1 / 9

Selected results

DISCUSSION OF Recent development in demographically relevant attitudes and behaviour : new challenges for a new era ? Aart Liefbroer & Tineke Fokkema. Selected results. Heterogeneity in values and behaviour regarding alternative living arrangements (ALA) and parenthood in Western societies

bryce
Download Presentation

Selected results

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. DISCUSSION OFRecent development in demographically relevant attitudes and behaviour : new challenges for a new era ? Aart Liefbroer & Tineke Fokkema

  2. Selected results • Heterogeneity in values and behaviour regarding alternative living arrangements (ALA) and parenthood in Western societies • Changes in attitudes across Europe • ALA : more positive • Parenthood : more negative • Relationship between attitudes and behaviour • ALA : positive • Parenthood : negative – other variables

  3. Comments and questions • Indicators of attitudes • Link between attitudes and behaviour • Suggestions for further analyses

  4. Five items Alternative living arrangements • It is all right for a couple to live together without intending to get married • It is a good idea for a couple who intend to get married to live together first • Divorce is usually the best solution when a couple can’t seem to work out their marriage Parenthood • Watching children grow up is life’s greatest joy • People who have never had children lead empty lives

  5. r=0.44 r=0.00 r=0.30 Source: Liefbroer & Fokkema (2007)

  6. Parenthood attitude Fertility Welfare regime Parenthood attitude Fertility Welfare regime ? Parenthood attitude Fertility Parenthood attitude & fertility Source: Liefbroer & Fokkema (2007)

  7. Welfare regime Past fertility 1970’s Parenthood attitude Fertility 1990s Welfare regime Familiy-oriented society Parenthood attitude Fertility 1990s Welfare regime ? Parenthood attitude Fertility 1990s

  8. Parenthood attitude & fertility - changes Source: Liefbroer & Fokkema (2007)

  9. Other issues • Disconnection between marriage and reproduction • Data available in ISSP • Differences between males and females • Are there differences ? What would be the results of separate analyses • What about non-Western countries with low fertility ? • Armenia, Taiwan, Morocco, Algeria,… ?

More Related