52:20430 Audirac,
Pierre-Alain. Cohabitation: a million unmarried
couples. [La cohabitation: un million de couples non maries.]
Economie et Statistique, No. 185, Feb 1986. 13-33, 71, 73 pp. Paris,
France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
Recent trends in consensual
unions in France are reviewed. It is noted that the extent of
cohabitation has increased from 67,000 couples in 1968 to nearly
600,000 couples in 1985. Although the popularity of consensual couples
is spreading through every region and social class, it is more frequent
when the woman has a higher social status than her partner. It is more
common in Paris than in the provinces and is less common in northern
France. However, it is also noted that the proportion of young people
living in couples, whether married or not, continues to
decline.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20431 Begum,
Hosne A.; Chowdhury, A. K. M. Alauddin. Reporting bias in
marriage age among rural Bangladesh females. Demography India,
Vol. 14, No. 1, Jan-Jun 1985. 124-9 pp. Delhi, India. In Eng.
Trends in age at first marriage among women in Matlab, Bangladesh
are examined. Particular attention is given to social pressures that
influence age reporting, schooling that might improve awareness of age,
out-migration of wives from the region, and shortcomings of available
data. Data were collected in 1966, 1970, 1976, and 1982 by the
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research.
The authors
note discrepancies between ages reported immediately preceding and
immediately following marriage. The mean age at marriage for
out-migrating wives is contrasted with that for women marrying and
remaining in Matlab. It is concluded that "real increases in the last
16 years only contributed about 1.4 years, while the overall increase
in marriage age was 3 years."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:20432 Braun,
Werner; Proebsting, Helmut. Marriage tables for single
Germans, 1980-1983. [Heiratstafeln fur ledige Deutsche 1980/83.]
Wirtschaft und Statistik, No. 12, Dec 1985. 921-31 pp. Wiesbaden,
Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
Marriage tables for single
German men and women are presented for the Federal Republic of Germany
in 1980-1983. The data are based on official sources. The methodology
used in preparing the tables is first described. The results are then
discussed, and comparisons are made with tables for earlier years and
with cohort tables. Trends in the age-specific probability of marriage
are noted.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
52:20433 Braun,
Werner; Proebsting, Helmut. Nuptiality tables for widowed
Germans for 1979-1982 and divorced Germans for 1980-1983.
[Heiratstafeln verwitweter Deutscher 1979/82 und geschiedener Deutscher
1980/83.] Wirtschaft und Statistik, No. 2, Feb 1986. 107-12 pp.
Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
Nuptiality tables
for widowed and divorced Germans are presented by sex using official
data from the Federal Republic of Germany. The data on widowed persons
are for 1979-1982, and those on divorced persons are for 1980-1983.
Trends in marriage and divorce since 1910 are first reviewed. Major
results of the tables are then discussed, and comparisons are made with
similar tables for 1972-1974 and with tables for single persons. The
findings indicate a decline in the probability of
remarriage.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
52:20434 Chamie,
J. Polygyny among Arabs. Population Studies, Vol. 40,
No. 1, Mar 1986. 55-66 pp. London, England. In Eng.
The author
investigates "reported current and past practices of polygyny among
Arab Muslims by examining levels, trends and differentials in those
Arab Muslim countries for which data are available." It is concluded
that "the practice appears to be neither extensive nor uniform
throughout the Arab countries. In addition, the trend in its
prevalence varies between different countries. While in some countries
the practice is decreasing, in others it seems to be increasing and in
still others it has remained unchanged. The implications of the
findings are discussed and suggestions are offered for areas of further
research on the subject."
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:20435 Dornsife,
Cinnamon; Mahmoed, Adnan. An evaluation of Pathfinder's
early marriage education program in Indonesia. Pathfinder Fund
Working Papers, No. 4, Feb 1986. 41 pp. Pathfinder Fund: Chestnut Hill,
Massachusetts. In Eng.
