Fertility after separation: second births in higher order unions in Germany

  • This paper uses recent data from the German family panel (pairfam) to examine the fertility behavior after separation. More specifically, we focus on the transition to the second child and compare the behavior of respondents in ongoing partnerships (couples who are still partnered with the mother/father of their first child) with those who have experienced family dissolution after the first birth. The investigation reveals strong gender differences in postseparation fertility behavior. We also find large regional differences. Eastern Germans had much lower second birth rates than western Germans. However, they were more prone than western Germans to have their second child with a parent who was not the father or the mother of their firstborn child. This result is in line with descriptive findings on the diversity of family structures in eastern Germany.

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Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Author(s):Michaela KreyenfeldORCiD, Valerie Heintz-Martin
Parent Title (English):FamiliesAndSocieties working paper series 28
Publisher:Stockholm University
Place of Publisher:Stockholm
Publication year:2015
Number pages:21
Related URL:http://www.familiesandsocieties.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WP28KreyenfeldHeintzMartin2015.pdf
Release Date:2015/10/13
Tag:Birth spacing; Divorce; Fertility; Germany; Separation
Volume:2015
Issue:28
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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