The number of children of married German women by length of marriage, husband's income, and wife's occupational status, 1986
Proebsting, H.
Wirtschaft und Statistik 1: 23-25
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-6143 PMID: 12178564 Document Number: 416150
Selected fertility data from the 1986 microcensus for the Federal Republic of Germany are compared with similar figures for 1976 and 1981. Factors examined include number of children, marriage duration, husband's income, and wife's occupational status. It is found that, on average, employed married women have fewer children than their unemployed counterparts and that families of husbands with a lower income have a significantly lower number of children than families of husbands with a higher income. Marriage and fertility trends among women grouped by duration of marriage are noted.