of the demographic changes that took place in the life course of this generation during the period of transition to adulthood. It is essential to identify how …

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Cross-National Variation in the Link Between Parental Socio-Economic Status and Union Formation and Dissolution Processes

Brons, M. (2021). In A. Liefbroer & M. Zoutewelle-Terovan (Eds.), Social Background and the Demographic Life Course: Cross-National Comparisons (pp. 17-34) Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-67345-1_2

Abstract The main objective of this chapter is to understand the link between parental socio-economic status (SES) and union formation and dissolution processes from a cross-national comparative perspective. According to the Second Demographic Transition (SDT) theory, it can be expected that the impact of parental background on these union dynamics differs across societal contexts. Integrated results from prior studies using …

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Nonmarital Fertility in Europe and North-America: What Is the Role of Parental SES and Own SES?

Koops, J. (2021). In A. Liefbroer & M. Zoutewelle-Terovan (Eds.), Social Background and the Demographic Life Course: Cross-National Comparisons (pp. 35-59) Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-67345-1_3

Abstract Previous research has shown that parental as well as own socio-economic status (SES) influence nonmarital fertility. This chapter examines to what extent the effect of parental SES on partner status at first birth is mediated through own SES. Data from the Generations and Gender Survey, British Understanding Society Survey, Dutch Survey on Family Formation, American National Survey on Family …

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More frequent separation and repartnering among people aged 50 and over.

Solaz, A. (2021). Population & Societies, 2(2), 1-4

Divorces and union dissolutions have become much more frequent in the last half-century, as has repartnering. What about people aged 50 and over? Using several data sources, Anne Solaz explains that these people have also been affected by this phenomenon, and examines differences in partnership trajectories between cohorts and between men and women in France.

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Application of the theory of planned behaviour for explaining childbearing intentions–assessment of operationalization and measurement

Mynarska, M. (2021). Studia Psychologica: Theoria et praxis.(Special), 21–36

The article aims to evaluate how well the theory of planned behaviour (TPB; Ajzen, 1991) has been operationalized within the Generation and Gender Programme. In this project, the TPB has been applied as a theoretical framework for investigating childbearing intentions. According to the model, childbearing intentions are determined by attitudes towards having children, subjective norms concerning childbearing and perceived behavioural …

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Validation of the Short Forms of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale in Georgia

Ackert, M., Maglakelidze, E., Badurashvili, I., & Huber, S. (2020). Religions, 11(2), 57 10.3390/rel11020057

This study presents the validation of the short forms of Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) in Georgia. This country offers a unique Christian orthodox context with a long-lasting religious tradition and strong affiliation to churches. Translated short forms were administered in the years 2012 (CRS-5) and 2018 (CRSi-7). Participants reported on ideological, intellectual, and experiential aspects of their faith and …

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Tracking the Effects of Parenthood on Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Hungary

Radó, M. (2020). Journal of Happiness Studies, 21(6), 2069-2094 10.1007/s10902-019-00166-y

The low perceived subjective well-being of potential parents has been put forward as an explanation for the low fertility rates in developed countries. Accordingly, research about the effect of parenthood on life satisfaction is increasing, although the related studies are mostly restricted to western countries. The case of Hungary represents a great opportunity to extend the scope of the related …

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The sibsize revolution in an international context: Declining social disparities in the number of siblings in 26 countries

Präg, P., Choi, S., & Monden, C. (2020). Demographic Research, 43, 461-500 10.4054/DemRes.2020.43.17

BACKGROUND One’s number of siblings is an important determinant of many life outcomes, such as educational attainment. In the last century the United States has experienced a ‘sibsize revolution’, in which sibship sizes declined, and which led to a convergence in family circumstances for children. Did this happen in other countries as well? OBJECTIVE This study examines the development of …

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The Long-Term Costs of Family Trajectories: Women’s Later-Life Employment and Earnings Across Europe

Muller, J., Hiekel, N., & Liefbroer, A. (2020). Demography, 57(3), 1007-1034 10.1007/s13524-020-00874-8

Abstract The “motherhood earnings penalty” is a well-established finding in many Western countries. However, a divide between mothers and nonmothers might oversimplify reality given that the family life course has diversified over the last decades. In addition, whether family choices have consequences for women’s employment and earnings in later life is not well known, particularly in a comparative perspective. Using …

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The nexus between education and fertility in six European countries

Impicciatore, R. & Tomatis, F. (2020). Genus, 76(1), 35 10.1186/s41118-020-00104-4

Abstract Given the many linkages between education and family behaviour, the expansion of higher education especially among women in recent decades may have important consequences for fertility in Europe. This is a crucial factor in both the New Home Economics (NHE) theory and the Second Demographic Transition (SDT) that predict a negative association between fertility and education. However, more recently, …

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The more the merrier? The causal effect of high fertility on later-life loneliness in eastern europe

Van Den Broek, T. & Tosi, M. (2020). Social Indicators Research, 149(2), 733-748 10.1007/s11205-019-02254-1

Abstract Levels of later-life loneliness are high in Eastern Europe. We assess whether having more children is protective against later-life loneliness for Eastern-European mothers and fathers. Drawing on Generations and Gender Surveys data of 25,479 parents aged 50–80 from eight Eastern-European countries, we adopt an instrumental approach exploiting parents’ preference for mixed-sex offspring to estimate the causal effect of having …

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The labour division of Italian couples after a birth: assessing the effect of unobserved heterogeneity

Campolo, M., Di Pino, A., & Rizzi, E. (2020). Journal of Population Research, 37(2), 107-137 10.1007/s12546-020-09241-1

The results of previous studies on the effect of childbearing on both parents’ paid and unpaid work suffer from the difficulty related to the specification of latent variables that influence the relationship between reproductive behaviour of the couple and working activity. The aim of this study is to estimate the effect of transition to parenthood on the partners’ division of …

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‘The fourth commandment effect’: church attendance and intergenerational support in late parent–child relationships

Tosi, M. & Oncini, F. (2020). European Societies, 22(1), 26-46 10.1080/14616696.2018.1547837

We examine whether church attendance is related to intergenerational support from children to older parents in Italy. First, we focus on the role of church attendance on different forms of assistance, by distinguishing between practical support and personal assistance. Second, we attempt to disentangle the role of church attendance from that of traditionalism. We analyse data from the ISTAT survey …

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