The authors evaluate the progress of a
program that was initiated in Indonesia in 1981 by the Pathfinder Fund
to expand compliance with the 1974 Marriage Law Reform Act. This law
increased the legal minimum age for marriage in an effort to reduce the
country's population growth rate. The Pathfinder program involved six
projects in a dual strategy of educating the Indonesian people about
the marriage law and identifying factors contributing to early marriage
and pregnancy. Specific recommendations are presented concerning the
project management performance of the various organizations
involved.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20436 Eldridge,
Sandra; Kiernan, Kathleen. Declining first-marriage rates
in England and Wales: a change in timing or a rejection of
marriage? European Journal of Population/Revue Europeenne de
Demographie, Vol. 1, No. 4, Nov 1985. 327-45 pp. Amsterdam,
Netherlands. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
Two different methods
devised by Ryder and by Le Bras and Roussel are used "to assess how far
the changes in first-marriage rates in England and Wales arise from a
shift to marrying at later ages or from a decline in the popularity of
formal marriage. The two methods yield consistent results, and
indicate that the majority of young people...will continue to marry but
that during the 1970s many were postponing marriage. The pattern of
cohabitation and prevailing attitudes to marriage are compatible with
such a finding. Recent marriage patterns in England and Wales are
found to differ from those in France and Sweden."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20437 Festy,
Patrick. The contemporary evolution of family formation in
Western Europe. [Evolution contemporaine du mode de formation des
familles en Europe occidentale.] European Journal of Population/Revue
Europeenne de Demographie, Vol. 1, No. 2-3, Jul 1985. 179-205 pp.
Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
Recent trends in
family formation in Western Europe are reviewed. The author notes that
changes occurring during the first half of the century tended to
increase nuptiality rates; however, this trend has changed over the
past 20 years, largely due to the growing popularity of consensual
unions. The roots of these changes are examined, and the author
observes that some of the contributing factors reflect long-
established characteristics of family formation.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20438 Frisbie, W.
Parker. Variation in patterns of marital instability among
Hispanics. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 48, No. 1, Feb
1986. 99-106 pp. Saint Paul, Minnesota. In Eng.
Marital disruption
among the three largest Hispanic populations in the United States is
analyzed. The focus of the study is a comparison between the low
levels of marital disruption observed among Mexican Americans and
indicators for other Hispanic populations. The results indicate
substantial diversity among the Hispanic populations observed with
regard to marital stability and instability. The importance of
socioeconomic factors is emphasized.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:20439
Gwartney-Gibbs, Patricia A. The
institutionalization of premarital cohabitation: estimates from
marriage license applications, 1970 and 1980. Journal of Marriage
and the Family, Vol. 48, No. 2, May 1986. 423-34 pp. Saint Paul,
Minnesota. In Eng.
Marriage license applications from Lane County,
Oregon, in 1970 and 1980 are examined to determine "the extent to which
couples who marry cohabit prior to marriage....The data indicate that
premarital cohabitation in the county increased from 13% to 53% during
the decade. Trends and differentials for demographic subgroups are
compared to national estimates. Hypotheses that premarital cohabitants
were less homogamous and delayed first marriages longer than
noncohabitants were supported. The high proportion of married couples
who lived together prior to marriage suggests that premarital
cohabitation may be a new normative step leading to marriage."
This
is a revised version of a paper originally presented at the 1985 Annual
Meeting of the Population Association of America (see Population Index,
Vol. 51, No. 3, Fall 1985, p. 403).
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:20440 Haskey,
John; Coleman, David. Cohabitation before marriage: a
comparison of information from marriage registration and the General
Household Survey. Population Trends, No. 43, Spring 1986. 15-7 pp.
London, England. In Eng.
Cohabitation before marriage in the United
Kingdom is examined. A comparison is made between the data on
cohabitation from marriage registration and data from the General
Household Survey. The authors conclude that similarity of address in
the marriage register may well be a good proxy variable for premarital
cohabitation.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20441 Haskey,
John C. Grounds for divorce in England and Wales--a social
and demographic analysis. Journal of Biosocial Science, Vol. 18,
No. 2, Apr 1986. 127-53 pp. Cambridge, England. In Eng.
"This paper
examines the social and demographic features of divorcing couples by
the grounds on which their decrees are made absolute and by the party
granted the divorce. The demographic characteristics include ages at
marriage and at divorce of husbands and of wives granted decrees,
duration of marriage, number of children, and the social class of both
the husband and the wife. The data are also analysed for particular
categories of couples: in which the wife is a housewife, couples where
the husband is unemployed, couples who have a child which was
pre-maritally conceived, and couples who have dependent
children."
