Educational differentials in cohort fertility during the fertility transition in South Korea

Yoo, Sam Hyun

doi:10.4054/demres.2014.30.53

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“…We recognise that over time the educational distribution of the UK population has changed, with more women having higher qualifications. However, in this paper we are not primarily concerned with quantifying the impact of the changing educational distribution of British females, as has recently been attempted for other countries (Brzozowska 2014;Van Bavel 2014;Yoo 2014), although we do reflect on the changing selection of women into different educational levels. Furthermore, although an understanding of the institutional and socio-economic reasons for the large educational differences in fertility behaviour remains important, this paper does not attempt to distinguish the substantive reasons behind educational differences in the timing or quantum of fertility.…”

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Educational differences in timing and quantum of childbearing in Britain

Berrington¹,

Stone²,

Beaujouan³

2015

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BACKGROUNDIncreased postponement of fertility, especially among higher-educated women, means it is important to know whether women recuperate births at older ages, but evidence for the UK is lacking. The extent to which the timing and quantum of mothers' fertility underlie the strong educational gradient in completed family size is also unclear. OBJECTIVEWe investigate the relative contributions of childlessness, timing, and quantum to educational differences in completed fertility within cohorts born between 1940 and 1969. METHODSWe analyse retrospective fertility histories from 44,351 women, born 1940−1969, interviewed in the British General Household Survey (1979 and the UK Household Longitudinal Study (2009−2010). After describing educational differences in the timing of first birth and parity distributions, we quantify the relative contributions of childlessness, delayed entry into motherhood, and fertility rates conditional upon age at entry into motherhood, to educational differences in completed family size. RESULTSWithin each cohort, the educational gradient in completed family size is explained, in demographic accounting terms, almost entirely by educational differences in the proportions remaining childless and the age distribution of mothers at entry into motherhood. Conditional upon age at entry into motherhood, subsequent fertility rates are similar across educational groups and across cohorts. CONCLUSIONSUnlike for some other European countries, the postponement of motherhood to later ages in Britain has not resulted in a significant increase in childbearing among moreeducated women who enter motherhood at later ages. The stability of aggregate measures of completed fertility in Britain is not the result of a straightforward process of postponement followed by recuperation.

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Educational differences in timing and quantum of childbearing in Britain

Berrington¹,

Stone²,

Beaujouan³

2015

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“…The oldest cohort of women (1916)(1917)(1918)(1919)(1920)) is chosen as the benchmark for the cohorts born between 1916 and 1960, which have experienced the first demographic transition. By contrast, the younger cohorts born since 1960 can be seen as an early generation of the second demographic transition because of their experience of belowreplacement fertility and their relatively high educational attainment (Yoo 2014). For these cohorts I define the 1956-1960 cohort as the benchmark representing the marriage pattern characteristic of the final stage of the first demographic transition.…”

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Postponement and recuperation in cohort marriage: The experience of South Korea

Yoo¹

2016

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“…Furthermore, education-specific fertility estimates from extant studies are not easily comparable due to differences in data sources, methodology, and the criteria used to classify educational groups. A recent study by Yoo (2014) estimates completed cohort fertility by utilizing the question in the census that asks the number of children ever born. Yoo (2014) uses past censuses to estimate completed cohort fertility for women born between 1926 and 1970.…”

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Educational differences in period fertility: The case of South Korea, 1996–2010

Lee¹

2018

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BACKGROUNDPrevious studies on education-specific fertility in South Korea suggest that fertility differentials across educational groups have been diminishing in recent years. OBJECTIVEThis study aims to verify whether education-specific fertility differentials have diminished in South Korea, as suggested by previous studies. METHODSI u s e d a t a f ro m t he 1 0 % s a m p l e o f S o u t h K o re a ' s 2 0 1 0 c e ns u s t o e s t i m a t e t he education-specific period total fertility rate (TFR) by using the own-children method.

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Educational differentials in cohort fertility during the fertility transition in South Korea

Cited by 38 publications

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Educational differences in timing and quantum of childbearing in Britain

Educational differences in timing and quantum of childbearing in Britain

Postponement and recuperation in cohort marriage: The experience of South Korea

Educational differences in period fertility: The case of South Korea, 1996–2010

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