Change in the perceived reproductive age window and delayed fertility in Europe

Lazzari, Ester; Compans, Marie-Caroline; Beaujouan, Eva

doi:10.1080/00324728.2023.2298678

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“…These are among the most common explanations for childbearing postponement reported in surveys (Savelieva et al 2023;Miettinen 2015;Liefbroer 2009). In addition, social norms about the appropriate age to start a family are increasingly favouring a later entry into parenthood (Lazzari et al 2024), a trend reinforced by an increase in the proportion of young adults delaying childbearing to well beyond the age of 30.…”

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Childlessness trends at different ages by educational attainment for men and women in Finland

Jalovaara,

Miettinen

2024

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Research on trends in childlessness by educational attainment tends to focus on the level of lifetime childlessness estimated at age 40 or 45. Less is known about childlessness at younger ages. In advanced low fertility societies, childlessness among people in their early 30s largely reflects the postponement of childbearing to a later age. Nevertheless, the postponement of childbearing to well beyond the age of 30 may have an impact on completed fertility. This is particularly important in the light of recent fertility decline. This study describes trends in childlessness by educational attainment for men and women in Finland over the period 1987–2022. We use total population register data and focus on childlessness levels at ages 30, 35, 40, and 45. The results show a marked increase in childlessness at most observed ages, which has accelerated in the last decade. In 2022, the childlessness levels at the ages of 30, 35, 40 and 45 are 60, 35, 23 and 19 per cent for women, and 74, 49, 34 and 28 per cent for men born in Finland. At ages 40 and 45, men show a consistent negative association between childlessness and educational attainment, while for women, the association has shifted from positive to negative. At age 30, education is positively associated with childlessness for both men and women, reflecting the later entry into parenthood of the highly educated. Educational differences in childlessness at age 35 are less uniform. Over the past decade, childlessness at age 35 has increased for both men and women regardless of educational attainment, notably including men and women with tertiary education. The trends observed suggest that the increase in childlessness in Finland is continuing, accelerating and becoming more widespread. (282 words)

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Childlessness trends at different ages by educational attainment for men and women in Finland

Jalovaara,

Miettinen

2024

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Stratified Fertility: Age Norms, Ideals, Behaviors, and the Role of National Contexts

Badolato,

Billari,

Liefbroer

2024

Eur J Population

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A growing body of research shows that demographic attitudes and behaviors across the life course are socially stratified. Building on this and focusing on the transition to parenthood, we hypothesize that (i) parental socioeconomic status is associated with multiple dimensions of the transition to parenthood, including fertility norms (perceived lower age limit at first birth), ideals (ideal age at first birth), and behaviors (age at first birth), and that (ii) this association varies across national contexts, as national contexts determine the opportunities and constraints that guide young adults’ life course attitudes and behaviors. Drawing on the European Social Survey 2006 and 2018 data, we analyze early fertility norms and ideals and later fertility behaviors of a pseudo-panel of individuals born between 1976 and 1988. We show that (i) parental socioeconomic status is positively associated with later fertility norms, later fertility ideals, and later childbearing, even when controlling for respondents’ own socioeconomic status, and that (ii) national contexts partially moderate these associations. We conclude by discussing implications for theories of fertility and highlighting avenues for future research. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10680-024-09718-2.

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Alignment, Anticipation, Adaptation, or Lagging Behind? Age‐Based Regulations in Assisted Reproduction and Late Fertility

Compans

2024

Population & Development Rev

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This paper focuses on age restrictions on access to infertility treatments and eligibility for their public reimbursement, exploring their relevancy in contexts of rising late birth rates (40+). I explore how age‐based reimbursement policies for in vitro fertilization treatments have responded to these fertility trends in 27 high‐income countries and in which regulatory frameworks for medically assisted reproduction (MAR) very late births (45+) have particularly increased. First, I show that while age limits for treatment reimbursement are well aligned with the prevalence of late fertility in some national contexts, in most countries, strict age restrictions are lagging behind the rise in late births. In others, pronatalist policies have prompted permissive age criteria or law revisions, anticipating or adapting to rising trends in late births. Second, the rise in very late births has been limited in some contexts with strict age‐based rules. However, the analysis suggests that the impact of MAR on very late births may also be influenced by contextual factors other than regulations.

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Change in the perceived reproductive age window and delayed fertility in Europe

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Childlessness trends at different ages by educational attainment for men and women in Finland

Childlessness trends at different ages by educational attainment for men and women in Finland

Stratified Fertility: Age Norms, Ideals, Behaviors, and the Role of National Contexts

Alignment, Anticipation, Adaptation, or Lagging Behind? Age‐Based Regulations in Assisted Reproduction and Late Fertility

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