Yearning, learning, and conceding: reasons men and women change their childbearing intentions.
Popul Dev Rev
; 37(1): 89-123, 2011.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21735613
ABSTRACT
People's childbearing intentions change over the course of their reproductive lives. These changes have been conceptualized as occurring in response to the realization that an individual is unlikely to achieve his or her intended fertility, because of constraints such as the "biological clock" or lack of a partner. In this article, we find that changes to child-bearing plans are influenced by a much wider range of factors than this. People change their plans in response to the wishes of their partners, in response to social norms, as the result of repartnering, and as the result of learning about the costs and benefits of parenthood; there are also differences between the factors that influence men's and women's decision-making. In a departure from existing studies in this area, we use a flexible analytical framework that enables us to analyze increases in planned fertility separately from decreases. This allows us to uncover several complexities of the decision-making process that would otherwise be hidden, and leads us to conclude that the determinants of increases in planned fertility are not simply equal and opposite to the determinants of decreases.
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Temas:
ECOS
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Aspectos_gerais
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Equidade_desigualdade
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fatores Socioeconômicos
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Relógios Biológicos
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Família
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Tomada de Decisões
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Comportamento Reprodutivo
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Fertilidade
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Popul Dev Rev
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article