title: [Determining fertility behavior using path analysis].
abstract: In order to examine factors influencing the perception of ideal family size in Poland, "the present paper discusses path models, which explain a central reproductive behaviour category i.e. the actual number of children....[The author finds that] the image of the ideal family size directly influences the existing number of children.  Path coefficients show that the increase of the ideal number of children by one standard deviation is associated with the increase of actual family size by approximately one third standard deviation of this explanatory variable."  Other variables considered include parental influence, rural or urban residence, educational status, age at marriage, religion, and quality of life. (SUMMARY IN ENG)
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skretowicz
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D005843:Geography; D008393:Marriage; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010465:Perception; D011044:Poland; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012067:Religion; D012106:Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012923:Social Class; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Behavior; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Eastern Europe; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Europe; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Family Size, Desired--determinants; Fertility; Fertility Determinants; Geographic Factors; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Models, Theoretical; Nuptiality; Perception; Poland; Population; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Quality Of Life; Religion; Reproductive Behavior; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; Social Welfare; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution