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dc.contributor.authorFiori, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Elspeth
dc.contributor.authorRinesi, Francesca
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-05T11:30:06Z
dc.date.available2018-03-05T11:30:06Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-02
dc.identifier.citationFiori , F , Graham , E & Rinesi , F 2018 , ' Economic reasons for not wanting a second child : changes before and after the onset of the economic recession in Italy ' , Demographic Research , vol. 38 , 30 , pp. 843-854 . https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.30en
dc.identifier.issn1435-9871
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 252459106
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: fabf9be4-38ac-477c-9c47-d121970caf63
dc.identifier.otherRIS: urn:A756640B100FD79AF4322CED98FEE384
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85043249147
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000427327600001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/12847
dc.description.abstractObjective : This study aims to understand changes in the fertility intentions of mothers residing in Italy before and after the onset of the economic recession. It focuses particularly on mothers with one child – a group whose intentions changed over the period – and especially on those who, before and after the economic crisis of 2007–2008, cite economic reasons for intending not to have a second child. Methods : The analysis uses data from the ISTAT sample survey on births and mothers and fits logistic regressions (for 2002 and 2012), with economic vs. other reasons for intending not to have a second child as the dependent variable, in order to compare the associated sociodemographic profiles of mothers for the two years. Results : In Italy, between 2002 and 2012, the fertility intentions of mothers with one child changed. The proportion intending to ‘stop at one’ increased, with more mothers giving economic constraints rather than personal preferences as their main reason for intending not to have another child. Moreover, socioeconomic differences among primiparous mothers reporting economic constraints as their main reason for intending not to have a second child narrowed, whereas age differences became more pronounced. Contribution : The study is one of the few that has examined the reasons behind fertility intentions, especially those of mothers intending not to have a second child. It shows that one important impact of the economic recession in Italy is that a greater proportion of primiparous mothers are now abandoning the two-child norm in response to adverse economic circumstances. As a consequence, Italy is likely to remain a low-fertility country for some time to come.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofDemographic Researchen
dc.rights© 2018 Francesca Fiori, Elspeth Graham & Francesca Rinesi. This open-access work is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Germany (CC BY 3.0 DE), which permits use, reproduction, and distribution in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are given credit. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/legalcode.en
dc.subjectHB Economic Theoryen
dc.subjectHQ The family. Marriage. Womanen
dc.subject3rd-NDASen
dc.subject.lccHBen
dc.subject.lccHQen
dc.titleEconomic reasons for not wanting a second child : changes before and after the onset of the economic recession in Italyen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.30
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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