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... Cox regression analysis of stopping behavior and negative binomial regression of net family size indicated that during the early phase of the Dutch fertility transition (18[r] ... See full document

... Table 1 gives descriptive statistics relating to individual, household, and child characteristics. About 42%–43% of fathers with valid information about their occupation were professionals or managers. Fathers in 2014 ... See full document

... where the dependent variable is whether the respondent has achieved a university degree (ISCED level 5 or 6). The model features a random slope for the breakup penalty. The choice to use multi-level linear ... See full document

... The evidence pertaining to changes during societal transition is mixed. During the early phases of transition it was feared that the availability of public childcare would seriously decline. These concerns were ... See full document

... Table 5 shows the effects of the control variables on the risk of cohabitation dissolution. The greater the difference between the partners’ ages the higher the probability of separation. The gradient is steeper ... See full document

... asymptotic unbiasedness using the continuous mapping theorem and to show correctness of the bootstrap for quantifying uncertainty using the functional delta method; we will dis- cuss the latter at the end of Section ... See full document

... Sweden. 5 We investigate the fertility patterns of couples, where the mother was born in Finland, Germany, Poland, Greece, Iran, Turkey, Somalia, Thailand, Vietnam, or Chile, and compare these patterns to those of ... See full document

... High proportion of ill-defined causes both in historical and contemporary mortality data has been noted in previous research (Preston 1976, United Nations 1988, Gage 1993, 1994, Meslé and Vallin 1996, Meslé 1999) and it ... See full document

... A number of studies have revealed that reproductive patterns of the populations of the Nordic countries in many ways resemble those of other European countries, but that they also have numerous distinctive features (see, ... See full document

... Figure 5 depicts for each birth cohort the percentage of women who experienced the different ...Figure 5 also shows that the Late Starters pathway decreased as the fertility transition progressed; ... See full document

... 25‒29, 30‒34, 35‒39, and 40 and ...in 5- year spells (up to 5, 6‒10, 11‒14, 15‒19, 20‒24, 25 or more years), and individuals are censored at partner’s ... See full document

... If the results are mixed concerning parental bereavement and divorce, even less is known about the long-term consequences of temporary separation form parents. This is an important topic, as a large number of children ... See full document

... parameter 5- number summary of parameter estimates that defines the extent of the variability in the parameter estimates (the 5-number summary is based on the minimum, lower quartile, median, upper ... See full document

... This section discusses the scenarios of cohort fertility for two countries with extremely low levels of the period TFR – the Czech Republic and Italy. Both countries have experienced decline in the TFR below 1.2 around ... See full document

... only 30% (Jones and Tarp 2013), but many Mozambican workers seek employment in the South African labour market as the countries have strong economic ties (Almeida-Santos, Roffarello, and Filipe ...only 5% ... See full document

... Yicheng’s two-child policy includes the following measures: 1) All couples are encouraged to delay marriage, to postpone parenthood, and to have fewer children; 2) The ‘one child per couple’ norm is enthusiastically ... See full document

... The VOC approach extends economic theories of fertility: Whereas traditional economic theories emphasize the costs of children, the VOC approach also encompasses the supply side of [r] ... See full document

... Nevertheless, even though comparing these differences with those in model 2 shows that not controlling for unobserved heterogeneity yields smaller figures (1.28 yea[r] ... See full document

... To facilitate meaningful comparison between different species, with this paper we provide a systematic discussion of 1) how the time aspect of aging can be measured, 2) how pace measures[r] ... See full document

... A couple’s fertility intention and the influence of these intentions on their final decision are the result of the individual characteristics and attitudes of both partners.. It [r] ... See full document