What factors influence young adults’ decision to start a family? - Statistics Netherlands Corporate news - European Statistical System (ESS)
Young adults in the Netherlands face a variety of economic challenges: employers are giving out more temporary contracts, income growth is stagnating, students have to take on more debt, there’s an ongoing housing shortage and inflation is soaring. All this has put pressure on our young generation’s economic position. But does it also lead young adults to put their plans to start a family on hold? Daniël van Wijk, a researcher at the demographic institute NIDI, looked into this using register data from CBS’ System of Social Statistical Datasets. On 25 September, he defended his PhD thesis on this subject at the University of Groningen.
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What factors influence young adults’ decision to start a family?
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