Fertility norms in Europe: Difference between revisions

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Results from the 2011 Eurobarometer survey

Data is taken from the tables at the end of this PDF. These are based on the 2011 Eurobarometer survey.

Mean ideal family size by gender, age, and country

This survey records the mean of people's answers to the question of what their ideal family size is.

Country	15-24 (women)	25-39 (women)	40-54 (women)	55+ (women)	Total (women)	15-24 (men)	25-39 (men)	40-54 (men)	55+ (men)	Total (men)
Austria	2.07	1.94	1.96	1.97	1.97	1.87	1.73	2.01	2.06	1.93
Belgium	2.31	2.13	2.2	2.19	2.2	2.22	2.17	2.19	2.13	2.17
Bulgaria	1.97	2.11	2	2.15	2.08	2.14	2.04	2.01	2.12	2.07
Cyprus	2.29	2.28	2.56	2.8	2.5	2.66	2.41	2.59	2.98	2.66
Czech Rep.	2.02	1.89	1.98	2.07	1.99	1.86	1.87	1.87	2.01	1.91
Denmark	2.53	2.48	2.43	2.49	2.48	2.38	2.33	2.35	2.46	2.39
Estonia	2.32	2.58	2.67	2.68	2.59	2.46	2.54	2.63	2.74	2.59
Finland	2.51	2.43	2.72	2.61	2.58	2.35	2.26	2.4	2.39	2.36
France	2.34	2.33	2.28	2.34	2.33	2.5	2.25	2.22	2.35	2.32
Germany	2.23	1.96	2.05	2.2	2.12	2.3	2	2.1	2.11	2.11
Germany (East)	2.26	1.91	1.93	2.19	2.08	2.45	1.94	1.94	2.07	2.05
Germany (West)	2.22	1.98	2.09	2.2	2.13	2.26	2.02	2.15	2.12	2.13
Greece	2.23	2.28	2.27	2.44	2.33	2.23	2.13	2.39	2.44	2.3
Hungary	2.19	1.99	2.12	2.19	2.12	2.2	2.15	2.08	2.28	2.18
Ireland	2.81	2.65	2.62	2.91	2.74	2.67	2.53	2.52	2.87	2.63
Italy	1.99	1.93	1.93	2.12	2.01	2.08	1.92	2.1	2.1	2.05
Latvia	2.36	2.42	2.38	2.61	2.45	2.41	2.5	2.44	2.62	2.49
Lithuania	2.21	2.24	2.15	2.47	2.29	2.28	2.26	2.38	2.48	2.35
Luxembourg	2.51	2.24	2.11	2.25	2.25	2.11	2.13	2.07	2.13	2.11
Malta	1.96	1.81	1.96	2.02	1.94	1.99	1.84	1.81	2	1.91
Netherlands	2.41	2.22	2.28	2.41	2.33	2.17	2.17	2.28	2.31	2.25
Poland	2.22	2.06	2.23	2.48	2.27	2.32	2.21	2.21	2.25	2.24
Portugal	1.96	1.95	1.98	2.02	1.98	1.94	1.99	1.91	2.11	2
Romania	2	1.96	1.94	2.29	2.07	2	1.99	2.01	2.18	2.05
Slovakia	2.15	2.08	2.08	2.33	2.17	1.94	1.88	1.98	2.26	2.01
Slovenia	2.38	2.38	2.31	2.42	2.38	2.43	2.52	2.32	2.38	2.41
Spain	2.18	2.07	2.04	2.17	2.11	1.94	1.98	2.14	2.11	2.06
Sweden	2.6	2.27	2.46	2.41	2.41	2.45	2.26	2.36	2.4	2.37
United Kingdom	2.68	2.3	2.23	2.22	2.32	2.51	2.25	2.31	2.24	2.3
EU-27	2.27	2.11	2.13	2.26	2.19	2.25	2.1	2.17	2.21	2.18

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