Short Description
The Cohort Fertility and Education (CFE) database provides high-quality data on completed cohort fertility and parity distribution by level of education. The data come from censuses and large sample surveys, and cover several (mostly European) countries, i.e. countries with generally high levels of education and relatively low fertility.
The data in the CFE Database are freely accessible to all interested users at https://www.cfe-database.org/database/database/. They focus on women and men who have completed or almost completed their family building. When available, also historical data from 20th century censuses and pertaining to the cohorts born since the late 19th century are included.
Contact Person
Krystof Zeman
Research Services
The Cohort Fertility and Education (CFE) database provides high-quality data on completed cohort fertility and parity distribution by level of education. The data come from censuses and large sample surveys, and cover several (mostly European) countries, i.e. countries with generally high levels of education and relatively low fertility. As the database is in a constant progress, data from new countries and sources are being regularly added. If you want to keep up-to-date with the CFE database, you can subscribe to an RSS feed.
What you can find in the CFE Database:
The data in the CFE Database are freely accessible to all interested users and focus on women and men who have completed or almost completed their family building. When available, also historical data from 20th century censuses and pertaining to the cohorts born since the late 19th century are included. In the database, you find the following standardised indicators (all available for the total population and by level of education, for women and, if possible, for men):
- completed fertility rate (CFR)
- CFR by birth order
- share of women with specific number of children ever born (including childless women)
- parity progression ratios (PPR)
Apart from that, we provide you with the non-standardised input (source) data, i.e. the absolute number of women (and men, if possible) by:
- birth cohort
- level of education (including those with unknown education)
- number of children ever born (including those with unknown number of children)
- (if possible) country of birth, i.e. those born in the country vs. those born abroad
For all data in the database, education is given as ISCED-97.
Methods & Expertise for Research Infrastructure
The data in the CFE Database are freely accessible to all interested users and focus on women and men who have completed or almost completed their family building. When available, also historical data from 20th century censuses and pertaining to the cohorts born since the late 19th century are included. In the database, you find the following standardised indicators (all available for the total population and by level of education, for women and, if possible, for men):
completed fertility rate (CFR)
CFR by birth order
share of women with specific number of children ever born (including childless women)
parity progression ratios (PPR)
Apart from that, we provide you with the non-standardised input (source) data, i.e. the absolute number of women (and men, if possible) by:
birth cohort
level of education (including those with unknown education)
number of children ever born (including those with unknown number of children)
(if possible) country of birth, i.e. those born in the country vs. those born abroad
For all data in the database, education is given as ISCED-97.