title: [Cohort fertility of men and women in the Federal Republic of Germany. A measurement with data from empirical social research].
abstract: The availability of mates and the consequences for cohort fertility by sex in Germany is analyzed using pooled data from various fertility surveys conducted since 1900.  "All German male cohorts born before 1930 have a greater number of children than their female counterparts.  German men up to cohorts around 1930 experienced favourable conditions of the marriage market due to the consequences of the two World Wars.... The general decline of births beginning around 1970 will, however, turn around this relative position. Leaving the preferred age-difference between spouses unchanged smaller female cohorts will now be able to select partners from greater (and older) cohorts of potential male partners.  These changing relative positions are already visible in the differences between male and female cohort fertility." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Dinkel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Milenovic
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005060:Europe; D005298:Fertility; D005858:Germany; D005860:Germany, West; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Cohort Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Europe; Fertility; Germany; Germany, Federal Republic Of; Historical Survey; Marriage; Marriage Patterns; Mate Selection; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Sex Factors; Western Europe