Social networks and fertility > Wave 1

Single Wave Study

General Information

Title

Wave 1

Project Number

312.1

Abstract

This research focuses on the influences of an individual's social network (for example, family members and friends) on whether or not to have children (both wishes and actual behavior).

Longitudinal Type

Single Wave Study

Begin date

20-02-2018

End date

27-03-2018

Note

Additional information about this study can be found at: https://doi.org/10.34894/EZCDOA

Topics

Social attitudes and values (LISS)

Social behavior (LISS)

Researcher

Gert Stulp (University of Groningen)

Publisher

Centerdata

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-z6p-2v79

Funding Organization

NWO
University of Groningen
ODISSEI

Datasets and documentation

View Documentation

Codebook in English

codebook_wj18a_EN_1.0.pdf

Codebook in Dutch

codeboek_wj18a_NL_1.0.pdf

Data Files

English SPSS file

wj18a_EN_1.0p.sav

English STATA file

wj18a_EN_1.0p.dta

English CSV file

wj18a_EN_1.0p.csv

Variables

Variable name	Variable Label
nomem_encr	Number of the household member encrypted
wj18a_m	Year and month of the field work period
wj18a001	Do you currently have a partner?
wj18a002	Duration answer wj18a001 in seconds
wj18a003	What is your partner’s gender?
wj18a004	Duration answer wj18a003 in seconds
wj18a005	What is your partner’s year of birth?
wj18a006	Duration answer wj18a005 in seconds
wj18a007	How long have you and your partner been in a relationship?
wj18a008	Duration answer “How long have you and your partner been in a relationship?” in seconds
wj18a009	Do you live together with your partner?
wj18a010	Duration answer “Do you live together with your partner?” in seconds
wj18a011	What kind of a cohabitation form do you have with your partner?
wj18a012	Duration answer “What kind of a cohabitation form do you have with your partner?” in seconds
wj18a013	Do you have children?
wj18a014	Duration answer “Do you have children?” in seconds
wj18a015	How many children do you have?
wj18a016	Duration answer “How many children do you have?” in seconds
wj18a017	Of how many of these children are you the biological parent?
wj18a018	Duration answer “Of how many of these children are you the biological parent?” in seconds
wj18a019	Does your partner have any children from a previous relationship?
wj18a020	Duration answer “Does your partner have any children from a previous relationship?” in seconds
wj18a021	Do you expect to have [more] children in the future?
wj18a022	Duration answer “Do you expect to have more children in the future?“ in seconds
wj18a023	How many children in all would you like to have?
wj18a024	Duration answer “How many children in all would you like to have?” in seconds
wj18a025	We are curious to know how strong your preferences are with respect to the number of children you would like to have.
wj18a026	Duration answer “We are curious to know how strong your preferences are with respect to the number of children you would like to have.” in seconds
wj18a027	Within how many years would you like to have a child?
wj18a028	Duration answer “Within how many years would you like to have a child?” in seconds
wj18a029	Have you ever discussed your wishes regarding children with your partner?
wj18a030	Duration answer “Have you ever discussed your wishes regarding children with your partner?” in seconds
wj18a031	Which statement best describes your situation with respect to your and your partner’s wishes regarding children?
wj18a032	Duration answer “Which statement best describes your situation with respect to your and your partner’s wishes regarding children?” in seconds
wj18a033	What do you consider to be a suitable number of children for an average family in the Netherlands?
wj18a034	Duration answer “What do you consider to be a suitable number of children for an average family in the Netherlands?” in seconds
wj18a035	Which statement best describes your feelings with respect to having children and being happy in life?
wj18a036	Duration answer “Which statement best describes your feelings with respect to having children and being happy in life?” in seconds
wj18a037	Person 1 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a038	Duration answer wj18a037 in seconds
wj18a039	Person 2 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a040	Duration answer wj18a039 in seconds
wj18a041	Person 3 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a042	Duration answer wj18a041 in seconds
wj18a043	Person 4 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a044	Duration answer wj18a043 in seconds
wj18a045	Person 5 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a046	Duration answer wj18a045 in seconds
wj18a047	Person 6 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a048	Duration answer wj18a047 in seconds
wj18a049	Person 7 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a050	Duration answer wj18a049 in seconds
wj18a051	Person 8 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a052	Duration answer wj18a051 in seconds
wj18a053	Person 9 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a054	Duration answer wj18a053 in seconds
wj18a055	Person 10 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a056	Duration answer wj18a055 in seconds
wj18a057	Person 11 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a058	Duration answer wj18a057 in seconds
wj18a059	Person 12 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a060	Duration answer wj18a059 in seconds
wj18a061	Person 13 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a062	Duration answer wj18a061 in seconds
wj18a063	Person 14 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a064	Duration answer wj18a063 in seconds
wj18a065	Person 15 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a066	Duration answer wj18a065 in seconds
wj18a067	Person 16 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a068	Duration answer wj18a067 in seconds