The data are from official sources and concern England
and Wales. The results indicate "clear and interesting differences in
the demographic characteristics of couples who successfully petition on
the various grounds, suggesting that the law is used in different ways
by different couples. Reasons for the observed patterns are
considered."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20442 Hatti,
Neelambar; Ohlsson, Rolf. Impact of education on age at
marriage. Demography India, Vol. 14, No. 2, Jul-Dec 1985. 159-73
pp. Delhi, India. In Eng.
This analysis of the relationship between
education and age at marriage in India is "based on household interview
data, collected from a stratified sample of 2,725 households in Sirsi
taluk, Karnataka, during January 1980-June 1981. The data relate to
income, landholding, general living conditions as well as demographic
characteristics such as age, marital status, age at marriage, family
size and education."
Qualitative data concerning the timing of
marriage decisions, dowry, and attitudes concerning the impact of the
education of women on age at marriage were also collected from a
subsample of 400 households. The focus is on two castes with
contrasting economic and social backgrounds in a rural economy. The
authors conclude that "the observed changes in length of schooling over
time do not seem to have contributed towards the marriage delay.
Instead it is more likely that the marriage delay is caused by other
factors and that the longer period of schooling is partly a response to
the marriage delay."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:20443 Hinde, P.
R. A. Household structure, marriage and the institution of
service in nineteenth- century rural England. Local Population
Studies, No. 35, Autumn 1985. 43- 51 pp. Matlock, England. In Eng.
"The aim of this paper is threefold: first, to present some data
on household structure in two contrasting areas of rural England
between 1851 and 1881; second, to provide an analysis of the changing
institutions of domestic and agrarian service; and, third, to relate
the history of marriage and household formation in late nineteenth-
century rural England to the hypothesis put forward recently by Hajnal
that in preindustrial north west Europe the institution of service
acted as 'an essential part of the mechanism by which marriage could be
delayed, with the result that population growth was under partial
control'." Data are from census enumerators' books for two
registration districts for the years 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881.
The
findings concerning these two contrasting rural populations appear to
support Hajnal's hypothesis. "It does seem that domestic and in
particular agrarian service acted as controls upon the mean age at
first marriage and consequently upon the formation of new households.
This control operated partly because of the prohibition upon marriage
whilst in service, and partly because service provided a means by which
to acquire the wherewithal necessary to establish a new
household."
For the article by Hajnal, published in 1982, see
48:40531.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20444 Kiernan,
Kathleen E. Teenage marriage and marital breakdown: a
longitudinal study. Population Studies, Vol. 40, No. 1, Mar 1986.
35-54 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"Given the extent of the risk of
marital breakdown amongst teenage brides, it would be useful to know
whether women who marry in their teens differ from those who marry at
later ages, and whether there are any features that distinguish between
teenage marriages which survive and those which break down. In this
study we examine these issues, using data from a longitudinal study of
a cohort of women [in Great Britain] born in 1946. We identify
characteristics of these women, in childhood, adolescence and early
adult life, which differentiate teenage brides from those who marry
later. We also isolate characteristics that distinguish teenage brides
whose marriages have survived by their early thirties from those who
have been divorced or separated."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:20445 Kwiecien,
Wladyslaw. Marriages in the Federal Republic of
Germany. [Malzenstwa w Republice Federalnej Niemiec.] Studia
Demograficzne, No. 3/81, 1985. 45-62 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Pol. with
sum. in Eng; Rus.
Nuptiality trends in the Federal Republic of
Germany from 1961 to 1981 are analyzed using official data.
Consideration is given to overall number of marriages; marriages by
marital status; first and second marriages; consensual unions; and
marriages by age, sex, and nationality. Comparisons are made with
other European countries.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:20446 Labov,
Teresa; Jacobs, Jerry A. Intermarriage in Hawaii,
1950-1983. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 48, No. 1, Feb
1986. 79-88 pp. Saint Paul, Minnesota. In Eng.
"This paper examines
the extent of intermarriage between racial, occupational, age,
prior-marital- status, and residential groups in Hawaii from 1950 to
1983. State of Hawaii Vital Statistics are the primary source of data,
and U.S. Census data are analyzed for comparison whenever possible.
