Reweighting the General Household Survey 1979–2007

Beaujouan, Éva; Brown, James J.; Bhrolcháin, Máire Ní

doi:10.1057/pt.2011.21

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“…For example, they may not know whether they will have a suitable partner who also wants children, or whether childcare will be available. The significance of uncertainty in fertility intentions has not received the attention it should (although see Berrington 2004;Ní Bhrolcháin et al 2010;Ní Bhrolcháin and Beaujouan 2011). Evidence from the 1970 cohort suggests that those who are uncertain have an intermediate chance of having a first birth: i.e., in between those who have a negative intention and those who have a positive intention.…”

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confidence: 99%

Childlessness in the UK

Berrington

2017

Demographic Research Monographs

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Childlessness in the UK

Berrington

2017

Demographic Research Monographs

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“…The following analyses are based on revised fertility histories from 31,583 women where retrospectively reported births are augmented with additional information on children living in the household. The data are weighted to take account of survey design and non-response (Beaujouan, Brown, and Ni Bhrolchaín 2011).…”

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Educational differences in timing and quantum of childbearing in Britain

Berrington¹,

Stone²,

Beaujouan³

2015

DemRes

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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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“…We have, accordingly, computed new weights on a consistent basis for the entire series of GHS rounds of 1979 to 2007, designed to adjust for non-response and to calibrate to population distributions by age, sex and region. The methods used are detailed in Beaujouan et al (2011) and can be briefly described as follows. A set of household weights, applicable to all individuals in each household was generated, first by applying ONS household nonresponse factors and then using Calmar to calibrate to population totals by age and sex, and by a regional classification similar to that of ONS (Sautory 1993;Barton 2001;Ali et al 2008: Appendix D).…”

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Uncertainty in fertility intentions in Britain, 1979-2007

Bhrolcháin

Beaujouan²

2012

Populationyearbook

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The paper uses a time series of repeated rounds of the General Household Survey in Great Britain to study uncertainty in fertility intentions. We show that a substantial minority of women are uncertain in their expectations about future childbearing. A comparison of reported uncertainty in GHS rounds 1979-1990 with 1991-2007 reveals that the estimated level of uncertainty is influenced by question format. At the individual level, uncertainty varies largely with demographic status and life stage-age, partnership status, parity and time since previous birth. Evidence from qualitative and quantitative studies, particularly in relation to pregnancy intentions, reinforces the reality of uncertainty about reproductive prospects. We suggest that the measurement of fertility intentions needs improvement. A new theoretical approach to fertility intentions is outlined in brief.

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Reweighting the General Household Survey 1979–2007

Cited by 16 publications

References 7 publications

Childlessness in the UK

Childlessness in the UK

Educational differences in timing and quantum of childbearing in Britain

Uncertainty in fertility intentions in Britain, 1979-2007

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