for countries outside Europe suggest a global spread of two-child preferences, also in many countries where the fertility …How persistent and universal has the two child family ideal been in Europe during the last three decades? We analyse … nearly universal among women in all parts of Europe. Countries that used to display higher ideal family size have converged …

fields of research vary considerably by gender where women are particularly overrepresented in the subfield 'fertility and … institutes which play a role in driving demographic research in Europe. …