Male Fertility Patterns and Determinants

Male fertility in Greece

“…As repeatedly mentioned by previous works (Joyner et al 2012;Zhang 2011;Greene and Biddlecom 2000;Rendall, et al 1999;Poston and Chang 2005), undercount is one major issue to deal with when focusing on male-related birth data. The number of births tabulated by father's information falls behind the total number of births annually registered.…”

“…The second pillar is of clear socio-demographic orientation and is definitely less developed (Coleman 2000;Zhang 2011). Attention was initially drawn to polygynous societies, where distinct reproductive experiences and preferences between men and women are common and socially accepted (Ratcliffe et al 2000).…”

Measuring male fertility rates in developing countries with Demographic and Health Surveys: An assessment of three methods

“…Male fertility has long been neglected in demographic research (Bledsoe, Guyer, and Lerner 2000;Coleman 2000;Greene and Biddlecom 2000;Tragaki and Bagavos 2014;Zhang 2011). The focus on female fertility is explained by a variety of factors, including the implicit assumption that spouses share identical reproductive interests and behaviors (Greene and Biddlecom 2000), lack of data, quality problems with male fertility data, and the fact that the reproductive age range is less clearly defined for males than for females (Andro and Desgrées du Loû 2009;Estee 2004;Field et al 2016;Greene and Biddlecom 2000;Paget and Timaeus 1994;Ratcliffe, Hill, and Walraven 2000;Zhang 2011).…”

“…The focus on female fertility is explained by a variety of factors, including the implicit assumption that spouses share identical reproductive interests and behaviors (Greene and Biddlecom 2000), lack of data, quality problems with male fertility data, and the fact that the reproductive age range is less clearly defined for males than for females (Andro and Desgrées du Loû 2009;Estee 2004;Field et al 2016;Greene and Biddlecom 2000;Paget and Timaeus 1994;Ratcliffe, Hill, and Walraven 2000;Zhang 2011). Male fertility data is available in many Western countries through civil registration and vital statistics systems (CRVS), and these have been used in a number of studies on male fertility in developed countries (Brouard 1977;Dudel and Klüsener 2016;Lognard 2010;Tragaki and Bagavos 2014;United Nations 2013;Zhang 2011). However, CRVS systems are deficient in many developing countries, and the collection of fertility data in surveys -especially using full birth histories -has to a large extent focused on females.…”

Age-specific fertility by educational level in the Finnish male cohort born 1940‒1950

“…There has been long-standing interest in educational differences in fertility among women, but less attention has been paid to men in this respect. Men who acquire higher levels of education become fathers at older ages than their peers with less education (Liefbroer and Corijn 1999;Corijn and Klijzing 2001;Kneale and Joshi 2008;Zhang 2011). At older ages, however, having a higher education may promote family formation and fertility e.g.…”