The evidence suggests increases in the extent of intermarriage, but the
rates of increase are smaller than expected. Blau's hypotheses
concerning structural constraints as determinants of intermarriage are
tested. Detailed analysis of the Hawaiian case reveals it to fit
broadly into his model, although changes over time require cultural as
well as structural explanation."
This paper was originally presented
at the 1985 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America
(see Population Index, Vol. 51, No. 3, Fall 1985, p.
455).
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20447 Lee, Kok
Huat; Tan, Poo Chang; Siti Rohani Yahaya. Family events
and marital stability in Peninsular Malaysia. Population Studies
Unit Discussion Paper, No. 6, 1985. 32 pp. University of Malaya,
Faculty of Economics and Administration, Population Studies Unit: Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. In Eng.
"It is the intent of this paper to study
a few selected contributing factors to marital instability in
Peninsular Malaysia and to trace the paths of the impacts that these
factors bear upon marital instability within a tentatively conceived
causal model structure. The 1974 World Fertility Survey: Malaysia
Fertility and Family Survey (MFFS) provides the needed national cross-
sectional data for this study, covering only ever-married
women."
The authors employ multiple classification analysis and path
analysis techniques to determine the net effect of selected variables
on the number of times married. Among the variables considered are a
combined race and childhood residence factor; family type, nuclear or
nonnuclear; education in years; years worked after marriage; family
income; and duration of marriage. The findings of each form of
analysis for each of the variables are discussed.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20448 Les,
Ewa. Family breakdown in Poland: the problem of
divorce. [La dislocation de la famille en Pologne: le probleme du
divorce.] Revue d'Etudes Comparatives Est-Ouest, Vol. 16, No. 4, Dec
1985. 147-57, 181 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
Trends in divorce in Poland from 1960 to 1982 are analyzed using
data from official sources. The demographic factors associated with
divorce that are considered include age, sex, place of residence, and
social status. The causes of divorce are also reviewed, with
particular attention given to the extent to which the recorded causes
of divorce accurately reflect the real causes of
divorce.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
52:20449
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (New York, New
York). Increased chances of a golden wedding
anniversary. Statistical Bulletin, Vol. 67, No. 2, Apr-Jun 1986.
2-6 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The relationship between
changes in life expectancy in the United States and potential duration
of marriage is explored. Data are compiled from official sources. The
findings show that "the likelihood that today's typical bride and groom
will both survive the next 50 years is 2 1/4 times higher than the
chances during 1900-02." The years of joint expectation of life and the
chances of joint survival for 10, 25, and 50 years are presented by age
of male and female at marriage. A comparison is made between the
figures for 1900-1902 and 1979-1981. Death is the only form of
marriage dissolution considered in these
calculations.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20450 Pandey,
Arvind. Determinants of age at marriage of females in
India. Janasamkhya, Vol. 2, No. 2, Dec 1984. 105- 15 pp.
Kariavattom, India. In Eng.
"In the present paper some
socio-economic determinants of female nuptiality in India have been
discussed. An integrated path analysis approach is adopted to
ascertain the direct, indirect and joint effect of the socio-economic
factors on the age at marriage of females in rural and urban areas of
various states of India. From the analysis, it became evident that
effective literacy is the most dominant factor influencing the age at
marriage of the females. Poverty is also a contributing factor in
preventing a rise in the age at marriage."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20451 Pavek,
Frantisek. Divorce among the recently married in
Czechoslovakia in 1983. [Rozvody mladych manzelstvi v CSR a SSR
1983.] Populacni Zpravy, No. 1-2, 1985. 33-44 pp. Prague,
Czechoslovakia. In Cze.
An analysis of divorce patterns in
Czechoslovakia is presented. The author notes that one out of three
divorces concerns marriages lasting less than five years. Comparisons
are made between the situations in the Czech and Slovak parts of the
country. An English summary is available
separately.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20452
Pejaranonda, Chintana; Chamratrithirong, Aphichat.
1980 population and housing census. Subject report No. 5.
Nuptiality. Pub. Order No. N-Rep-No. 3-85. [1985?]. [9], 31, 33
pp. National Statistical Office: Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng; Tha.
