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Selected results

DISCUSSION OF Recent development in demographically relevant attitudes and behaviour : new challenges for a new era ? Aart Liefbroer & Tineke Fokkema. Selected results. Heterogeneity in values and behaviour regarding alternative living arrangements (ALA) and parenthood in Western societies

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Selected results

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  1. DISCUSSION OFRecent development in demographically relevant attitudes and behaviour : new challenges for a new era ? Aart Liefbroer & Tineke Fokkema

  2. Selected results • Heterogeneity in values and behaviour regarding alternative living arrangements (ALA) and parenthood in Western societies • Changes in attitudes across Europe • ALA : more positive • Parenthood : more negative • Relationship between attitudes and behaviour • ALA : positive • Parenthood : negative – other variables

  3. Comments and questions • Indicators of attitudes • Link between attitudes and behaviour • Suggestions for further analyses

  4. Five items Alternative living arrangements • It is all right for a couple to live together without intending to get married • It is a good idea for a couple who intend to get married to live together first • Divorce is usually the best solution when a couple can’t seem to work out their marriage Parenthood • Watching children grow up is life’s greatest joy • People who have never had children lead empty lives

  5. r=0.44 r=0.00 r=0.30 Source: Liefbroer & Fokkema (2007)

  6. Parenthood attitude Fertility Welfare regime Parenthood attitude Fertility Welfare regime ? Parenthood attitude Fertility Parenthood attitude & fertility Source: Liefbroer & Fokkema (2007)

  7. Welfare regime Past fertility 1970’s Parenthood attitude Fertility 1990s Welfare regime Familiy-oriented society Parenthood attitude Fertility 1990s Welfare regime ? Parenthood attitude Fertility 1990s

  8. Parenthood attitude & fertility - changes Source: Liefbroer & Fokkema (2007)

  9. Other issues • Disconnection between marriage and reproduction • Data available in ISSP • Differences between males and females • Are there differences ? What would be the results of separate analyses • What about non-Western countries with low fertility ? • Armenia, Taiwan, Morocco, Algeria,… ?

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