wj18a069	Person 17 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a070	Duration answer wj18a069 in seconds
wj18a071	Person 18 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a072	Duration answer wj18a071 in seconds
wj18a073	Person 19 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a074	Duration answer wj18a073 in seconds
wj18a075	Person 20 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a076	Duration answer wj18a075 in seconds
wj18a077	Person 21 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a078	Duration answer wj18a077 in seconds
wj18a079	Person 22 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a080	Duration answer wj18a079 in seconds
wj18a081	Person 23 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a082	Duration answer wj18a081 in seconds
wj18a083	Person 24 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a084	Duration answer wj18a083 in seconds
wj18a085	Person 25 with whom you have had contact in the past year
wj18a086	Duration answer wj18a085 in seconds
wj18a087	Gender person 1
wj18a088	Gender person 2
wj18a089	Gender person 3
wj18a090	Gender person 4
wj18a091	Gender person 5
wj18a092	Gender person 6
wj18a093	Gender person 7
wj18a094	Gender person 8
wj18a095	Gender person 9
wj18a096	Gender person 10
wj18a097	Gender person 11
wj18a098	Gender person 12
wj18a099	Gender person 13
wj18a100	Gender person 14
wj18a101	Gender person 15
wj18a102	Gender person 16
wj18a103	Gender person 17
wj18a104	Gender person 18
wj18a105	Gender person 19
wj18a106	Gender person 20
wj18a107	Gender person 21
wj18a108	Gender person 22
wj18a109	Gender person 23
wj18a110	Gender person 24
wj18a111	Gender person 25
wj18a112	Duration answer wj18a087 - wj18a111 in seconds
wj18a113	Age person 1
wj18a114	Age person 2
wj18a115	Age person 3
wj18a116	Age person 4
wj18a117	Age person 5
wj18a118	Age person 6
wj18a119	Age person 7
wj18a120	Age person 8
wj18a121	Age person 9
wj18a122	Age person 10
wj18a123	Age person 11
wj18a124	Age person 12
wj18a125	Age person 13
wj18a126	Age person 14
wj18a127	Age person 15
wj18a128	Age person 16
wj18a129	Age person 17
wj18a130	Age person 18
wj18a131	Age person 19
wj18a132	Age person 20
wj18a133	Age person 21
wj18a134	Age person 22
wj18a135	Age person 23
wj18a136	Age person 24
wj18a137	Age person 25
wj18a138	Duration answer wj18a113 – wj18a137 in seconds
wj18a139	Relationship with person 1
wj18a140	Relationship with person 2
wj18a141	Relationship with person 3
wj18a142	Relationship with person 4
wj18a143	Relationship with person 5
wj18a144	Relationship with person 6
wj18a145	Relationship with person 7
wj18a146	Relationship with person 8
wj18a147	Relationship with person 9
wj18a148	Relationship with person 10
wj18a149	Relationship with person 11
wj18a150	Relationship with person 12
wj18a151	Relationship with person 13
wj18a152	Relationship with person 14
wj18a153	Relationship with person 15
wj18a154	Relationship with person 16
wj18a155	Relationship with person 17
wj18a156	Relationship with person 18
wj18a157	Relationship with person 19
wj18a158	Relationship with person 20
wj18a159	Relationship with person 21
wj18a160	Relationship with person 22
wj18a161	Relationship with person 23
wj18a162	Relationship with person 24
wj18a163	Relationship with person 25
wj18a164	Duration answer wj18a139 – wj18a163 in seconds
wj18a165	How close is your bond with person 1
wj18a166	How close is your bond with person 2
wj18a167	How close is your bond with person 3
wj18a168	How close is your bond with person 4
wj18a169	How close is your bond with person 5
wj18a170	How close is your bond with person 6
wj18a171	How close is your bond with person 7
wj18a172	How close is your bond with person 8
wj18a173	How close is your bond with person 9
wj18a174	How close is your bond with person 10
wj18a175	How close is your bond with person 11
wj18a176	How close is your bond with person 12
wj18a177	How close is your bond with person 13
wj18a178	How close is your bond with person 14
wj18a179	How close is your bond with person 15
wj18a180	How close is your bond with person 16
wj18a181	How close is your bond with person 17
wj18a182	How close is your bond with person 18
wj18a183	How close is your bond with person 19
wj18a184	How close is your bond with person 20
wj18a185	How close is your bond with person 21
wj18a186	How close is your bond with person 22
wj18a187	How close is your bond with person 23
wj18a188	How close is your bond with person 24
wj18a189	How close is your bond with person 25
wj18a190	Duration answer wj18a165 – wj18a189 in seconds
wj18a191	Highest level of education completed successfully person 1
wj18a192	Highest level of education completed successfully person 2
wj18a193	Highest level of education completed successfully person 3
wj18a194	Highest level of education completed successfully person 4
wj18a195	Highest level of education completed successfully person 5
wj18a196	Highest level of education completed successfully person 6
wj18a197	Highest level of education completed successfully person 7
wj18a198	Highest level of education completed successfully person 8
wj18a199	Highest level of education completed successfully person 9
wj18a200	Highest level of education completed successfully person 10
wj18a201	Highest level of education completed successfully person 11
wj18a202	Highest level of education completed successfully person 12
wj18a203	Highest level of education completed successfully person 13
wj18a204	Highest level of education completed successfully person 14
wj18a205	Highest level of education completed successfully person 15
wj18a206	Highest level of education completed successfully person 16
wj18a207	Highest level of education completed successfully person 17
wj18a208	Highest level of education completed successfully person 18
wj18a209	Highest level of education completed successfully person 19
wj18a210	Highest level of education completed successfully person 20
wj18a211	Highest level of education completed successfully person 21
