TY  - JOUR
A1  - Goldscheider, Frances
A1  - Oláh, Livia Sz.
A1  - Puur, Allan
T1  - Reconciling studies of men’s gender attitudes and fertility: Response to Westoff and Higgins
Y1  - 2010/02/05
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 189
EP  - 198
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.8
VL  - 22
IS  - 8
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/8/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/8/22-8.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/8/22-8.pdf
N2  - A reflexion by Westoff and Higgins (2009) in response to a study by Puur, Oláh, Tazi-Preve and Dorbritz (2008) has been recently published in this journal. Both articles addressed the relationship between men’s gender attitudes and fertility, using different datasets and quite different measures of gender attitudes, producing divergent results. Based on that, the authors of the reflexion suggested caution regarding the conclusion of the Puur et al. analysis. We respond to their arguments here by elaborating on the theoretical underpinnings of the claim presented in the original article and thus the importance of the differences of the measures of gender attitudes applied in the two studies (gender roles in the public sphere vs. the private sphere). With this contribution, we stress the need for further research on the association of men’s gender attitudes and fertility.

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