The importance of intentions in the mechanism of reproductive behaviour formation |
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| Authors: | Silvia Meggiolaro |
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| Institution: | (1) Women’s Health Research Unit School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa;(2) Western Cape Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa;(3) Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Department of Medicine and Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa;(4) Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland;(5) Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa;(6) Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA |
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| Abstract: | In a situation of low fertility like that operating nowadays, studying the determinants of reproductive behaviour is very
important. In a context such as Western industrialized one, in which birth control induces a feature of consciousness into
fertility conduct, reproductive intentions have a fundamental role. This paper examines the mechanism which leads to the formation
of reproductive behaviour starting from intentions, with reference to a large city in Italy, where fertility is very low,
Milan. In addition, the hypothesis that women have innate and unobservable propensities toward family formation is verified
through a simultaneous equations model. It allows to control for the potential endogeneity of reproductive intentions in determining
subsequent behaviour. Results partially confirm this hypothesis: no significant correlation is found between unobservable
components influencing intentions and behaviour. The relevance of reproductive intentions for subsequent fertility behaviour
is, however, pointed out. |
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