Entry:

Oropesa, R.S., "Subjective Relative Affluence and Expected Family Size," Sociology and Social Research, 69 (July, 1985), 501-515.

Abstract:

Subjective family affluence does not consistently exert significant effects on family size expectations among men or to the long-term plans of women. However, upwardly mobile men tend to generate expected family sizes above the average while the downwardly mobile tend to expect fewer.