1. Childlessness or Delayed Fertility? Stable Relationships as the Basis for Future Parenthood • Chiara Baldan, RESEARCH FELLOW; Annalisa Donno, University of Padova; Maria Letizia Tanturri, University of Padova.

2. (No) Babies without Sex? Exploring the Link between Couples’ Sexual Frequency and Parity • Natalie Nitsche, Australian National University; Judith C. Koops, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)-KNAW/University Of Groningen.

3. Psychological Factors and Family Life Course Among Men. Analyses Based on Swedish Register Data • Steffen Peters, Max Planck Institute for demographic Research; Kieron Barclay, Stockholm University; Monika Mynarska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw; Mikko Myrskylä, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

4. A Retreat from Parenthood within Partnerships: An Emerging Trend in Northern Europe • Leen Rahnu, University of Tallinn.

5. Is Increasing Life-Course Complexity a Main Factor behind the Childless Boom? Evidence from the Trajectories of Italian Cohorts Born between 1916 and 1971 • Maria Letizia Tanturri, University of Padova; Annalisa Donno, University of Padova; Chiara Baldan, RESEARCH FELLOW.