Fertility norms in Germany

This page gives information of type fertility norms about the country Germany.
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Data is taken from the tables at the end of this PDF. These are based on the 2011 Eurobarometer survey. For full tabulation of relevant data from the paper, see fertility norms in Europe.

Ideal family size (social ideal family size)

The data here is from Table A.2.5 of the paper.

Age group	No children	1 child	2 children	3 or more children	No ideal	Don't know	Mean	Number of cases
15-24 female	0.06	0.04	0.52	0.29	0.1	0	2.23	97
25-39 female	0.04	0.1	0.59	0.11	0.14	0.02	1.96	156
40-54 female	0.04	0.07	0.6	0.14	0.14	0.01	2.05	247
55+ female	0.02	0.04	0.58	0.22	0.14	0	2.2	321
Total female	0.01	0.02	0.52	0.24	0.17	0.02	2.12	821
15-24 male	0	0.07	0.45	0.28	0.16	0.04	2.3	100
25-39 male	0.03	0.14	0.56	0.15	0.11	0.02	2	134
40-54 male	0.04	0.04	0.59	0.18	0.14	0	2.1	164
55+ male	0.01	0.06	0.65	0.17	0.1	0.01	2.11	353
Total male	0.02	0.03	0.62	0.24	0.08	0.01	2.11	751

Desired fertility (personal ideal family size)

The data here is from Table A.2.6 of the paper.

Age group	No children	1 child	2 children	3 or more children	No ideal	Don't know	Mean	Number of cases
15-24 female	0.06	0.11	0.48	0.22	0.04	0.09	2.08	97
25-39 female	0.08	0.09	0.53	0.19	0.06	0.05	2.04	156
40-54 female	0.04	0.09	0.55	0.28	0.03	0.01	2.3	247
55+ female	0.02	0.06	0.56	0.31	0.04	0.01	2.41	321
Total female	0.04	0.08	0.54	0.27	0.04	0.03	2.27	821
15-24 male	0.02	0.08	0.45	0.24	0.11	0.1	2.23	100
25-39 male	0.07	0.11	0.5	0.19	0.07	0.06	1.98	134
40-54 male	0.07	0.12	0.54	0.2	0.05	0.02	2.04	164
55+ male	0.02	0.07	0.64	0.22	0.03	0.01	2.17	353
Total male	0.05	0.09	0.56	0.21	0.05	0.04	2.1	751