https://journal.fi/fypr/issue/feed 2023-06-08T13:02:17+03:00 Anna Rotkirch firstname.lastname@vaestoliitto.fi Open Journal Systems <p class="esittely">is a peer reviewed, open access journal published by the Population Research Institute of the Family Federation of Finland (<a href="http://www.vaestoliitto.fi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Väestöliitto</a>) in collaboration with <a title="http://blogs.helsinki.fi/svy-ry/who-we-are/" href="http://blogs.helsinki.fi/svy-ry/who-we-are/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Finnish Demographic Society</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a title="http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/" href="http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Institute of Migration</a>.</p> https://journal.fi/fypr/article/view/130512 2023-06-01T13:50:06+03:00 Anneli Miettinen

<p>How do individuals’ employment or financial resources affect childbearing in Finland? Are these resources equally important to men and women, or in couples?</p> <p>This study examines the relationship between individuals’ socioeconomic resources – employment, education, and income– and entry into parenthood. The results show that employment stability is a key prerequisite for family formation among young adults in Finland. Being unemployed or having fewer financial<br>resources is related to postponement of parenthood in most population groups, notably among those who are approaching age 30, or above it. A lack of economic resources appears to be an obstacle to family formation at several stages: first through union formation, and next, within unions. The associations are very similar among men and women, indicating that policies that support gender equality in employment are advantageous to childbearing.</p>

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