wj18a212	Highest level of education completed successfully person 22
wj18a213	Highest level of education completed successfully person 23
wj18a214	Highest level of education completed successfully person 24
wj18a215	Highest level of education completed successfully person 25
wj18a216	Duration answer wj18a191 – wj18a215 in seconds
wj18a217	How often face-to-face contact with person 1
wj18a218	How often face-to-face contact with person 2
wj18a219	How often face-to-face contact with person 3
wj18a220	How often face-to-face contact with person 4
wj18a221	How often face-to-face contact with person 5
wj18a222	How often face-to-face contact with person 6
wj18a223	How often face-to-face contact with person 7
wj18a224	How often face-to-face contact with person 8
wj18a225	How often face-to-face contact with person 9
wj18a226	How often face-to-face contact with person 10
wj18a227	How often face-to-face contact with person 11
wj18a228	How often face-to-face contact with person 12
wj18a229	How often face-to-face contact with person 13
wj18a230	How often face-to-face contact with person 14
wj18a231	How often face-to-face contact with person 15
wj18a232	How often face-to-face contact with person 16
wj18a233	How often face-to-face contact with person 17
wj18a234	How often face-to-face contact with person 18
wj18a235	How often face-to-face contact with person 19
wj18a236	How often face-to-face contact with person 20
wj18a237	How often face-to-face contact with person 21
wj18a238	How often face-to-face contact with person 22
wj18a239	How often face-to-face contact with person 23
wj18a240	How often face-to-face contact with person 24
wj18a241	How often face-to-face contact with person 25
wj18a242	Duration answer wj18a217 – wj18a241 in seconds
wj18a243	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 1
wj18a244	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 2
wj18a245	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 3
wj18a246	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 4
wj18a247	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 5
wj18a248	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 6
wj18a249	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 7
wj18a250	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 8
wj18a251	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 9
wj18a252	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 10
wj18a253	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 11
wj18a254	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 12
wj18a255	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 13
wj18a256	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 14
wj18a257	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 15
wj18a258	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 16
wj18a259	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 17
wj18a260	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 18
wj18a261	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 19
wj18a262	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 20
wj18a263	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 21
wj18a264	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 22
wj18a265	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 23
wj18a266	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 24
wj18a267	Contact in another way than face-to-face with person 25
wj18a268	Duration answer wj18a243 – wj18a267 in seconds
wj18a269	Consider person 1 to be a friend
wj18a270	Consider person 2 to be a friend
wj18a271	Consider person 3 to be a friend
wj18a272	Consider person 4 to be a friend
wj18a273	Consider person 5 to be a friend
wj18a274	Consider person 6 to be a friend
wj18a275	Consider person 7 to be a friend
wj18a276	Consider person 8 to be a friend
wj18a277	Consider person 9 to be a friend
wj18a278	Consider person 10 to be a friend
wj18a279	Consider person 11 to be a friend
wj18a280	Consider person 12 to be a friend
wj18a281	Consider person 13 to be a friend
wj18a282	Consider person 14 to be a friend
wj18a283	Consider person 15 to be a friend
wj18a284	Consider person 16 to be a friend
wj18a285	Consider person 17 to be a friend
wj18a286	Consider person 18 to be a friend
wj18a287	Consider person 19 to be a friend
wj18a288	Consider person 20 to be a friend
wj18a289	Consider person 21 to be a friend
wj18a290	Consider person 22 to be a friend
wj18a291	Consider person 23 to be a friend
wj18a292	Consider person 24 to be a friend
wj18a293	Consider person 25 to be a friend
wj18a294	Duration answer wj18a269 – wj18a293 in seconds
wj18a295	Person 1 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a296	Person 2 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a297	Person 3 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a298	Person 4 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a299	Person 5 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a300	Person 6 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a301	Person 7 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a302	Person 8 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a303	Person 9 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a304	Person 10 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a305	Person 11 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a306	Person 12 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a307	Person 13 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a308	Person 14 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a309	Person 15 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a310	Person 16 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a311	Person 17 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a312	Person 18 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a313	Person 19 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a314	Person 20 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a315	Person 21 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a316	Person 22 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a317	Person 23 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a318	Person 24 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a319	Person 25 has (a) child(ren) or is expecting a child
wj18a320	Duration answer wj18a295 – wj18a319 in seconds
wj18a321	Number of children person 1
wj18a322	Number of children person 2
wj18a323	Number of children person 3
wj18a324	Number of children person 4
wj18a325	Number of children person 5
wj18a326	Number of children person 6
wj18a327	Number of children person 7
wj18a328	Number of children person 8
wj18a329	Number of children person 9
wj18a330	Number of children person 10
wj18a331	Number of children person 11
wj18a332	Number of children person 12
wj18a333	Number of children person 13
wj18a334	Number of children person 14
wj18a335	Number of children person 15
wj18a336	Number of children person 16
wj18a337	Number of children person 17
wj18a338	Number of children person 18
wj18a339	Number of children person 19
wj18a340	Number of children person 20
wj18a341	Number of children person 21
wj18a342	Number of children person 22
wj18a343	Number of children person 23
wj18a344	Number of children person 24
wj18a345	Number of children person 25
wj18a346	Age youngest child of person 1
wj18a347	Age youngest child of person 2
wj18a348	Age youngest child of person 3
wj18a349	Age youngest child of person 4
wj18a350	Age youngest child of person 5
wj18a351	Age youngest child of person 6
wj18a352	Age youngest child of person 7
wj18a353	Age youngest child of person 8
wj18a354	Age youngest child of person 9
wj18a355	Age youngest child of person 10
wj18a356	Age youngest child of person 11
wj18a357	Age youngest child of person 12
wj18a358	Age youngest child of person 13
wj18a359	Age youngest child of person 14
wj18a360	Age youngest child of person 15
wj18a361	Age youngest child of person 16
wj18a362	Age youngest child of person 17
wj18a363	Age youngest child of person 18
wj18a364	Age youngest child of person 19
wj18a365	Age youngest child of person 20
wj18a366	Age youngest child of person 21
wj18a367	Age youngest child of person 22
wj18a368	Age youngest child of person 23
wj18a369	Age youngest child of person 24
wj18a370	Age youngest child of person 25
wj18a371	Duration answer wj18a321 – wj18a345 and wj18a346 – wj18a370 in seconds
wj18a372	Happiness in life person 1 after birth of child/children
wj18a373	Happiness in life person 2 after birth of child/children
wj18a374	Happiness in life person 3 after birth of child/children
wj18a375	Happiness in life person 4 after birth of child/children
wj18a376	Happiness in life person 5 after birth of child/children
wj18a377	Happiness in life person 6 after birth of child/children
wj18a378	Happiness in life person 7 after birth of child/children
wj18a379	Happiness in life person 8 after birth of child/children
wj18a380	Happiness in life person 9 after birth of child/children
wj18a381	Happiness in life person 10 after birth of child/children
wj18a382	Happiness in life person 11 after birth of child/children
wj18a383	Happiness in life person 12 after birth of child/children
wj18a384	Happiness in life person 13 after birth of child/children
wj18a385	Happiness in life person 14 after birth of child/children
wj18a386	Happiness in life person 15 after birth of child/children
wj18a387	Happiness in life person 16 after birth of child/children
wj18a388	Happiness in life person 17 after birth of child/children
wj18a389	Happiness in life person 18 after birth of child/children
wj18a390	Happiness in life person 19 after birth of child/children
wj18a391	Happiness in life person 20 after birth of child/children
wj18a392	Happiness in life person 21 after birth of child/children
wj18a393	Happiness in life person 22 after birth of child/children
wj18a394	Happiness in life person 23 after birth of child/children
wj18a395	Happiness in life person 24 after birth of child/children
wj18a396	Happiness in life person 25 after birth of child/children
wj18a397	Duration answer wj18a372 – wj18a396 in seconds
wj18a398	Person 1 wishes to have children
wj18a399	Person 2 wishes to have children
wj18a400	Person 3 wishes to have children
wj18a401	Person 4 wishes to have children
wj18a402	Person 5 wishes to have children
wj18a403	Person 6 wishes to have children
wj18a404	Person 7 wishes to have children
wj18a405	Person 8 wishes to have children
wj18a406	Person 9 wishes to have children
wj18a407	Person 10 wishes to have children
wj18a408	Person 11 wishes to have children
wj18a409	Person 12 wishes to have children
wj18a410	Person 13 wishes to have children
wj18a411	Person 14 wishes to have children
wj18a412	Person 15 wishes to have children
wj18a413	Person 16 wishes to have children
wj18a414	Person 17 wishes to have children
wj18a415	Person 18 wishes to have children
wj18a416	Person 19 wishes to have children
wj18a417	Person 20 wishes to have children
wj18a418	Person 21 wishes to have children
wj18a419	Person 22 wishes to have children
wj18a420	Person 23 wishes to have children
wj18a421	Person 24 wishes to have children
wj18a422	Person 25 wishes to have children
wj18a423	Duration answer wj18a398 – wj18a422 in seconds
wj18a424	Person 1 wishes to remain childless
wj18a425	Person 2 wishes to remain childless
wj18a426	Person 3 wishes to remain childless
wj18a427	Person 4 wishes to remain childless
wj18a428	Person 5 wishes to remain childless
wj18a429	Person 6 wishes to remain childless
wj18a430	Person 7 wishes to remain childless
wj18a431	Person 8 wishes to remain childless
wj18a432	Person 9 wishes to remain childless
wj18a433	Person 10 wishes to remain childless
wj18a434	Person 11 wishes to remain childless
wj18a435	Person 12 wishes to remain childless
wj18a436	Person 13 wishes to remain childless
wj18a437	Person 14 wishes to remain childless
wj18a438	Person 15 wishes to remain childless
wj18a439	Person 16 wishes to remain childless
wj18a440	Person 17 wishes to remain childless
