Odgoda rađanja i neimanje djece u europskim zemljama

master's thesis

• Title (english): Delayed childbearing and childlessness in European countries
• Author: Anamarija Brković
• Mentor: Petra Međimurec (mentor)
• Committee member: Petra Međimurec (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ivan Čipin (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Šime Smolić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Economics and Business; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-09-23, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics

Abstract

U ovom radu istražuju se odgoda rađanja i neimanje djece u europskim zemljama. Postavljena
su tri ključna cilja. Kao prvo, želi se istražiti je li veća prosječna dob pri rađanju prvog djeteta
povezana sa nižim fertilitetom i, kao drugo, je li u zemljama s većom prosječnom dobi pri
rađanju prvog djeteta veća i razina neimanja djece. Treći cilj jest istražiti kako se u europskim
zemljama razlikuju majke od žena bez djece. Odnosno, želi se vidjeti kako se žene razlikuju
prema broju djece s fokusom na čimbenike koji su u literaturi prepoznati kao relevantni, poput
obrazovanja i bračnog statusa. Dobiveni rezultati potvrđuju hipotezu da kako raste prosječna
dob pri rađanju prvog djeteta, tako stopa totalnog fertiliteta opada. Također, u zemljama s
većom prosječnom dobi pri rađanju prvog djeteta raste razina neimanja djece kod žena. Analiza
podataka iz Europskog društvenog istraživanja za žene u dobi od 30 do 59 godina pokazala je
da u svakoj od petogodišnjih razmatranih dobnih kohorti postoji razlika u prosječnom broju
djece između žena koje su u braku, koje nikad nisu bile u braku ili koje su udovice i razvedene
te da se prosječan broj djece razlikuje između žena s niskim, srednjim i visokim obrazovanjem.
Nadalje, obrazovanje je povezano s imanjem/neimanjem djece samo u najmlađoj dobnoj
skupini (od 30 do 34 godine). U ostalim analiziranim dobnim skupinama ne postoji povezanost
između obrazovanja i imanja/neimanja djece. S druge strane, bračni status je povezan s
imanjem/neimanjem djece u svim promatranim dobnim skupinama (30 do 59 godina).

Abstract (english)

This paper investigates delayed childbearing and childlessness in European countries. There are
three key objectives. First, to investigate whether a higher mean age at the birth of the first child
is associated with a lower total fertility rate. Second, to investigate if countries with a higher
mean age at the birth of the first child also have higher levels of childlessness. The third goal is
to investigate how mothers differ from childless women in European countries and to see how
women differ according to the number of children, while focusing on factors identified in the
literature as relevant, such as education and marital status. The obtained results confirm the
hypothesis that as the mean age at the birth of the first child increases, total fertility rate
decreases. Also, in countries with a higher mean age at the birth of the first child, the level of
childlessness among women is higher. Analysis of data from the European Social Survey for
women aged 30 to 59 showed that in each of the five-year age cohorts considered there exists
a difference in the average number of children between married, unmarried or widowed and
divorced women. Also, the average number of children differs between women with low,
medium and higher education. Furthermore, education is related to having/not having children
only in the youngest age group (30 to 34 years). In the other age groups analysed, there is no
connection between education and having/not having children. On the other hand, marital status
is related to having/not having children in all observed age groups (30 to 59 years).

• Keywords: odgoda rađanja; neimanje djece; europske zemlje; stopa totalnog fertiliteta; prosječna dob pri rađanju; obrazovanje; bračni status
• Keywords (english): delayed childbearing; childlessness; European countries; total fertility rate; mean age of women at childbirth; education; marital status
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:148:435976
• Study programme: Title: Economics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra ekonomije (magistar/magistra ekonomije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-09-24 14:49:57