Background Nowadays, the challenge of having single child is spreading in many countries.
Only-child family is prevalent in 26% of families in Canada, 21% in the United States, 47.5 …

Abstract The Gender Revolution Theory forecasts a rise in fertility as gender equality
increases and permeates the private sphere. However, empirical evidence across different …

Lower childbearing intentions can stem from a lack of social resources. However, not only
actual but also perceived social support might signal that parents and parents-to-be will not …

The socioeconomic factors driving the adoption of birth limitation and lengthening birth
intervals as fertility control mechanisms in sub-Saharan Africa are a subject of debate. There …

We test whether the co-residence of older parents with their adult children of reproductive
age increases the chance of them forming a multichild family. Using data from Wave X of the …

Fertility plans are a prominent area for agency research, and are a clear example of a
misalignment between resources and agency capacity. We relied both on the idea of …

This study explores the associations between receiving social support from network
members other than individuals' parents and fertility intentions in Finland. It additionally …

We test whether the co-residence of older parents with their adult children at the
reproductive age increases the chance of forming a multi-child family. Using data from Wave …

España es uno de los países con las tasas de fecundidad más bajas de Europa. La escasez
de servicios de apoyo a las familias con hijos se ha esgrimido como una de las causas …

This thematic collection seeks to reflect and push forward the current state of the art in the
study of grandparenthood and grandparenting in Italy in a comparative European …