While researchers provided insights on the impact of the pandemic on childbirths, there is limited research on how the aftermath of the pandemic has shaped thoughts about family formation in the medium to long term. Our analysis explores perceived consequences of the pandemic on individuals' family plans. We focus on Austria, a high-income country, characterized by a history of stable and low fertility and deeply rooted conservative family and work arrangements. Using a large representative survey carried out in fall 2021, we study self-assessed consequences of the pandemic on family plans among women aged 20–45 years and men aged 20–50 years. Results show that only 7.6 percent of respondents intending (further) children before the pandemic changed their plans due to the pandemic. Women, persons of later reproductive ages, and parents of two or more children were more likely to intend to have less children or to have them later than initially planned. Nevertheless, the mean intended family size has remained almost unchanged since the mid-1990s. Overall, the long-term impact of the pandemic on family plans can be expected to be modest in Austria. Not even the pandemic made (most) respondents in Austria change their family plans.

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甚至大流行也没有使他们改变家庭计划：COVID-19 对奥地利生育意愿的影响

尽管研究人员就大流行对分娩的影响提供了见解，但关于大流行的后果如何在中长期内影响人们对家庭组建的看法的研究却很有限。我们的分析探讨了大流行对个人家庭计划的感知后果。我们关注奥地利，一个高收入国家，其特点是生育率稳定且低，以及根深蒂固的保守家庭和工作安排。我们利用 2021 年秋季进行的一项大型代表性调查，研究了大流行对 20-45 岁女性和 20-50 岁男性家庭计划的自我评估影响。结果显示，只有 7.6% 的受访者在大流行之前打算（再要）孩子，因为大流行改变了他们的计划。妇女、生育年龄较晚的人，有两个或更多孩子的父母更有可能比最初计划少生或晚生。尽管如此，自 20 世纪 90 年代中期以来，预期家庭平均人数几乎没有变化。总体而言，预计大流行病对奥地利家庭计划的长期影响不大。即使是大流行病也没有让奥地利的（大多数）受访者改变他们的家庭计划。