The Fertility Gap: Why Wanting Children Doesn’t Always Mean Having Them
Despite global fertility decline, many people still hope to become parents or have more children. Yet wanting kids doesn’t always lead to planning for them, and planning doesn’t always lead to having them. Why does this gap exist? In a webinar hosted by PRB’s Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR), we explored two new studies that examine different dimensions of unrealized fertility.
Meet the Presenters and Download Slides
Luca Badolato
Department of Sociology and Institute for Population Research,
The Ohio State University
“The Fertility Desires–Intentions Gap in the United States” (Download slides)
Ester Lazzari, Ph.D.
Department of Demography, University of Vienna, and Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital
“Infertility and Unrealized Ideal Family Size” (Download slides)
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