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Family Policy and Fertility Intentions in 21 European Countries
Author(s) -
Billingsley Sunnee,
Ferrarini Tommy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/jomf.12097
Subject(s) - generosity , european social survey , fertility , multilevel model , social policy , demographic economics , psychology , survey data collection , parental leave , social psychology , developmental psychology , demography , political science , economics , sociology , population , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , machine learning , politics , computer science , law , engineering
European countries show substantial variation in family policy and in the extent to which policies support more traditional male‐breadwinner or more gender egalitarian earner–carer family arrangements. Using data from the European Social Survey, the authors implemented multilevel models to analyze variation in fertility intentions of 16,000 men and women according to individual‐level characteristics and family policy across 21 European countries. Both traditional and earner–carer family support generosity were positively related to first‐birth intentions for men and women. In contrast, only earner–carer support maintains its positive relationship with second birth intentions. Family policy is not in general related to third and higher order parity intentions.