Laboratory

Fertility and Well-Being

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

Psychological Factors and Family Formation Processes (Dissertation)

Steffen Peters (MPIDR / Stockholm University, Sweden), Kieron Barclay (MPIDR / Stockholm University, Sweden), Mikko Myrskylä; in Collaboration with Gunnar Andersson (Stockholm University, Sweden)

Family formation processes (such as fertility, marital behavior, and partnership formation) represent one key element of demographic behavior over the life course. This PhD project sheds light on these processes by focusing on individual psychological factors.  Detailed Description

Publications

Peters, S.; Mannerström, R.; Salmela-Aro, K.:

Identity and marriage: a bidirectional approach based on evidence from Finland

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-028. (2024)    

Peters, S.:

The prospective power of personality on childbearing: a longitudinal study based on data from Germany

Genus 79:6, 1–40. (2023)    

Peters, S.:

The prospective power of personality for childbearing: a longitudinal study based on data from Germany

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-006. (2022)    

Peters, S.:

The prospective power of personality factors for family formation and dissolution processes among males: evidence from Swedish register data

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-037. (2022)    

Peters, S.; Barclay, K. J.:

Leadership skills and family formation among males. A study based on Swedish register data

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-009. (2022)