TY - JOUR N2 - Previous studies identified large differences between countries in the extent to which childbearing intentions are realised. Failure to realise an intention to become a parent was found to be particularly common in the post-socialist countries. In this paper we examine whether similarly low rates of realisation of fertility intentions can be found in Poland. We use two waves of the Polish Generations and Gender Survey (GGS-PL), conducted in 2010/2011 and 2014/2015. We first describe fertility intentions of Polish women and men as declared at the survey’s first wave. Next, we examine whether the short-term childbearing intentions expressed at wave 1 were followed by an actual birth by the second round of the data collection. For the respondents who did not get a child between waves 1 and 2, we analyse the stability of their fertility plans. We find that approximately 35% of the respondents who at wave 1 intended to have a child in the next three years actually had one by wave 2. Both realisation and stability of fertility intentions varied markedly by gender and parity. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/113637/PDF-MASTER/Studia%20Demograficzne%202(174)2018_Brzozowska-Mynarska.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/113637 PY - 2018 IS - No 2 (174) EP - 36 KW - Generations and Gender Survey in Poland KW - fertility intentions and their stability KW - realisation of fertility intentions A1 - Brzozowska, Zuzanna A1 - Mynarska, Monika PB - Komitet Nauk Demograficznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk (do 2017 r.) PB - Komitet Nauk Demograficznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Kolegium Analiz Ekonomicznych Szkoły Głównej Handlowej w Warszawie (od 2018 r.) PB - Kolegium Analiz Ekonomicznych Szkoły Głównej Handlowej w Warszawie (od 2019 r.) DA - 2018 T1 - Short-term fertility intentions and their realisation in Poland SP - 25 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/113637 T2 - Studia Demograficzne ER -