Fertility decisions in the FRG and GDR

Kreyenfeld, Michaela

doi:10.4054/mpidr-wp-2004-008

Cited by 16 publications

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“…The level of education shows a positive gradient. Elevated first-birth rates for highly educated women are usually explained by their longer participation in education, during which they postpone parenthood (Hoem, 1986;Blossfeld and Huinink, 1991;Santow and Bracher, 2001;Kreyenfeld, 2004;Lappegård and Rønsen, 2004). Since this model accounts for participation in education, the results suggest that the highly educated accelerate childbearing after they complete their education.…”

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Uncertainties in Female Employment Careers and the Postponement of Parenthood in Germany

Kreyenfeld¹

2009

European Sociological Review

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This article investigates whether uncertainties in female employment careers result in a postponement of family formation. Data for this analysis come from the German SocioEconomic Panel, which provides longitudinal information on economic uncertainty and fertility for the period 1984-2006. We employ objective measures of uncertainty (unemployment) as well as subjective measures (whether the respondent is worried about her economic situation, whether she is worried about the security of her job). We find little evidence that uncertainties in female employment careers generally lead to a postponement of parenthood. Hence, the relationship between economic uncertainty and first birth varies by level of education. While more highly educated women postpone parenthood when subject to employment uncertainties, those with low levels of education often respond to these situations by becoming mothers.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Uncertainties in Female Employment Careers and the Postponement of Parenthood in Germany

Kreyenfeld¹

2009

European Sociological Review

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“…These models generally show that educational enrolment strongly reduces first birth risks. However, after controlling for educational enrolment, no strong independent effect of educational level is usually found (Hoem 1986;Blossfeld and Huinink 1991;Kravdal 1994;Liefbroer and Corijn 1999;Kreyenfeld 2004;Lappegård and Rønsen 2004). Some more recent studies have also addressed how female unemployment or income relates to fertility.…”

Section: How Economic Uncertainty Impacts Fertilitymentioning

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Economic uncertainty and fertility postponement: evidence from German panel data

Kreyenfeld¹

2005

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“…Compared to the pattern in Western Germany, one still needs to draw attention to the low progression ratios to the third child. During GDR-time, third and higher order birth rates were rather low (Kreyenfeld 2004). Our investigation suggests that low progression ratios to the third child are still a characteristic of contemporary Eastern German fertility.…”

Section: Preliminary Results On Order-specific Fertility Behavior In mentioning

confidence: 54%

The German Birth Order Register - order-specific data generated from perinatal statistics and statistics on out-of-hospital births 2001-2008

Kreyenfeld

Scholz²,

Peters³

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Until 2008, Germany's vital statistics did not include information on the biological order of each birth. This resulted in a dearth of important demographic indicators, such as the mean age at first birth and the level of childlessness. Researchers have tried to fill this gap by generating order-specific birth rates from survey data, and by combining survey data with vital statistics. This paper takes a different approach by using hospital statistics on births to generate birth order-specific fertility rates for the period 2001 to 2008. Hospital statistics include information on births that took place in German hospitals. Out-of-hospital deliveries, which account for about two percent of all births, are not included in the hospital data. In a sensitivity analysis, we show how robust our estimates are to the inclusion of out-of-hospital births. Our general assessment is that the hospital data are a valuable source for generating order-specific fertility rates, regardless of whether out-of-hospital births are included.

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Fertility decisions in the FRG and GDR

Cited by 16 publications

References 60 publications

Uncertainties in Female Employment Careers and the Postponement of Parenthood in Germany

Uncertainties in Female Employment Careers and the Postponement of Parenthood in Germany

Economic uncertainty and fertility postponement: evidence from German panel data

The German Birth Order Register - order-specific data generated from perinatal statistics and statistics on out-of-hospital births 2001-2008

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