ArticleReproductive biomedicine & society online2021
Preconditions to parenthood: changes over time and generations.
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- Multidimensional Scale of Motives for Postponing Parenthood (MSMPP-18): Development, factorial structure and psychometric properties.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the Childbearing Motivations Scale.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Childbearing intentions and influencing factors among single young adults in South Korea: a cross-sectional study.Child health nursing research · 2025Article
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- Conception and fertility: A survey examining the practices, attitudes, and knowledge of reproductive-age Greek women.European journal of midwifery · 2025Article
- The mediating effect of maturity on anxiety and the motives for postponing parenthood.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Future anxiety and the motives for postponing parenthood: generational time perspective and life satisfaction as mediators.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- An online survey of UK women's attitudes to having children, the age they want children and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- The ABC of reproductive intentions: a mixed-methods study exploring the spectrum of attitudes towards family building.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- Parenthood aspirations and understanding of factors that affect the chance of achieving them: A population survey.Reproductive biomedicine & society online · 2022Article
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Abstract
Reproductive decision-making and fertility patterns change with time and place, and are influenced by contemporary societal factors. In this paper, we have studied biosocial aspects of reproductive decision-making over time and generations in a Nordic setting. The aim was to explore intergenerational changes and influences on decision-making, especially regarding preconditions to first birth. Twenty-six focus group interviews were conducted in southern Sweden, including a total of 110 participants aged 17-90 years. The analysis of the interviews resulted in six themes: (i) 'Providing security - an intergenerational precondition'; (ii) 'A growing smorgasbord of choices and requirements'; (iii) 'Parenthood becoming a project'; (iv) 'Stretched out life stages'; (v) '(Im)possibilities to procreate'; and (vi) 'Intergenerational pronatalism'. Our findings reflect increasing expectations on what it means to be prepared for parenthood. Despite increasing awareness of the precariousness of romantic relationships, people still wish to build new families but try to be as prepared as possible for adverse events. The findings also show how increasing life expectancy and medical advancements have come to influence people's views on their reproductive timeline.
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