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Population and Development ReviewVolume 44, Issue 2 p. 281-309 ARTICLE Postindustrial Fertility Ideals, Intentions, and Gender Inequality: A Comparative Qualitative Analysis Mary C. Brinton, Mary C. BrintonSearch for more papers by this authorXiana Bueno, Xiana Bueno orcid.org/0000-0001-6587-3521 Search for more papers by this authorLivia Oláh, Livia OláhSearch for more papers by this authorMerete Hellum, Merete HellumSearch for more papers by this author Mary C. Brinton, Mary C. BrintonSearch for more papers by this authorXiana Bueno, Xiana Bueno orcid.org/0000-0001-6587-3521 Search for more papers by this authorLivia Oláh, Livia OláhSearch for more papers by this authorMerete Hellum, Merete HellumSearch for more papers by this author First published: 06 March 2018 https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12128Citations: 25Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume44, Issue2June 2018Pages 281-309 RelatedInformation
Highlights
Low fertility has been a central concern of demographers and policymakers in Europe and East Asia over the past few decades, and a large literature addresses the causes of postindustrial fertility decline and the possible reasons for cross-national variation
Fertility ideals in all of the country samples center on two children, consistent with the two-child norm reported by Sobotka and Beaujouan (2014)
Demographers have established that the two-child fertility ideal persists even in postindustrial countries, where total fertility has fallen well below population-replacement level
Summary
Low fertility has been a central concern of demographers and policymakers in Europe and East Asia over the past few decades, and a large literature addresses the causes of postindustrial fertility decline and the possible reasons for cross-national variation. This article contributes to an understanding of this puzzle by analyzing the reasoning that highly educated young partnered individuals offer for their fertility ideals and intentions and for the ideals/intentions gap, if it exists. Fertility intentions lie in-between family size ideals and completed fertility, reflecting constraints that people perceive in reaching their ideals (Bachrach and Morgan 2013; Brinton 2016; Philipov and Bernardi 2011). We compare the reasoning of male and female interviewees In these ways, we bring a gender perspective to bear on the analysis of fertility intentions and their possible mismatch with ideals
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