Parity disparity: Educational differences in Nordic fertility across parities and number of reproductive partners.
Linus Andersson; Anneli Miettinen; Marika Jalovaara
Parity disparity: Educational differences in Nordic fertility across parities and number of reproductive partners.
Linus Andersson
Anneli Miettinen
Marika Jalovaara
Suomen akatemia
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on:
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042826914
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042826914
Tiivistelmä
Most research on trends in socioeconomic fertility differences focus on cohort total fertility. This study asks how cohort trends in parity-specific fertility differ across educational segments for men and women, and what role multi-partner fertility plays in these trends. The study used Finnish and Swedish register data on cohorts born in 1940–1973/1978. The main analyses use parity progression ratios. Ordinary ratios were contrasted with ratios on births to first reproductive partner. Among low- and medium-educated persons we observe parity polarization, where both childlessness and higher parity (3+) births increase, largely reflecting increases in multi-partner fertility. Highly educated men and women more often have exactly two children. We demonstrate that cohort total fertility can mask significant parity-specific trends across educational groups, and that changes in multi-partner fertility can be a part and parcel of cohort trends in socioeconomic fertility differentials.
Kokoelmat
- Rinnakkaistallenteet [19207]