WIC -Colloquium Wednesday, 24 June 2026: Sara Yeatman - Unrealized Fertility Across the Life Course: Experiences, Causes, and Consequences
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Europe Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011028T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010325T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT ATTENDEE;CN=noeg-l@wu.ac.at;RSVP=FALSE:mailto:noeg-l@wu.ac.at CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260611T142154Z DESCRIPTION:\n\n \n\n \n\nWednesday\, 24 June 2026 <https://www.oeaw.a c.at/fileadmin/subsites/Institute/VID/ICAL-files/Colloquium/20260624-WIC-C olloquium.ics> \n\n11:00-12:00 (CEST)\n\n \n\nLocation:\n\nMeeting Room 2\ , 3rd floor\, PSK\, Georg-Coch-Platz 2\, 1010 Vienna\n\n \n\n \n\nPlease r egister here <https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium/wic-colloqu ium-registration> .\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nUnrealized Fertility Across the Life Course: Experiences\, Causes\, and Consequences \n\n \n\nSara Yeatman\,\n Sara Yeatman\, University of Colorado Denver & University of Colorado Popu lation Center (CUPC) \n\nAbstract:\n\n \n\nUnrealized fertility has gained growing attention within demography amid persistent low fertility and the recognition that people frequently end their reproductive lives with fewe r children than desired. Yet\, the implications of unrealized fertility— as a reflection of unmet family-building aspirations—can affect people t hroughout the reproductive life course\, not only at its end. Using novel pilot data from a U.S.-based sample of 2\,700 individuals aged 18-69\, I e xamine how experiences of unrealized fertility vary across age groups usin g a direct measure of unrealized fertility. I further examine the perceive d causes of unrealized fertility\, highlighting differences by age\, gende r\, and parity. Finally\, I identify the key predictors of unrealized fert ility\, differentiating between experiences of unrealized fertility that r espondents describe as deeply impactful and those with minimal personal si gnificance.\n\n \n\nAbout the presenter:\n\n \n\nDr. Sara Yeatman is Profe ssor of Health & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver and Development Director of the CU Population Center. Her research experti se is in the areas of fertility and reproductive health\, and her research focuses broadly on understanding the causes and consequences of the misal ignment of fertility desires and behaviors. Between 2009-15\, she co-led T sogolo la Thanzi\, a panel study of over 3\,000 young adults in Malawi. He r current research focuses on reproductive healthcare access in the U.S. a nd the consequences of changes in access (rhdproject.org).\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\ n\n\nPLEASE SEE https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium <https:// www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium> FOR OUR UPCOMING AND PREVIOUS C OLLOQUIA \n\n \n\n******************************************************* *************************** \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n DTEND;TZID="W. Europe Standard Time":20260624T120000 DTSTAMP:20260611T141912Z DTSTART;TZID="W. 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University of Colorado Population Center (CUPC )</span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt\;font-family:Raleway\;color:black '> <br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:Raleway\;color:black'><br>Ab stract:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-fami ly:Raleway'><o:p> \;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='f ont-family:Raleway\;color:black'>Unrealized fertility has gained growing a ttention within demography amid persistent low fertility and the recogniti on that people frequently end their reproductive lives with fewer children than desired. Yet\, the implications of unrealized fertility—\;as a reflection of unmet family-building aspirations—\;can affect people t hroughout the reproductive life course\, not only at its end. Using novel pilot data from a U.S.-based sample of 2\,700 individuals aged 18-69\, I e xamine how experiences of unrealized fertility vary across age groups usin g a direct measure of unrealized fertility. I further examine the perceive d causes of unrealized fertility\, highlighting differences by age\, gende r\, and parity. Finally\, I identify the key predictors of unrealized fert ility\, differentiating between experiences of unrealized fertility that r espondents describe as deeply impactful and those with minimal personal si gnificance.</span><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-family:Raleway'><o:p></o:p> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Raleway'><o:p> \;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Raleway' >About the presenter:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span la ng=EN-GB style='font-family:Raleway'><o:p> \;</o:p></span></p><p class =MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Raleway'>Dr. Sara Yeatman i s Professor of Health &\; Behavioral Sciences at the University of Colo rado Denver and Development Director of the CU Population Center. Her rese arch expertise is in the areas of fertility and reproductive health\, and her research focuses broadly on understanding the causes and consequences of the misalignment of fertility desires and behaviors. Between 2009-15\, she co-led Tsogolo la Thanzi\, a panel study of over 3\,000 young adults i n Malawi. Her current research focuses on reproductive healthcare access i n the U.S. and the consequences of changes in access (rhdproject.org).<o:p ></o:p></span></p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt\;font-family:"C alibri"\,sans-serif\;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page -break-before:always'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbs p\;</o:p></span></p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt\;font-family: "Calibri"\,sans-serif\;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='pa ge-break-before:always'></span><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='fon t-family:"Calibri"\,sans-serif'>PLEASE SEE \;</span></strong><span lan g=DE><a href="https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium"><b><span l ang=EN-US>https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium</span></b></a><; /span><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri"\,sans-serif'> \;FOR O UR UPCOMING AND PREVIOUS COLLOQUIA</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></p><p class =MsoNormal> \; <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>******* ************************************************************************** * <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> \;</o:p ></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> \;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o :p> \;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> \;</o:p> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> \;</o:p></p></div></body></html> X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:TENTATIVE X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INTENDEDSTATUS:BUSY X-MICROSOFT-DISALLOW-COUNTER:TRUE X-MS-OLK-AUTOSTARTCHECK:FALSE X-MS-OLK-CONFTYPE:0 X-MS-OLK-SENDER;CN=wic-colloquium@wittgensteincentre.info:mailto:wic-colloq uium@wittgensteincentre.info END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR
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