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Do Personality Traits Affect Fertility Intention in Indonesia?
Wahyuningsih Wahyuningsih

Last modified: 2017-12-22

Abstract


Many factors are related to fertility intention, such as personality psychologists and social demography. This research examined to explore the effect of personality traits on fertility intention in Indonesia. In this study, fertility intention is defined as the intention to add another child or not by ever-married women aged 15-49 years old in 2014. This study used Indonesian Family Life Survey 2014. Using logistic binary regression to estimated the model, the results showed that personality traits had a significant effect on fertility intention. Extraversion and conscientiousness were associated with lower odds of intending to add children. While agreeableness and openness were associated with higher odds of intending to add children.


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