Expected and Actual Family Size in Greece: 1983–1997 |
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Authors: | Haris Symeonidou |
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Affiliation: | (1) National Centre for Social Research (EKKE), 14-18 Messoghion Ave., GR-115 27, P.O. Box 14232, Athens, Greece |
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Abstract: | On the basis of data collected in the 1997 fertility study in theGreater Athens area, in which a sub-sample of women previouslyinterviewed in the 1983 National Fertility Survey wereinterviewed again, the validity of aggregate and individualfertility intentions is evaluated. The main finding is thatfertility intentions slightly overestimate ultimate family size.Moreover, higher expectations are associated with higher`transition rates' towards having children and to shorter birthintervals for all parities. |
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Keywords: | fertility behaviour fertility expectations Greece |
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