Decoding short-term fertility intentions: exploring the nexus of gender equality and societal factors in a comparative EU gender regimes analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persistently low fertility in the European Union has drawn attention to the gap between desired and intended fertility, often linked to enduring gender inequalities. Clarifying how individual, partner, and contextual factors jointly shape short-term fertility intentions can inform policy across diverse gender regimes. Objective: To examine short-term fertility intentions among partnered individuals in Finland, Germany, and Spain, representing Scandinavian, Continental, and Mediterranean gender regimes, respectively.

Methods

We use harmonized data from the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) and Spain's National Institute of Statistics (INE). We apply Classification and Regression Trees (CART) to capture non-linear interactions among individual, partner, and contex

SUBMITTER: Aragon-Morales AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12571918 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature