[Prospects for the development of fertility in Austria].

Abstract

"In Austria, as in most other European countries, after the sharp decline of the mid-60s fertility has stabilized well under replacement level. In the course of the changing structure of family formation and the pluralization of life-styles, the relationship between fertility and nuptiality has turned into a mutual one. Nuptiality is not always the determinant of fertility; it may also be the dependent variable.... Empirical evidence for the last few years suggests that fertility in Austria--and in most other European countries--will stay at a modest level for the coming decades." (SUMMARY IN ENG)