Yes, No, Maybe: Fertility Intentions and Reasons Behind Them Among Childless Finnish Men and Women
In this paper we examine reproductive intentions among childless Finnish men and women aged 18 to 34 years. In Finland, as in other European countries, young adults are postponing parenthood to an ever-later age. Our intention is to investigate expressions of reproductive intentions, and particul...
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Population Research Institute of Väestöliitto
2005-01-01
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| Series: | Finnish Yearbook of Population Research |
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| author | Anneli Miettinen Pirjo Paajanen |
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| description | In this paper we examine reproductive intentions among childless Finnish men and
women aged 18 to 34 years. In Finland, as in other European countries, young
adults are postponing parenthood to an ever-later age. Our intention is to investigate
expressions of reproductive intentions, and particularly, to focus on the division of
intentions between more positive and more hesitant expressions. We examine how
education, factors related to economic security and values relate to childbearing
hesitation among young adults. We also use information on the reasons that the young
themselves have provided to examine differences in fertility intentions. Our study uses
a sample of 724 men and women drawn from the PPA2 survey, which focused on Finns
attitudes in 2002 toward family and children, family policy measures, values in life,
and fertility intentions. We ? nd that education is related to postponement, and that
unemployment increases hesitation. Partnership and the state of the relationship are
clearly important preconditions for positive childbearing intentions among both men
and women. Postponers are more likely to stress reasons that are related to present life
situation and are more open to change, while persons who hesitate regarding future
childbearing stress longer-standing reasons behind their intentions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e66cfffb3974d098981d9c8b0598b352022-12-21T20:55:53ZengPopulation Research Institute of VäestöliittoFinnish Yearbook of Population Research1796-61831796-61912005-01-0141Yes, No, Maybe: Fertility Intentions and Reasons Behind Them Among Childless Finnish Men and WomenAnneli MiettinenPirjo PaajanenIn this paper we examine reproductive intentions among childless Finnish men and women aged 18 to 34 years. In Finland, as in other European countries, young adults are postponing parenthood to an ever-later age. Our intention is to investigate expressions of reproductive intentions, and particularly, to focus on the division of intentions between more positive and more hesitant expressions. We examine how education, factors related to economic security and values relate to childbearing hesitation among young adults. We also use information on the reasons that the young themselves have provided to examine differences in fertility intentions. Our study uses a sample of 724 men and women drawn from the PPA2 survey, which focused on Finns attitudes in 2002 toward family and children, family policy measures, values in life, and fertility intentions. We ? nd that education is related to postponement, and that unemployment increases hesitation. Partnership and the state of the relationship are clearly important preconditions for positive childbearing intentions among both men and women. Postponers are more likely to stress reasons that are related to present life situation and are more open to change, while persons who hesitate regarding future childbearing stress longer-standing reasons behind their intentions.https://journal.fi/fypr/article/view/45020 |
| spellingShingle | Anneli Miettinen Pirjo Paajanen Yes, No, Maybe: Fertility Intentions and Reasons Behind Them Among Childless Finnish Men and Women Finnish Yearbook of Population Research |
| title | Yes, No, Maybe: Fertility Intentions and Reasons Behind Them Among Childless Finnish Men and Women |
| title_full | Yes, No, Maybe: Fertility Intentions and Reasons Behind Them Among Childless Finnish Men and Women |
| title_fullStr | Yes, No, Maybe: Fertility Intentions and Reasons Behind Them Among Childless Finnish Men and Women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Yes, No, Maybe: Fertility Intentions and Reasons Behind Them Among Childless Finnish Men and Women |
| title_short | Yes, No, Maybe: Fertility Intentions and Reasons Behind Them Among Childless Finnish Men and Women |
| title_sort | yes no maybe fertility intentions and reasons behind them among childless finnish men and women |
| url | https://journal.fi/fypr/article/view/45020 |
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