This is the fifth in a series of analytical reports on the 1980
census of Thailand. The focus is on nuptiality in 1980, and
comparisons are made with marriage patterns in 1970. Selected
demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of women are examined by
region and by municipal and nonmunicipal areas.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20453 Pison,
Gilles. A demographic study of polygyny. [La
demographie de la polygamie.] Population, Vol. 41, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1986.
93-122 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
The
demographic implications of polygyny are examined. The data primarily
concern the Peul Bande of Senegal. Topics considered include the
marriage market in the context of polygyny, the relationship between
polygyny and fertility, and relationships within the family and kinship
system concerned. The factors which encourage the continuation of
polygyny in Western Africa are considered.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20454 Schweitzer,
Walter. Compiling nuptiality and marital status
tables. [Zur Ermittlung von Heirats- und Familienstandstafeln.]
Zeitschrift fur Bevolkerungswissenschaft, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1985. 367-400
pp. Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger. with sum. in Eng;
Fre.
Methodological aspects of using stochastic models to construct
nuptiality tables and marital status life tables are discussed. The
first part of the article deals with nuptiality tables for single
persons; only transitions between the single and married states are
considered. The second part, on marital status life tables, takes into
account single, married, divorced, and widowed persons. Empirical
examples are presented using data for the Federal Republic of Germany
in 1972-1974.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20455 Tas, R. F.
J. Marriage dissolution table by duration of marriage,
1984. [Huwelijksontbindingstafel naar duur van het huwelijk,
1984.] Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 34, No. 2, Feb 1986.
34-41 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
A life
table of marriages in the Netherlands in 1984 is presented. It is used
to examine trends in marriage and divorce since 1971. The data are
from official sources.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:20456 Trovato,
Frank. The relationship between migration and the
provincial divorce rate in Canada, 1971 and 1978: a reassessment.
Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 48, No. 1, Feb 1986. 207-16
pp. Saint Paul, Minnesota. In Eng.
"Sustained differences among
Canadian provinces in the rate of divorce have been observed for some
time, but few attempts have been made to provide a systematic analysis
of the relevance of region and migration to divorce. This study
examines the interrelationship between these variables at two times,
1971 and 1978. The results concerning migration are consistent with
the hypothesis that regions characterized by high rates of population
mobility have high divorce rates, while regions with low migration
rates experience relatively low levels of family dissolution." The
results also indicate persisting differences among provinces in divorce
patterns even if the migration factor is
excluded.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20457 van de
Walle, Etienne. Community-level variables and
institutional factors in the study of African nuptiality. In: The
collection and analysis of community data. WFS seminar on collection
and analysis of data on community and institutional factors, 20-23 June
1983, edited by John B. Casterline. 1985. 103-11 pp. International
Statistical Institute [ISI]: Voorburg, Netherlands; World Fertility
Survey [WFS]: London, England. In Eng.
The author emphasizes the
importance of examining the impact of community-level factors on
nuptiality in Africa and critically assesses the attention given to
this issue in the course of the World Fertility Survey (WFS). He notes
that "most of the variability of nuptiality in Africa is encountered
with data relative to the following four subjects: type of conjugal
union, polygyny, age at marriage and the stability of unions..." and
uses examples from the WFS reports on Kenya, Lesotho, and Senegal.
Explanations offered by anthropologists for the observed differentials
in nuptiality among traditional African societies are
considered.
The author concludes that "the nature and the rationale
of the mechanisms linking society and marriage are poorly understood.
Perhaps their complexity is to blame. Perhaps too, demographic
research has badly neglected the study of nuptiality as no more than
the handmaid of fertility and not worthy of investigation for itself.
Certainly the WFS surveys have neglected marriage and downplayed the
study of its inter-relation with the institutional factors."
Suggestions for investigating factors influencing nuptiality in future
surveys are outlined.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:20458 Watkins,
Susan C. Regional patterns of nuptiality in Western
Europe, 1870-1960. In: The decline of fertility in Europe: the
revised proceedings of a conference on the Princeton European Fertility
Project, edited by Ansley J. Coale and Susan C. Watkins. 1986. 314-36
pp. Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey. In Eng.
