title: The timing of maternity in the Netherlands.
abstract: "In this paper the timing of maternity is estimated by a hazard model.  The novel aspect of this paper is that it is shown that wages and total household labor income have a significant effect on the timing of maternity.  Both the wage rate of the woman and the wage rate of the husband have a negative effect on the timing of maternity.  Total household labor income increases the probability of having a child at an earlier age.... Women working in the labor market delay the timing of maternity compared to non-participating women.  Attending school has the same effect.  Until the age of 28 the maternity hazard increases with age, after that it decreases."  Data are from a longitudinal survey of 4,020 men and women in the Netherlands who were interviewed during the period 1980-1985.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Groot
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Pott-buter
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001519:Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005060:Europe; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D007182:Income; D008423:Maternal Age; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009426:Netherlands; D010290:Parents; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011336:Probability; D012106:Research; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Age Factors; Behavior; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Employment Status--women; Europe; Family And Household; Fertility; Households; Income; Macroeconomic Factors; Maternal Age; Models, Theoretical; Netherlands; Parental Age; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Probability; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Statistical Studies; Studies; Time Factors; Wages; Western Europe