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Economic Precariousness and the Transition to Parenthood: A Dynamic and Multidimensional Approach.

ABSTRACT: Economic precariousness has taken on a central role in explanations of the postponement of childbearing in developed societies. However, most studies conceptualize and operationalize precariousness as being static and one-dimensional, which provides only a partial perspective on the links between precariousness and fertility. In this paper, we study precariousness as a dynamic and multidimensional concept, distinguishing between past and current precariousness as well as between precariousness relating to income and to employment. Analyses are based on Dutch full-population register data. We select all inhabitants of the Netherlands who left education in 2006 and follow them until 2018. Event history analyses show that current and past income and employment precariousness all have independent negative effects on the first birth rate for men. Current and past employment precariousness and past income precariousness also reduce the first birth rate for women, but current income precariousness increases women's probability of first conception. When precariousness is both persistent and multidimensional, it is associated with a threefold decrease in the monthly probability of conceiving a first child for men and almost a halving of the probability for women. Our analyses show the need for going beyond static and one-dimensional analyses in order to understand how economic precariousness may affect fertility behaviour.

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The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10680-022-09617-4.

SUBMITTER: van Wijk DC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9363546 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Economic Precariousness and the Transition to Parenthood: A Dynamic and Multidimensional Approach.

van Wijk Daniël C DC de Valk Helga A G HAG Liefbroer Aart C AC

European journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie 20220420 3

Economic precariousness has taken on a central role in explanations of the postponement of childbearing in developed societies. However, most studies conceptualize and operationalize precariousness as being static and one-dimensional, which provides only a partial perspective on the links between precariousness and fertility. In this paper, we study precariousness as a dynamic and multidimensional concept, distinguishing between past and current precariousness as well as between precariousness r ...[more]

PMID: 35966358

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Economic Precariousness and the Transition to Parenthood: A Dynamic and Multidimensional Approach.

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Economic Precariousness and the Transition to Parenthood: A Dynamic and Multidimensional Approach.

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