Open AccessFertility in Finland in the 1980s and 1990s: Analysis of Fertility Trend by Age and ParityAge and ParityFertility in Finland in the 1980s and 1990s: Analysis of Fertility Trend byAge and ParityFamilial, Situational, and Attitudinal Determinants of Third-Birth Intentions and Their Uncertainty
Author(s) -
Vikat Anders
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
finnish yearbook of population research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1796-6191
pISSN - 1796-6183
DOI - 10.23979/fypr.44975
Subject(s) - fertility , total fertility rate , birth rate , demography , parity (physics) , birth order , trend analysis , population , geography , family planning , research methodology , sociology , mathematics , statistics , physics , particle physics
The purpose of this article is to describe the fertility trend in Finland from 1982 to1999 by age and parity, using age- and parity-specific birth intensities and syntheticcohort measures of period fertility. The findings are discussed in the light of theconcurrent changes in family policy and macroeconomic environment, and in thecontext of fertility developments in other Nordic countries. From 1982 to 1987,first-birth rates decreased while second and higher order birth rates changed little.From 1987, there was a rise in womens fertility at all parities throughout thereproductive age span. In first births, this increase reverted to a decrease in 1991.Second and higher order birth rates continued to increase until 1994. Third andhigher order births have somewhat decreased thereafter. First-birth rates of womenover 35 have risen throughout the study period, and the mean age at first birth hasincreased.