Data
compiled during the Princeton European Fertility Project are examined
for evidence of a "change in variation in nuptiality between the
provinces of most of the countries of Western Europe during a period
from roughly 1870 to 1960." The author concludes that during this
period "the traditional Western European pattern of marriage was
abandoned: increases in the proportions married by age--and especially
the rapid increases after the early 1930s that Hajnal described as a
marriage boom--occurred in every province....In 1960 there was less
variation in nuptiality within most countries than there had been
either at the first data for which figures are available or in
1930.
Where significant regional differences persisted longest, the
patterns of nuptiality in 1960 appeared to be the residue of cultural
differences in the previous century.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:20459 Bernhardt,
Eva; Hoem, Britta. Cohabitation and social background:
trends observed for Swedish women born between 1936 and 1960.
European Journal of Population/Revue Europeenne de Demographie, Vol. 1,
No. 4, Nov 1985. 375-95 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng. with sum.
in Fre.
"This paper throws some light on changing family-building
patterns in Sweden during the 1960s and 1970s. The family-building
events analyzed are first informal cohabitation, first marriage, birth
of first child (both outside a union and within a consensual union),
and separations from childless informal cohabitation."
The relevant
literature is first reviewed. "The new results presented here are
based on analyses that use multiplicative hazard models, permitting
isolation of the effects of socio-economic background and region of
childhood and adolescence respectively. It is generally found that
socio-economic background is more important than the region where the
woman grew up. Marriage intensities, however, which exhibit a clear
regional pattern, are exceptions to this."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20460 Bouraoui,
Abdelhamid. The collective representation of family size
by primary school students. [Representation collective de la
dimension de la famille par les eleves des ecoles primaires.] Revue
Tunisienne de Sciences Sociales, Vol. 22, No. 82-83, 1985. 11-28 pp.
Tunis, Tunisia. In Fre.
The author analyzes the results of a survey
of 150 primary school students in three sections of Tunis and one rural
region of Tunisia concerning actual and ideal family size. The
students, aged 10-13, drew pictures in response to questions asked.
Findings are presented concerning attitudes about family size and sex
preference. Differences in responses are noted among those of
differing socioeconomic background and place of
residence.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20461 Brown,
Audrey. Family circumstances of young children.
Population Trends, No. 43, Spring 1986. 18-23 pp. London, England. In
Eng.
Data from the OPCS Longitudinal Study are used to examine the
family circumstances of legitimate and illegitimate children born in
England and Wales. The main concern is with the stability of unions
into which illegitimate children are born. Estimates are presented
concerning the proportion of all children born between 1971 and 1981
who have lived with both their parents until the 1981 census. "For
those aged under 3 at Census it is 88 per cent, for those aged 3-5, 84
per cent, and for those aged 6-9 it is 81 per
cent."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20462 Chu, David
S. K. Sociology and society in contemporary China,
1979-1983. Chinese Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 16, No. 1-2,
Fall-Winter 1983-1984. 219 pp. M. E. Sharpe: Armonk, New York. In Eng.
This issue of this journal presents a selection of papers,
translated from the original Chinese, on social questions in
contemporary China. A section of 10 papers is devoted to studies on
the family. Topics covered in this section include changes in family
structures; urban families; family size and structure in rural areas;
marriage patterns, divorce, and remarriage in Shanghai; divorce; and
attitudes toward marriage and fertility in a village of Jiangsu
province.
Location: New York Public Library.
52:20463 De Vos,
Susan; Murty, K. Radhakrishna. Some reflections on the
demographic study of the households in India. Demography India,
Vol. 14, No. 1, Jan-Jun 1985. 49-69 pp. Delhi, India. In Eng.
"The
purpose of this paper is to offer some ideas on how existing data could
be used to advance the study of the household in India, with a few
examples from the 1971 Census." Particular attention is given to the
numbers of heads of households by sex and age and to the extent to
which these figures are related to indicators of urbanization,
literacy, and development.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:20464 Farago,
Tamas. Types of peasant households and work organization
in Hungary in the middle of the eighteenth century: households of
landed peasants in Pilis district in the area around Buda,
1745-1770. [Paraszti haztartas- es munkaszervezet-tipusok
Magyarorszagon a 18. szazad kozepen: Pilis-Buda kornyeki birtokos
paraszti haztartasok 1745-1770 kozott.] Torteneti Statisztikai Fuzetek,
No. 7, ISBN 963-02-3529-3. 1985. 187 pp. Kozponti Statisztikai Hivatal,
Konyvtar es Dokumentacios Szolgalat: Budapest, Hungary. In Hun. with
sum. in Eng.
