The Enduring Case for Fertility Desires

Yeatman, Sara; Trinitapoli, Jenny; Garver, Sarah

doi:10.1007/s13524-020-00921-4

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“…Resolution of fertility intentions Stated fertility intentions are predictive of future fertility, even though they may be imperfect (Schoen, Astone, Kim, Nathanson, & Fields, 1999;Yeatman, Trinitapoli, & Garver, 2020). We examine how differences in fertility intentions among men and women may be resolved over time.…”

Section: Fertility Preferences As the Results Of Optimisation Of Non-fitness Currenciesmentioning

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Fertility intentions and outcomes in Indonesia: Evolutionary perspectives on sexual conflict

Snopkowski

Nelson

2021

Evolut. Hum. Sci.

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Differential fertility preferences for men and women may provide insights into human sexual conflict. We explore whether pairbonded couples have different preferences for future offspring, which socioecological factors are associated with these preferences, and who achieves their desired fertility over time. We utilise the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS), a longitudinal survey which collected data from 1993 to 2015, to compare desired future fertility for 9655 couples and follow couples who had divergent preferences. The majority of couples (64.8%) want the same number of future offspring. In 20.7% of couples, husbands want more future offspring than their wives, while the reverse occurs in 14.5% of couples. Living in villages with the husband's or the wife's parent(s) is associated with having divergent preferences for future offspring, where there is a higher likelihood that women prefer more offspring than their husbands. When examining fertility outcomes, women, particularly those who marry at older ages, are more likely to achieve their desired preference. Contrary to previous research, we do not find that living near one's natal kin or having increased autonomy increases an individual's likelihood of achieving desired fertility outcomes.

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Section: Fertility Preferences As the Results Of Optimisation Of Non-fitness Currenciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fertility intentions and outcomes in Indonesia: Evolutionary perspectives on sexual conflict

Snopkowski

Nelson

2021

Evolut. Hum. Sci.

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“…We clas sify a preg nancy as unin tended if, the wave before the con cep tion, the woman reported not want ing a birth for at least two years. 4 Note that in the frst set of ana ly ses of women's haz ard of any preg nancy, we main tain the full cat e gor i cal cod ing of this indi ca tor as a pre dic tor (Yeatman et al 2020).…”

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Life After Loss: A Prospective Analysis of Mortality Exposure and Unintended Fertility

Smith‐Greenaway

Yeatman

Chilungo³

2022

Demography

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The relationship between mortality and fertility is a key component of demographic transition theory, placing it at the center of extensive inquiry. Among other linkages, mortality in women's communities and social networks influences their subsequent fertility. Existing demographic research assumes this is principally due to volitional mechanisms, implying that exposure to mortality consolidates women's desire to become pregnant, leading to intended fertility. Yet, insights from other disciplines suggest that mortality exposure could also increase women's unintended fertility through psychological, relational, and behavioral mechanisms. This study examines the relationships between network mortality exposure and women's hazard of pregnancy, and of unintended pregnancy specifically. We analyze two years (2009–2011) of closely spaced panel data on young Malawian women (N = 1,272) enrolled in the Tsogolo la Thanzi study. Our data include information on funeral attendance and fertility desires measured weeks before conception, which is confirmed through frequent pregnancy testing. Hazard models show that the number of funerals women attend corresponds with a higher hazard of pregnancy and of unintended pregnancy specifically. These findings make clear that mortality exposure can influence fertility not by shaping women's desires but by disrupting the realization of those desires.

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“…For example, Iacovou and Tavares ( 2011 ) distinguish between expected fertility as the number of children people expect to have while intended fertility accounts for factors beyond individuals' control, like personal circumstances or partner desires. Yeatman et al ( 2020 ) note that while much of the extant literature discusses intentions, what most survey data is capturing should be thought about as reproductive desires. Here, reproductive desires refer to wants related to reproduction, for example, whether a respondent would like to have any or more children, how long they would like to wait before having a child or getting pregnant, and whether they have desires about their total number of children by the time they have finished childbearing, etc.…”

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“It changed the atmosphere surrounding the baby I did have”: Making sense of reproduction during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Wright

2022

J of Marriage and Family

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Objective This study examines the schemas that women employed during the COVID‐19 pandemic to make sense of their reproductive desires. Background Existing research on reproduction during epidemics suggests that there are variable population responses to periods of long‐term social uncertainty. However, less is known about how individuals make sense of maintaining or adapting their reproductive desires during periods of social upheaval. Method Twenty‐nine women aged 25–35 from a mid‐sized Midwestern county in the United States were recruited and interviewed about their experiences during the first 8 months of the COVID‐19 pandemic. They were asked about their daily lived experiences and their reproductive desires during in‐depth interviews. These interviews were transcribed and analyzed using thematic coding. Results Participants used three normative schemas to describe their reproductive desires during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Heteronormative schemas were used by many participants to articulate their commitment to a heteronormative aged‐staged timeline of life events. Schemas of social support around being pregnant and giving birth were used by participants, primarily those who were currently or recently pregnant, to express grief and loss over the relational experience of having a new baby. Medicalized schemas were expressed by most participants to describe feelings of fear and risk at real or imagined encounters with medical institutions. Conclusion The schemas that participants used to make sense of their reproductive desires demonstrate how sense‐making during a profound event that affects everyday realities allows participants to (re)articulate commitments to existing narratives that reinforce heterosexual, social, and medicalized hierarchies in reproduction.

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The Enduring Case for Fertility Desires

Cited by 31 publications

References 49 publications

Fertility intentions and outcomes in Indonesia: Evolutionary perspectives on sexual conflict

Fertility intentions and outcomes in Indonesia: Evolutionary perspectives on sexual conflict

Life After Loss: A Prospective Analysis of Mortality Exposure and Unintended Fertility

“It changed the atmosphere surrounding the baby I did have”: Making sense of reproduction during the COVID‐19 pandemic

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