Defamilialized

Indeed, in places where individual risk is defamilialized, i.e. where the state assumes risks such as health insurance, selection may not be as important as in places where these risks are devolved individuals or their families.

Thus, while part of the caring responsibilities is socially defamilialized, mothers remain the primary caregivers.

On the other hand, the fertility impact is unknown in regard to systems where the majority of the economic and caring responsibilities rest on the family (such as in Southern Europe), as opposed to defamilialized systems where welfare and caring responsibilities are largely supported by the state (such as Nordic countries).