The structure of peasant households in Hungary in the
middle of the eighteenth century is examined. The data concern the
Pilis district near Budapest, selected as representative of the country
at that date, and are taken from the nominal listing of inhabitants
(status animarum), tax records, and parish records. Consideration is
given to marriage patterns, including age at marriage and marital
status. The focus is on the existence of nuclear and extended families
and changes over the life course in family type. The author also
examines employment and occupations. The differences among ethnic and
national groups are analyzed.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
52:20465 Festy,
Patrick. Demographic trends and rhythms of family life:
some examples from Quebec. [Conjoncture demographique et rythmes
familiaux: quelques illustrations quebecoises.] Population, Vol. 41,
No. 1, Jan-Feb 1986. 37-58 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng;
Spa.
Recent demographic changes in Quebec are examined using data
from official provincial sources. Care is taken to distinguish real
changes in demographic behavior from changes in timing and to
distinguish cohort from period effects. The focus is on changes that
are occurring in family characteristics.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20466
Guraj-Kaczmarek, Kazimiera; Nowak-Sapota, Kazimiera.
Households in Poland in light of the general national census of
1978. [Gospodarstwa domowe w Polsce w swietle narodowego spisu
powszechnego 1978 r.] Studia Demograficzne, No. 3/81, 1985. 77-86 pp.
Warsaw, Poland. In Pol. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
"The study is a
short analysis of number and structure of the households in Poland
according to voivodships based on figures of the General National
Census of 1978. The heads of the households were characterized by the
following demographic features such as: age, sex and marital status.
Moreover, structure of farms according to their size, with regard to
their spatial differentiation, was discussed."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20467 Heida,
Hans; Gordijn, Hugo. The Primos household model: analysis
and projection of household trends in the Netherlands. [Primos
huishoudenmodel: analyse en prognose van de huishoudensontwikkeling in
Nederland.] Jan 1985. 81 pp. Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting,
Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer: The Hague, Netherlands;
Directoraat-Generaal van de Volkshuisvesting, Directie Onderzoek: The
Hague, Netherlands. In Dut.
Trends concerning households in the
Netherlands are analyzed. The emphasis is on the nature of changes over
the family life cycle and their effects on housing
needs.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20468 Lemel,
Yannick; Verger, Daniel. Demographic composition and life
cycle: some thoughts on the content and concept of "household
type". [Composition demographique et cycle de vie: quelques
reflexions sur le contenu et la notion de "type de menage".] Revue
Francaise de Sociologie, Vol. 27, No. 2, Apr-Jun 1986. 273-300 pp.
Paris, France. In Fre.
The authors focus on theoretical and
empirical bases for the use of household classifications in studies in
the social sciences. Using a life cycle approach, they develop a
typology that aims to provide complete coverage for all forms of family
composition.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
52:20469 Molnar,
Edit S.; Pataki, Judit. Application of variables
containing opinion elements in demographic analyses.
[Velemeny-elemeket tartalmazo valtozok alkalmazasa demografiai
elemzesekben.] Demografia, Vol. 28, No. 2-3, 1985. 183-98 pp. Budapest,
Hungary. In Hun. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
This study is concerned
with changing opinions concerning demographic issues and the
measurement of these changes in surveys. Three examples are presented
of opinions in Hungary pertaining to ideal number of children, degree
of religiosity, and level of optimism with regard to the future. The
authors conclude that such opinion variables can be used in the
differential analysis of certain structural characteristics of public
opinion.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20470 Perez
Moreda, Vicente. Marriage and the family. Some
considerations concerning a Spanish marriage model in the modern
era. [Matrimonio y familia. Algunas consideraciones sobre el
modelo matrimonial espanol en la edad moderna.] Boletin de la
Asociacion de Demografia Historica, Vol. 4, No. 1, Mar 1986. 3-51 pp.
Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
A review of the literature on changes in
nuptiality, family formation, and family structure in Spain since the
seventeenth century is presented. Consideration is given to the various
changes in socioeconomic conditions, legislation, philosophical and
cultural attitudes, and kinship customs that occurred over time and
that had effects on family characteristics.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20471 Polit,
Denise F. Effects of family size: a critical review of
literature since 1973. Final report. Nov 1982. xvii, 334, [136]
pp. American Institutes for Research: Washington, D.C.; U.S. National
Technical Information Service [NTIS]: Springfield, Virginia. In Eng.
The author reviews literature published since 1973 concerning the
consequences of family size for both children and parents. An
annotated bibliography is included in an appendix. The geographic
focus is on the United States. The author finds that recent research
using more sophisticated research techniques and sampling designs has
generally supported the findings of earlier studies.
The evidence
suggests that "children from smaller families are advantaged with
respect to intellectual performance, academic achievement, and, as
adults, occupational prestige, even when their social class of origin
is controlled. Research on children's personality, mental health and
behavioral problems is less conclusive....In the past decade there has
been considerably more interest in the effects of family size on
parents, and this work also tends to favor small families. Of
particular note is the economic research that has estimated the
financial costs, including opportunity costs of
children."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20472 Shimizu,
Hiroaki. A study of the process of forming
three-generational households, Part 2: analysis of the survey by the
Management and Coordination Agency. Jinko Mondai Kenkyu/Journal of
Population Problems, No. 177, Jan 1986. 1-13 pp. Tokyo, Japan. In Jpn.
with sum. in Eng.
The process of formation of three-generation
households in Japan is analyzed using data from a 1985 survey. A
distinction is made between families in which the three generations
live together on a permanent basis and those who have three generations
living together during various stages of the family life cycle. The
focus is on the problems raised by such living arrangements.
For
Part 1, published in 1985, see 51:30461.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20473 Singh, J.
P. The changing household structures in Bihar, Kerala and
West Bengal: a comparative overview. Demography India, Vol. 14,
No. 1, Jan-Jun 1985. 34-48 pp. Delhi, India. In Eng.
Changes in
household structure in three states in India are analyzed using census
data for 1951, 1961, and 1971. The author examines three hypotheses:
that the average household size has increased as a result of population
growth, that the average size of urban households is generally smaller
than that of rural ones, and that although most heads of households are
men, there are more female than male household heads aged 50 and
over.
Among the author's findings are an increase in the size of the
average household, due mainly to a decline in mortality; a somewhat
smaller average household size in urban areas than in rural areas of
Bihar, West Bengal, and India as a whole, but not in Kerala; and,
despite a high proportion of male heads of households overall, a high
proportion of women among heads of households aged 50 and over, ranging
from 39 percent in Bihar to 53 percent in Kerala.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20474 Thomas,
Kausar. Household structure in Canada: historical and
provincial variations and their correlates. 1985. University
Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This thesis
(1) employs a new measure of household headship to study the time
trends and provincial differentials in household structure in Canada
between 1901 and 1981; and (2) analyzes the effects of measures of
industrialization/urbanization, income, kin availability and tastes and
preferences on the historical and cross-sectional variations in
household structure in the Canadian provinces over the 1921 to 1971
period through multiple regression using pooled cross-sectional and
time series data."
This work was prepared as a doctoral dissertation
at the University of Western Ontario.
Source: Dissertation
Abstracts International 46(9).
52:20475 Whithear,
Deborah. Family: Australian family studies database. Vol.
2: 1985. Dec 1985. xv, 246 pp. Institute of Family Studies,
Family Information Centre: Melbourne, Australia. In Eng.
This is a
bibliography on various aspects of the family in Australia that is
produced in conjunction with a computerized, on-line bibliographic
reference system. It is one in a series of annual cumulative volumes
and half-yearly updates. This volume contains 1,455 annotated
citations to Australian marriage and family literature. Entries are
categorized under 70 detailed subject headings and 13 broad subject
groups. Among the demographic aspects of the family covered are
marriage patterns, family policy, fertility, employment, education,
family structure and relationships, children, and organizations
providing services to families.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
