Fertility intentions and outcomes in Indonesia: Evolutionary perspectives on sexual conflict.

ABSTRACT: Differential fertility preferences for men and women may provide insights into human sexual conflict. We explore whether pairbonded couples have different preferences for future offspring, which socioecological factors are associated with these preferences, and who achieves their desired fertility over time. We utilise the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS), a longitudinal survey which collected data from 1993 to 2015, to compare desired future fertility for 9655 couples and follow couples who had divergent preferences. The majority of couples (64.8%) want the same number of future offspring. In 20.7% of couples, husbands want more future offspring than their wives, while the reverse occurs in 14.5% of couples. Living in villages with the husband's or the wife's parent(s) is associated wi

SUBMITTER: Snopkowski K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10427277 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature