Ina Berninger
Bernd Weiß
Michael Wagner

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol24/24/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.24

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Abstract

We examine the impact of precarious work (low income and job security satisfaction) on the intention to have a first child. We consider a direct and an indirect effect; the latter is mediated by partners’ conflict behaviour, conflict level, and partnership quality. We assume that a satisfactory partnership is positively associated with the intention to have a first child. The analyses are based on a subsample of the German Generations and Gender Survey. For men we found a direct effect of income and an indirect effect of job security satisfaction on childbearing intentions, whereas for women no direct and only a weak indirect impact of precarious work could be observed.

Author's affiliation
Ina Berninger
University of Bremen, Germany
Bernd Weiß
University of Cologne, Germany
Michael Wagner
University of Cologne, Germany

Keywords
employment, fertility, partnerships

Word count (Main text)
8067

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