How persistent and universal has the two child family ideal been in Europe during the last
three decades? We analyze responses of women of reproductive age from 168 surveys …

Cultural, ecological, familial and physiological factors consistently influence fertility
behaviours, however, the proximate psychological mechanisms underlying fertility decisions …

The ongoing transition to low fertility is, alongside the long-term expansion of life
expectancy, the key force reshaping populations around the world. It has sweeping …

Nuorten naisten työuria katkovat Suomessa sekä määräaikaiset työsuhteet että äitiydestä
johtuvat perhevapaat. Jos asema työelämässä vakiintuu myöhään, se siirtää usein muitakin …

BACKGROUND A considerable proportion of childless women in their late thirties or early
forties would still like to have children. The number of men and women whose fertility …

The total fertility rate of Hong Kong has remained below 1.3 children per woman for about
three decades, but it is still unknown whether this ultra-low fertility is driven by a downward …

Changes in the gendered divisions of domestic work are often assumed to influence
couples' childbearing behaviour, but existing evidence is mixed and mostly limited to cross …

Demography, lacking an overarching theoretical framework of its own, has drawn on
theories in many other social sciences to inform its analyses. The aim of this paper is to bring …

Uusia ideoita lapsiperheen arjen parantamiseksi! Helpotusta ja oivallusta lapsiperheen
elämään kirjasta, joka näyttää, mitä järkeä perhe-elämän ristiriitaisuuksien takana on. Miksi …

Whether glamorised or stigmatised, teenage parenthood is all too often used to stand for a
host of social problems, and empirical research results ignored. Identifying core …