wj18a441	Person 18 wishes to remain childless
wj18a442	Person 19 wishes to remain childless
wj18a443	Person 20 wishes to remain childless
wj18a444	Person 21 wishes to remain childless
wj18a445	Person 22 wishes to remain childless
wj18a446	Person 23 wishes to remain childless
wj18a447	Person 24 wishes to remain childless
wj18a448	Person 25 wishes to remain childless
wj18a449	Duration answer wj18a424 – wj18a448 in seconds
wj18a450	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 1
wj18a451	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 2
wj18a452	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 3
wj18a453	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 4
wj18a454	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 5
wj18a455	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 6
wj18a456	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 7
wj18a457	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 8
wj18a458	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 9
wj18a459	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 10
wj18a460	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 11
wj18a461	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 12
wj18a462	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 13
wj18a463	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 14
wj18a464	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 15
wj18a465	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 16
wj18a466	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 17
wj18a467	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 18
wj18a468	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 19
wj18a469	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 20
wj18a470	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 21
wj18a471	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 22
wj18a472	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 23
wj18a473	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 24
wj18a474	Could ask for help in caring for child from person 25
wj18a475	Duration answer wj18a450 - wj18a474 in seconds
wj18a476	Discuss having children with person 1
wj18a477	Discuss having children with person 2
wj18a478	Discuss having children with person 3
wj18a479	Discuss having children with person 4
wj18a480	Discuss having children with person 5
wj18a481	Discuss having children with person 6
wj18a482	Discuss having children with person 7
wj18a483	Discuss having children with person 8
wj18a484	Discuss having children with person 9
wj18a485	Discuss having children with person 10
wj18a486	Discuss having children with person 11
wj18a487	Discuss having children with person 12
wj18a488	Discuss having children with person 13
wj18a489	Discuss having children with person 14
wj18a490	Discuss having children with person 15
wj18a491	Discuss having children with person 16
wj18a492	Discuss having children with person 17
wj18a493	Discuss having children with person 18
wj18a494	Discuss having children with person 19
wj18a495	Discuss having children with person 20
wj18a496	Discuss having children with person 21
wj18a497	Discuss having children with person 22
wj18a498	Discuss having children with person 23
wj18a499	Discuss having children with person 24
wj18a500	Discuss having children with person 25
wj18a501	Duration answer wj18a476 – wj18a500 in seconds
wj18a502	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a503	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a504	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a505	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a506	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a507	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a508	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a509	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a510	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a511	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a512	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a513	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a514	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a515	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a516	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a517	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a518	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a519	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a520	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a521	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a522	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a523	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a524	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a525	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a526	Which people have contact with each other?
wj18a527	Duration answer wj18a502 – wj18a526 in seconds
wj18a528	Most of my friends feel that I should have [more] children.
wj18a529	My parents/caretakers feel that I should have [more] children
wj18a530	Duration answer wj18a528 - wj18a529 in seconds
wj18a531	You previously mentioned several people. If you compare the people who are roughly of the same age, do you think that the people with or those without children are happier in life?
wj18a532	Duration answer wj18a531 in seconds
wj18a533	When you listed the 25 names: did you purely draw on your memory for that, or did you make use of a stored list of contacts (e.g. in your mobile phone, email, or Facebook)?
wj18a534	Duration answer wj18a533 in seconden
wj18a535	Was it difficult to answer the questions?
wj18a536	Were the questions sufficiently clear?
wj18a537	Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things?
wj18a538	Was it an interesting subject?
wj18a539	Did you enjoy answering the questions?
wj18a540	Starting date questionnaire
wj18a541	Starting time questionnaire
wj18a542	End date questionnaire
wj18a543	End time questionnaire
wj18a544	Duration in seconds

Response Information

Response Overview

Selected number of household members: 1,332 (100.0%)
Non-response: 574 (43.1%)
Response: 758 (56.9%)
Complete: 691 (51.9%)
Incomplete: 67 (5.0%)

Collection Events

Period

20-02-2018 to 27-02-2018

Sample

The pilot study was conducted in February and a selection of women between the age of 18 to 40 years old were asked to fill in the questionnaire.

Collection Mode

internet survey

Fieldwork Note

A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.

Period

05-03-2018 to 27-03-2018

Sample

The main study was conducted in March and women between the age of 18 to 40 years old were selected.

Collection Mode

internet survey

Fieldwork Note

A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.

Publications

Stulp, G. (2020). Collecting large personal networks in a representative sample of Dutch women. Social Networks, 64(2021), 63-71.

Buijs, V. L., et al. (2022). Friends, family, and family friends: Predicting friendships of Dutch women. Social Networks, 70, 16–24.

Stulp, G. (2020). Certainty of fertility preferences among Dutch women. Demographic Research, first published online May 20, 2020.

Buijs, V. L., et al. (2019). Friends, family, and happiness among Dutch women. OSFPrePrints, first published June 14, 2019.

Stadel, M., et al. (2022). Balancing bias and burden in personal network studies. Social Networks, 70, 16-24.

Verweij, R. M., et al. (2021). Explaining the associations of education and occupation with childlessness: The role of desires and expectations to remain childless. Population Review, 60(2), 166-194.

Stulp, G., et al. (2021). Do data from large personal networks support cultural evolutionary ideas about kin and fertility?. Social Sciences, 10(5), 1-17.

Xu, X., et al. (2022). Understanding narratives from demographic survey data: A comparative study with multiple neural topic models. Working paper, first published online November, 2022.

Stulp, G. (2023). Describing the Dutch Social Networks and Fertility Study and how to process it. Demographic Research, 49(19), 493–512 .

Stulp, G., et al. (2023). A data-driven approach shows that individuals' characteristics are more important than their networks in predicting fertility preferences. Royal Society Open Science, 10(12), 230988.

van Tintelen, A. M. G., et al. (2024). Explaining uncertainty in women’s fertility preferences. Heliyon, 10(6), 1-12.