Educational differentials in fertility intentions and outcomes: family formation in Flanders in the early 1990s. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research|Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2011 9|

Over the last decades the majority of European countries have witnessed fertility levels considerably below replacement. Particularly completed cohort fertility below two children per woman has raised concerns whether this trend corresponds to a decline of fertility intentions or represents a discrepancy between intended and realised fertility. Using data from the Fertility and Family Survey (FFS) conducted in 1991, we look at fertility intentions of women aged 20-39 in Flanders, documenting how intentions differ in terms of education of women and their partners, activity status and household... Mehr ...