A Room to Grow: The Residential Density-Dependence of Childbearing in Europe and the United States

Lauster, Nathanael

doi:10.25336/p6wc98

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“…The findings of this study are generalizable to other countries with a mixed housing stock and a relatively easy access to mortgages (Mulder & Billari, 2010), and where norms on space requirements drive demand for detached houses (Lauster, 2010). The timing of births in relation to moves is similar to other Northern European findings (Kulu, 2008;Mulder & Wagner, 1998) where families tend to move during the period of conception.…”

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confidence: 73%

“…Individual perceptions of what is acceptable or desirable in terms of housing are constructed both by individual and social norms and experiences (Lauster, 2010). In particular, 'roominess' has been shown to be a major factor in childbearing, and the desire for a relatively large house or apartment is widespread in many contemporary societies.…”

Section: Housing Preferences and Constraintsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Housing context and childbearing in Sweden: a cohort study

Chudnovskaya

2018

Housing Studies

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Previous research has established the link between individuals' housing characteristics and their childbearing behavior. This study contributes to this literature by examining the association between first, second and third parity transitions and housing tenure and type. The study design distinguishes between owner-occupied apartments, rental apartments and owner-occupied detached houses. This study also uniquely takes into account individual housing histories in relation to later life fertility outcomes. The data used are an extract from Swedish registers covering 25% of the population. Housing information is available from 1986 to 2006, and the study follows four birth cohorts of women who are aged 15-18 when the study starts, until ages 35-38. Descriptive results on housing and childbearing transitions over the life course are complemented by event-history models to model the parity transitions. Women living in detached housing have the highest likelihood of parity transitions, while women living in rental apartments have the lowest likelihood. Although women from different housing backgrounds have similar outcomes in terms of parity and timing, housing of origin is related to housing context during childbearing transitions, and thus, serves as a good insight to individual housing norms and constraints.

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