When Do Kinsmen Really Help? Examination of Cohort and Parity-Specific Kin Effects on Fertility Behavior. The Case of the Bejsce Parish Register Reconstitution Study, 17th–20th Centuries, Poland

Tymicki, Krzysztof

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“…However, most services and types of help can only be provided to family members co-residing in the household or living nearby (Litwak & Kulis 1987, 650;Höllinger & Haller 1990, 117). For example, a co-resident grandmother can take care of the grandchildren, prepare food, and help with housework (Reher 1998, 219-17;Sear et al 2003;Tymicki 2004Tymicki , 2008. Thereby, co-resident grandmothers can reduce the burden of combining work with family.…”

Section: Theoretical Background Family Systems Households and Socialmentioning

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The Interplay of Family Systems, Social Networks and Fertility in Europe Cohorts Born Between 1920 and 1960

Mönkediek¹,

Bras²

2016

Economic History of Developing Regions

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Despite important variations in regional family systems, little research has been done to assess the effects of these differences on fertility and thus on families' economic status. Even less attention has been paid to the effects of deviating from these regionally embedded norms in terms of network compositions. People's social networks may not conform to the region's view of the ideal family, while this could have important implications for their fertility behaviour. To fill this knowledge 136 gap, this paper aims to answer two questions: to what extent do family systems shape family size, and to what extent do deviations from regional family system norms in terms of social network composition result in differences in completed fertility? To answer these questions, we use the first two waves of the 'Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement' and derive indicators describing regional family systems and people's social networks. We test the influence of these covariates on the completed fertility of cohorts born between 1920 and 1960 in 13 European countries. Our results show that family system norms, and deviations from them in terms of specific social networks, play an important role in determining family size.

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Section: Theoretical Background Family Systems Households and Socialmentioning

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The Interplay of Family Systems, Social Networks and Fertility in Europe Cohorts Born Between 1920 and 1960

Mönkediek¹,

Bras²

2016

Economic History of Developing Regions

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“…Few scholars have used the data from Bejsce since the publication of the monograph by Piasecki [22]. The attempt to make the database known to a wider scientific community resulted in a series of papers, which focused on the various aspects of the interplay between mortality and fertility [27][28][29][30].…”

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Measures for Human Reproduction Should Be Linked to Both Men and Women

Keilman

Tymicki

Skirbekk

2014

International Journal of Population Research

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We introduce the two-sex net reproduction rate (2SNRR) and the two-sex total fertility rate (2STFR)-two demographic indicators that reflect the number of children born, given age specific fertility and mortality of the adults. The main quality of these indicators is that they measure the childbearing behaviour of both women and men. The indicators have intuitive value, since they tell us to what extent adults are replaced by children. While the traditional net reproduction rate (NRR) describes general replacement trends among women only, the 2SNRR is an indicator of a population's growth potential, irrespective of sex. We demonstrate the use of the indicators with data from Bejsce parish in Poland for the period 1800-1967 and with data from UN projections for China for future years. We discuss the consequences for our understanding of fertility trends when sex ratios deviate from normal levels.

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“…By influencing the formation of kin ties, family systems regulate the social control of the reproductive behaviour (Figure 1.3). This influence can be assumed to work through processes of social learning, social support 21 and social pressure (for an overview on how family ties influence fertility via these mechanisms see Bernardi and Klärner 2014: 649-652 21 In family systems which support extended family structures, for example a co-resident grandmother can support their offspring by taking care of the grandchildren and helping with housework (Reher 1998: 219-217;Sear, Mace and McGregor 2003;Tymicki 2004Tymicki , 2008. example, 'strong' family systems, close kin ties can be assumed to support fertility through the provision of social support which can be expected to lower the opportunity costs of having children (Schoen et al 1997: 337, 346-349;Harknett, Billari and Medalia 2014: 5-6;Lorimer 1954: 199-201).…”

Section: Family Systems and Their Effects On Fertilitymentioning

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“…Most services and types of help, however, can only be provided to family members co-residing in the household or living nearby (Litwak and Kulis 1987: 650;Höllinger and Haller 1990: 117). A co-resident grandmother, for example, can take care of the grandchildren, prepare food, help with housework, and so on (Reher 1998: 219-17;Sear, Mace and McGregor 2003;Tymicki 2004Tymicki , 2008. Thereby, they can reduce the burden combining work with family.…”

Section: Family Systems Households and Social Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family systems and fertility : fertility behaviour in Europe from a network perspective

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When Do Kinsmen Really Help? Examination of Cohort and Parity-Specific Kin Effects on Fertility Behavior. The Case of the Bejsce Parish Register Reconstitution Study, 17th–20th Centuries, Poland

Cited by 3 publications

References 27 publications

The Interplay of Family Systems, Social Networks and Fertility in Europe Cohorts Born Between 1920 and 1960

The Interplay of Family Systems, Social Networks and Fertility in Europe Cohorts Born Between 1920 and 1960

Measures for Human Reproduction Should Be Linked to Both Men and Women

Family systems and fertility : fertility behaviour in Europe from a network perspective

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