Vergauwen Jorik, Neels Karel, Wood Jonas
University of Antwerp, Belgium.
University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Soc Sci Res. 2017 Jul;65:253-267. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.03.006. Epub 2017 Mar 27.
Several studies have looked into the socio-economic gradients of cohabitation and non-marital fertility. According to the theory of the Second Demographic Transition, highly educated individuals can be considered as forerunners in the Western European spread of non-marital family forms after the 1970s. In Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), however, research has provided evidence for a Pattern of Disadvantage where those with the lowest education have been the most likely to adopt such family forms. Hitherto, few studies have considered the educational gradient of the intentions underlying these behaviors. This contribution uses information on marriage and fertility intentions from the Generations and Gender Surveys for seven European countries to assess educational differentials. In Western Europe we observe no strong educational gradients in marriage intentions at any childbearing stage (before, during or following). In CEE countries, however, less educated cohabitors more frequently choose for cohabitation during childbearing.
多项研究探讨了同居和非婚生育的社会经济梯度。根据第二次人口转变理论，高学历人群可被视为20世纪70年代后西欧非婚家庭形式传播的先驱。然而，在中欧和东欧（CEE），研究表明存在一种劣势模式，即受教育程度最低的人群最有可能采用这种家庭形式。迄今为止，很少有研究考虑这些行为背后意图的教育梯度。本论文利用七个欧洲国家的代际和性别调查中关于婚姻和生育意图的信息来评估教育差异。在西欧，我们发现在任何生育阶段（生育前、生育期间或生育后），婚姻意图方面都没有明显的教育梯度。然而，在中欧和东欧国家，受教育程度较低的同居者在生育期间更频繁地选择同居。
