Who Delays Childbearing? The Associations Between Time to First Birth, Personality Traits and Education

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作者：
Lara Patrício Tavares
机构：
[1] Universidade de Lisboa,CAPP, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas
[2] Bocconi University,Carlo F. Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics
[3] Universidade Nova de Lisboa,CICS.NOVA, Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais
来源：
European Journal of Population | 2016年 / 32卷
关键词：
Reproductive behaviour; Fertility determinants; Delayed childbearing; Personality; Big Five; Educational status;
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摘要：
Using data from a large-scale survey, the British Household Panel Survey, this paper assesses the influence of personality traits on the timing of first childbirth and investigates whether, and in what way, personality traits explain the differences in maternity timing across educational groups. We estimate a log-logistic model of the time to first childbirth and show that there is a statistically significant relationship between the Big Five personality traits and the timing of motherhood. The results also show that highly qualified women who are ‘open-minded’ have the lowest hazards of childbirth, lower than similar less educated counterparts.
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页码：575 / 597
页数：22
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