Individual Fertility Choices in Poland

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What are the processes contributing to individual reproductive choices, which, at the macro level, are reflected in the substantial drop in birth rates in the current context? How are these choices experienced and justified by young Poles?


Rok wydania2009
Liczba stron213
KategoriaPsychologia ogólna
WydawcaWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego
ISBN-13978-83-7072-619-5
Numer wydania1
Język publikacjipolski
Informacja o sprzedawcyePWN sp. z o.o.

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  Acknowledgements    9
  Chapter 1: Introduction    11
    1.1. Background of the study and research aims    11
    1.2. Outline of the book    16
  Chapter 2: The Polish Case    19
    2.1. Fertility patterns in Poland    20
      2.1.1. Fertility    20
      2.1.2. Nuptiality and childbearing    23
      2.1.3. A note on migration    24
      2.1.4. Summary    25
    2.2. Context I: The ever-changing economic and institutional landscape    26
      2.2.1. From a centrally planned to a free market economy    26
      2.2.2. Unemployment    27
      2.2.3. Material situation of Poles    29
      2.2.4. Importance of human capital: Education    30
      2.2.5. Women in the labour market    31
      2.2.6. Provision of childcare    33
    2.3. Context II: The cultural heritage    34
      2.3.1. The Catholic Church    35
      2.3.2. Strong family    35
      2.3.3. Attitudes towards marriage and gender roles    36
      2.3.4. Contraception and abortion    37
    2.4. Summary    39
  Chapter 3: Theoretical Approaches to Fertility Decline    41
    3.1. Theories of low fertility    41
      3.1.1. Demographic transitions and post-materialistic values theory    41
      3.1.2. Gender Equity Theory    43
      3.1.3. Globalisation and uncertainty theory    44
      3.1.4. Going micro: combining sub-narratives    45
    3.2. Individual behaviour: fertility choices    50
      3.2.1. Microeconomic approach    50
      3.2.2. Socio-psychological approach: Theory of Planned Behaviour    53
      3.2.3. Socio-psychological approach: Traits-Desires-Intentions-Behaviour    56
    3.3. Fertility choices in Poland: Individual perspectives    58
      3.3.1. The model of individual behaviour: basic assumptions and definitions    60
      3.3.2. Research questions    62
  Chapter 4: Methodology of the Research: Qualitative Interviews    65
    4.1. Rationale for the methodology    65
    4.2. Sample selection and characteristics    66
    4.3. Method    72
      4.3.1. Problem-centred interviews    73
    4.4. Qualitative data analysis    78
      4.4.1. Open coding    79
      4.4.2. Axial coding    80
      4.4.3. Selective coding    82
    4.5. A note on the presentation of the results    83
  Chapter 5: Motivation to Parenthood    85
    5.1. Positive attitudes: Expected values of children    85
    5.2. Beliefs about parenthood and childlessness    88
      5.2.1. Immediate benefits: A natural course of life events    88
      5.2.2. Delayed benefits: Fear of getting old    90
      5.2.3. Advantages of childlessness and competing goals    92
    5.3. Desire to have children, gender difference, and biology    94
    5.4. A child or children?    100
    5.5. Summary: How is the motivation to have a child formed?    102
  Chapter 6: Behavioural Control: Conditions for Parenthood    107
    6.1. Actor-related behavioural control    107
      6.1.1. Individual development    108
      6.1.2. Relationship development: Marriage    109
      6.1.3. Actor-related control: Summary    113
    6.2. Situation-related behavioural control: Economic and institutional aspects    114
      6.2.1. Education    115
      6.2.2. The housing situation in Poland    116
      6.2.3. Job and income    118
      6.2.4. Contradictions in narrations: Is money crucial, and when?    120
      6.2.5. Financial resources and the number of children    122
      6.2.6. Costs of children: Investing money    123
      6.2.7. Costs of children: Investing time    127
      6.2.8. Job insecurity    129
      6.2.9. (Un)Protected mothers    130
      6.2.10. Professional career or earning money?    133
      6.2.11. Childcare arrangements    136
      6.2.12. Childcare: What about men?    139
      6.2.13. Role of the state    141
      6.2.14. Situation-related control: A summary    142
    6.3. Summary: In what way does behavioural control influence fertility choices?    145
  Chapter 7: Understanding a Couple’s Choice: Paths to Parenthood    149
    7.1. Behavioural strategies (not) leading to pregnancy    149
    7.2. Understanding transitions to parenthood    162
    7.3. The process leading to fertility choices – a few general remarks    169
    7.4. Summary: Understanding a couple’s choice    170
  Chapter 8: Concluding Discussion: Old Values, New Context    173
    8.1. Summary of the findings    173
    8.2. Fertility choices: Anomie or adaptation?    178
  References    185
  Appendix I Information about the respondents    209
  Appendix II Interview guideline    211
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