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This research examines how economic resources impact women's fertility choices and preferences.

June 6, 2026Open Access

Economic resources and parity among US women: A conjoint experiment on preferred family scenarios

Key Points

This research examines how economic resources impact women's fertility choices and preferences.
Conducted a conjoint experiment manipulating economic conditions.
Surveyed women's preferences regarding childbearing under varying economic scenarios.
Findings indicate that economic insecurities significantly influence preferences for family scenarios.
Women in economically stable conditions showed a higher likelihood of preferring larger families.

Abstract

BACKGROUNDEconomically insecure conditions may be driving young people's decisions to delay, forgo, or reduce childbearing.Yet establishing a causal link between economic resources and fertility is methodologically fraught.One approach has been to use survey experiments to manipulate hypothetical economic conditions and gauge respondents' fertility preferences.

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Behrman et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23b8f271a5da9775e74f99 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4054/demres.2026.54.34

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