Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? : the second "NO"
Titelübersetzung:Sollen die Regierungen in Europa mehr für die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter tun, um die Fruchtbarkeit zu erhöhen? : das zweite "Nein"
Autor/in:
Neyer, Gerda
Quelle: Demographic Research, Vol. 24 (2011) , S. 225-250
Inhalt: "This paper argues against the suggestion that governments should push for gender equality more aggressively in order to raise fertility. The paper presents a threefold 'no' to this proposal. It takes issue with the goal of raising fertility, arguing that the claims that fertility must be increased are based on myths. It rejects a more aggressive pursuit of gender equality for demographic purposes, maintaining that this method preserves inequality. It warns against using gender equality for fertility purposes, stating that this narrows the realm of gender equality. The paper is based on a debate held at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, at which the author was asked to argue against the gender equality-fertility proposal. The other participants in the debate were Laurent Toulemon ('yes'), Dimiter Philipov ('no'), and Livia Oláh ('yes')." (author's abstract)
Education and permanent childlessness: Austria vs. Sweden : a research note
Titelübersetzung:Bildung und permanente Kinderlosigkeit: Österreich versus Schweden
Autor/in:
Neyer, Gerda; Hoem, Jan M.
Quelle: Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung; Rostock (MPIDR Working Paper, 2008-007), 2008. 21 S.
Inhalt: "In this research note we extend our previous study of the association between educational attainment and permanent childlessness in Sweden (Hoem et al., 2006) to cover Austria, and we make comparisons between the two countries. In both investigations we have defined educational attainment in terms of both educational level and educational field. We find largely the same pattern of childlessness by educational field in both countries; in particular at each educational level women educated for teaching jobs or for health occupations typically have lower childlessness than other lines of education. However, for most groups childlessness is higher in Austria, and for academic educations it is much higher. We attribute these differences to institutional differences in the two countries which may bring about a different culture of reproductive behavior." (author's abstract)
Kinderlosigkeit, Bildungsrichtung und Bildungsniveau : Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung schwedischer Frauen der Geburtsjahrgänge 1955-59
Titelübersetzung:Childlessness, education direction and level of education : results of a study of Swedish women born between 1955 and 1959
Autor/in:
Neyer, Gerda; Hoem, Jan M.; Andersson, Gunnar
Quelle: Ein Leben ohne Kinder: Kinderlosigkeit in Deutschland. Dirk Konietzka (Hrsg.), Michaela Kreyenfeld (Hrsg.). Wiesbaden: VS Verl. für Sozialwiss., 2007, S. 105-134
Inhalt: Die Autoren stellen theoretische Ansätze vor, die eine Berücksichtigung der Bildungsrichtung und der institutionellen Verankerung von Bildung bei Analysen des Zusammenhangs von Bildung und Kinderlosigkeit nahe legen. Ihre Darstellung umfasst Ansätze aus der Geschlechterforschung, der Arbeitsmarktforschung und der Präferenzforschung und bildet somit eine notwendige Ergänzung zu überwiegend individualistischen (ökonomischen und kulturellen) Interpretationen von Bildung und Kinderlosigkeit. Die Autoren stellen anschließend ausgewählte Ergebnisse ihrer empirischen Analysen vor, die auf kombinierten Auszügen aus schwedischen Registerdaten beruhen und für alle ab 1945 geborenen Frauen individuelle geburten-, heirats- und bildungsspezifische Informationen bis 1998 (Bildungsregister) bzw. 2002 (Geburtenregister) enthalten. Aus Gründen der Datenqualität konzentrieren sie sich nur auf Frauen der Geburtenjahrgänge 1955 bis 1959, welche im Jahre 2002 zwischen 43 und 47 Jahre alt waren und damit ihre reproduktive Phase weitgehend abgeschlossen hatten. Die Autoren weisen in ihrer Interpretation der Ergebnisse darauf hin, dass nur multidimensionale Ansätze, die sowohl institutionelle als auch individuelle Aspekte berücksichtigen, hinreichende Erklärungen für den komplexen Zusammenhang zwischen Bildung und Kinderlosigkeit bieten können. (ICI2)
CEWS Kategorie:Demographie und Bevölkerungsfragen, Bildung und Erziehung
Dokumenttyp:Sammelwerksbeitrag
Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) : towards a better understanding of relationships and processes in the life course
Titelübersetzung:Generations- und Gendersurvey (GGS) : für ein besseres Verständnis der Beziehungen und Prozesse im Lebenslauf
Autor/in:
Vikat, Andres; Spéder, Zsolt; Beets, Gijs; Billari, Francesco C.; Bühler, Christoph; Désesquelles, Aline; Fokkema, Tineke; Hoem, Jan M.; MacDonald, Alphonse; Neyer, Gerda; Pailhé, Ariane; Pinnelli, Antonella; Solaz, Anne
Quelle: Demographic Research, Vol. 17 (2007) Art. 14, S. 389-440
Inhalt: "The Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) is one of the two pillars of the Generations and Gender Programme designed to improve understanding of demographic and social development and of the factors that influence these developments. This article describes how the theoretical perspectives applied in the survey, the survey design and the questionnaire are related to this objective. The key features of the survey include panel design, multidisciplinarity, comparability, context-sensitivity, inter-generational and gender relationships. The survey applies the life course approach, focussing on the processes of childbearing, partnership dynamics, home leaving, and retiring. The selection of topics for data collection mainly follows the criterion of theoretically grounded relevance to explaining one or more of the mentioned processes. A large portion of the survey deals with economic aspects of life, such as economic activity, income, and economic well-being; a comparably large section is devoted to values and attitudes. Other domains covered by the survey include gender relationships, household composition and housing, residential mobility, social networks and private transfers, education, health, and public transfers. The third chapter of the article describes the motivations for their inclusion. The GGS questionnaire is designed for a face-to-face interview. It includes the core that each participating country needs to implement in full, and four optional sub-modules on nationality and ethnicity, on previous partners, on intentions of breaking up, and on housing, respectively. The participating countries are encouraged to include also the optional sub-modules to facilitate comparative research on these topics." (author's abstract)