Aim:

Using existing ALSPAC data this project will model social, economic and demographic measures as risk factors for having another baby over the following decade. ALSPAC provides an unusually detailed dataset to consider these questions, providing regular time varying data on a range of relevant variables. Accordingly, multilevel event history models will be utilised to gain a uniquely sophisticated longitudinal analysis of the determinants of fertility. The project aims to appraise current theories of reproductive decision making grounded in evolutionary and economic theories of fertility (e.g. Kaplan et al., 2002; Mace, 2007) and further promote integration between these two frameworks.