Gender equality and fertility intentions revisited: evidence from Finland
Stimulated by the recent debate on gender roles and men's fertility behaviour (Puur et al. 2008; Westoff and Higgins 2009; Goldscheider, Oláh and Puur 2010), we present evidence from Finland as a country well into the second phase of the so-called gender revolution. We examine how gender role a...
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| description | Stimulated by the recent debate on gender roles and men's fertility behaviour (Puur et al. 2008; Westoff and Higgins 2009; Goldscheider, Oláh and Puur 2010), we present evidence from Finland as a country well into the second phase of the so-called gender revolution. We examine how gender role attitudes relate to childbearing intentions at the onset of family life, intentions to have many (3 or more) children, and high personal fertility ideals among low-parity men and women. Gender equality attitudes are measured for both the public and domestic sphere and the influence of work and family orientation is controlled for. Finding signs of a U-shaped association among men, we conclude that both traditional and egalitarian attitudes raise men's expected fertility compared to men with intermediate gender attitudes and independently of family values. Among Finnish women the impact of gender attitudes is smaller and more ambiguous. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:523fc469-5416-4239-82af-cd28f0b3796b2022-03-26T16:24:20ZGender equality and fertility intentions revisited: evidence from FinlandJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:523fc469-5416-4239-82af-cd28f0b3796bDemography and population ageingSocial policy & social workGenderEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research2011Miettinen, ABasten, SRotkirch, AStimulated by the recent debate on gender roles and men's fertility behaviour (Puur et al. 2008; Westoff and Higgins 2009; Goldscheider, Oláh and Puur 2010), we present evidence from Finland as a country well into the second phase of the so-called gender revolution. We examine how gender role attitudes relate to childbearing intentions at the onset of family life, intentions to have many (3 or more) children, and high personal fertility ideals among low-parity men and women. Gender equality attitudes are measured for both the public and domestic sphere and the influence of work and family orientation is controlled for. Finding signs of a U-shaped association among men, we conclude that both traditional and egalitarian attitudes raise men's expected fertility compared to men with intermediate gender attitudes and independently of family values. Among Finnish women the impact of gender attitudes is smaller and more ambiguous. |
| spellingShingle | Demography and population ageing Social policy & social work Gender Miettinen, A Basten, S Rotkirch, A Gender equality and fertility intentions revisited: evidence from Finland |
| title | Gender equality and fertility intentions revisited: evidence from Finland |
| title_full | Gender equality and fertility intentions revisited: evidence from Finland |
| title_fullStr | Gender equality and fertility intentions revisited: evidence from Finland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender equality and fertility intentions revisited: evidence from Finland |
| title_short | Gender equality and fertility intentions revisited: evidence from Finland |
| title_sort | gender equality and fertility intentions revisited evidence from finland |
| topic | Demography and population ageing Social policy & social work Gender |
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