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Fertility Intentions of Millennials Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
Fertility Intentions of Millennials Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Vytenis Juozas Deimantas, Aušra Maslauskaitė
Subject(s): Sociology, Health and medicine and law, Family and social welfare, Demography and human biology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Lietuvos mokslų akademijos leidykla
Keywords: COVID-19; fertility; childbearing intentions; Lithuania;

Summary/Abstract: We aim at investigating the connection between the negative change in fertility intentions and change in socio-economic resources (financial, mental, physical, life satisfaction) caused by COVID-19 containment measures for millennials in Lithuania. We use data from the Families and Inequalities Survey carried out in Lithuania in 2021. It is a representative dataset covering the cohort born between 1985 and 1989 (n = 1000). Analytically, we employ the multinomial logistic regression with robust standard errors. We find a positive association between a likelihood of postponing fertility intentions and having a partner. Worsening life satisfaction is positively associated to downgrading fertility intentions.

  • Issue Year: 35/2024
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 410-422
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English
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