In:
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 17, No. 12 ( 2022-12-8), p. e0271384-
Abstract:
This study investigates the association between objective and subjective indicators of economic uncertainty, generated by the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, and young Italians’ fertility plans during the 2020. We use unique repeated cross-sectional data, collected at different time points during the pandemic (March and October/November 2020) together with pre-COVID data (2016). The data offer a standard fertility intention question pre- and during-COVID, and also a direct question on whether pre-COVID fertility plans have been confirmed, postponed or abandoned. In March 2020, individuals with more vulnerable occupations show a lower probability of intending to have a(nother) child in the short-term and a higher probability of abandoning their pre-COVID fertility plan; in October 2020 changes in fertility plans do not vary by employment condition. Instead, both in March and October, those who suffered from a negative income shock and those with negative expectations on their future income and occupation are more likely to abandon their pre-pandemic fertility plan compared to their better off counterparts. Overall, economic uncertainty seems to have similarly affected men and women’s fertility intentions. Our findings point to the fact that the unequal economic consequences of the pandemic also produced and will produce heterogeneous effects on fertility intentions.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1932-6203
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.g001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.g002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.g003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.g004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.g005
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.t001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.t002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.t003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.t004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.s001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.s002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.s003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.s004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.r001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.r002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.r003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0271384.r004
Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2022
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2267670-3
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