title: [The reliability of birth expectations].
abstract: This is the second part of a two-part article in which studies on the reliability of birth expectations in developed countries are reviewed.  In this part, articles on reliability at the aggregate level are considered.  "The overall conclusion can be that on average women in fertility-research overestimate their life-time births.  For just married women this overestimation in the aggregate can be as high as 35 percent."  (summary in ENG)
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Van De Giessen
mesh_terms: D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design
keywords: Births Expected; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Evaluation; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Family Size, Expected; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Literature Review; Measurement; Population; Population Dynamics; Reliability; Research Methodology