Birth Barometer
Monitoring Fertility in Austria
The Birth Barometer provides the most comprehensive and in-depth analysis of births and fertility trends in Austria. Eight individual chapters cover longer-term trends in Vienna and Austria, fertility of men, fertility of migrants, timing of births, fertility intentions and recent changes during and after the COVID pandemic.
The Birth Barometer contains in-depth data, graphs and analyses on births and fertility trends in Austria, going beyond the basic indicators. In the light of the recent fertility declines in Austria and in Europe, the Birth Barometer provides a comprehensive assessment of current fertility trends. It contains eight chapters (pdf presentations), which are available in the form of commented graphs. The underlying data are available for download in a single data file. The format and style of the Birth Barometer is popular-scientific, aiming at the general public, journalists, and students.
Overview of fertility trends in Austria since 1951, with an in-depth coverage of the more recent periods.
What is the age when women give birth to their first and later children? This chapter looks at the timing of childbearing and documents its shifts to higher reproductive ages.
Is Vienna special? This chapter puts a spotlight on fertility trends in Vienna and documents differences in fertility level and timing between Vienna and the whole Austria.
What is the family size among women born in different years? How many women remained childless and how many have two or more children? This chapter looks at completed fertility and family size of women from the cohort (generation) perspective.
How do fertility rates differ between women born in Austria and women born abroad? This chapter looks at births to foreign-born mothers by mother’s country of origin, including fertility of migrants from Syria, Afghanistan, or Ukraine.
Do men have higher or lower fertility rates than women? Do they have children later in life? This chapter covers fertility trends among men, including age differences between fathers and mothers.
How did the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent shocks, affect fertility rates? This chapter looks at monthly indicators of fertility, documenting ups and downs in births over the recent period 2018–2024.
What is the desired number of children among women and men and how does it change over time and by age? How many people desire to remain childless/childfree? This chapter looks at fertility intentions based on the Austrian Microcensus surveys from 1986 to 2021.
All data in one excel file