Teenage pregnancies and birth in Germany : patterns and developments

Kamila Cygan-Rehm; Regina T. Riphan

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) and from the German Mikrozensus. Following the international literature we derive hypotheses on the patterns of teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with teenage age and education, with the income of the teenager's family, with migration status, residence in East Germany, and aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports counter-cyclical teenage fertility.

MoreLess

Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Cygan-Rehm, Kamila ; Riphahn, Regina T.
Publisher:	Berlin : DIW
Subject:	Teenage fertility \| abortion \| unemployment \| East and West Germany \| population economics \| Fertilität \| Fertility \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Jugendliche \| Youth \| Schwangerschaftsabbruch \| Abortion \| Arbeitslosigkeit \| Unemployment \| Westdeutsche Bundesländer \| West Germany \| Ostdeutschland \| East Germany \| Schwangerschaft \| Pregnancy \| Mütter \| Mothers \| Familienplanung \| Family planning

Extent:	Online-Ressource ([1], 43 S.) graph. Darst.
Series:	SOEP papers on multidisciplinary panel data research / German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), DIW Berlin. - Berlin : DIW, ISSN 1864-6689, ZDB-ID 2403710-2. - Vol. 665
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzung: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/98725 [Handle]
Classification:	J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; z18 ; I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010373670