Family Systems and Fertility Intentions: Exploring the Pathways of Influence.

ABSTRACT: Family systems, as normative frameworks in which family processes unfold, are believed to exert a major influence on fertility. While a number of studies have addressed family system effects on family size and the timing of births, the question of how family systems influence fertility intentions has remained largely unexplored. Because fertility intentions are often not realized, studying the pathways through which these intentions are framed warrants further attention. Addressing this research gap, this paper explores the pathways of influence between family systems and people's intentions to start or to extend their family in the framework of the theory of planned Behaviour. We use a path analysis to analyse data from the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) on fertility intentions of 28

SUBMITTER: Monkediek B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6241020 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature