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Title: Satisfaction with life as an antecedent of fertility : Partner + Happiness = Children?
Related: Demographic research, Vol. 22, Article 21 (2010), p.635-662
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.21
Publisher: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Date: 2010
Author/Creator: Parr, Nick
Description: This paper examines the relationships between satisfaction with life in general, particular domains of life, the partner, and parental relationships with existing children, and subsequent fertility. The data are from 2,948 women and 2,622 men aged 15 to 44 years from a longitudinal survey of the household population in Australia. For both sexes a strong positive relationship between prior satisfaction with life and fertility two years later is found. Men’s satisfaction with their partner and with their partner’s relationship with existing children are positively related to fertility. Fertility is also related to age, parity, marital status, education, employment and birthplace.
Description: 28 page(s)
Subject Keyword: Australia
Subject Keyword: depression
Subject Keyword: education
Subject Keyword: fertility
Subject Keyword: happiness
Subject Keyword: life satisfaction
Subject Keyword: longitudinal data
Subject Keyword: risk aversion
Subject Keyword: subjective well-being
Subject Keyword: women’s employment
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Business

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/98748
Identifier: ISSN:1435-9871
Identifier: mq-rm-2009010159
Language: eng
Rights: Copyright 2010 Nick Parr. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.
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