Household Income, Gender Role Attitudes and Fertility Intentions in Australia
## Research Question How do absolute and relative income within couples influence short-term fertility intentions, and how are these effects mediated by gender role attitudes? ## Data Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA), waves 2005–2019. Sample: Women aged 18–47 and their male partners. ## Methods - Couple-level panel analysis - Breadwinner typology - Mediation via gender role attitudes ## Key Findings - Income similarity increases alignment in fertility intentions. - Sole breadwinner constellations reduce agreement on first and second births. - Gender role attitudes are more influential at lower parities. - Household income becomes more relevant at higher parities. ## Outputs - Working paper (PDF link) - Sample table - Slides - Code repository 