53:30407
Balakrishnan, T. R.; Rao, K. Vaninadha; Lapierre-Adamcyk,
Evelyne; Krotki, Karol J. A hazard model analysis of the
covariates of marriage dissolution in Canada. Demography, Vol. 24,
No. 3, Aug 1987. 395-406 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This paper
examines the probabilities of first marriage dissolution in Canada,
using the marital history data [from the 1984 Canadian Fertility
Survey] collected from a national sample of women in their reproductive
years. It is found that age at marriage, year of marriage,
cohabitation before marriage, a premarital birth or conception,
urban-rural place of residence, and religiosity are all significantly
correlated with marriage dissolution. Religion and education, on the
other hand, do not seem to affect the marriage dissolution probablities
when other factors are controlled. Canadian patterns are not too
different from patterns in the United States."
This is a revised
version of a paper originally presented at the 1986 Annual Meeting of
the Population Association of America (see Population Index, Vol. 52,
No. 3, p. 412).
Author's address: Department of Sociology,
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C2,
Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30408 Beets, G.
C. N.; Cruijsen, H. Marriages in the Netherlands,
1950-1986. [Huwelijkssluitingen in Nederland, 1950-1986.]
Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 35, No. 8, Aug 1987. 34-43 pp.
Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"This article
gives an overview of the trends of marrying people living in the
Netherlands, by sex, age and previous marital status for the period
1950-1986 as well as for the birth cohorts 1930-1965." A general
decline in the prevalence of marriage is noted, with marriage less
inevitable for adolescents and more likely to end in divorce than
previously. A trend toward later age at marriage is also
observed.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30409 Breault, K.
D.; Kposowa, Augustine J. Explaining divorce in the United
States: a study of 3,111 counties, 1980. Journal of Marriage and
the Family, Vol. 49, No. 3, Aug 1987. 549-58 pp. Saint Paul, Minnesota.
In Eng.
"Three indicators of social integration--church membership,
population change, and [urban status]--are tested with a group of
socioeconomic variables and median population age on rates of divorce
for 3,111 U.S. counties, 1980. The study replicates findings of
previous studies that have shown comparatively strong effects of social
integration and weak socioeconomic effects on divorce. [Urban status]
was found to be most strongly related to divorce, with church
membership and population change equally half as strong. Weaker
correlates of divorce, in order of importance, are: median family
income, median age, rate of unemployment, and percentage Hispanic.
Percentage employed in professions, percentage high school graduates,
and percentage black were found to be unrelated to divorce. New
discussion is offered on the hypothesized relationship between [urban
status] and low social integration."
Author's address: Department
of Sociology, 300 Bricker Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
43210.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30410 Csoknyay,
Judit. The system of choice of partners in a small
population in Eastern Hungary (Szamosangyalos) from the eighteenth to
twentieth centuries. [Egy kelet-magyarorszagi kis nepesseg
(Szamosangyalos) parvalasztasi rendszerenek jellemzoi a XVIII-XX
szazadban.] Demografia, Vol. 29, No. 4, 1986. 436-45 pp. Budapest,
Hungary. In Hun. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The process of mate
selection in a small population in Eastern Hungary from the eighteenth
to the twentieth centuries is analyzed. Changes over time concerning
the choice of endogamous and exogamous partners are
noted.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30411 Festy,
Patrick; Valetas, Marie-France. Divorce and after.
[Le divorce et apres.] Population et Societes, No. 215, Jul 1987. 4 pp.
Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In
Fre.
A brief analysis of recent divorce trends in France is
presented. Data are from a variety of official
sources.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30412 Forse,
Michel. The decline of marriage. [Le recul du
mariage.] Observations et Diagnostics Economiques, No. 16, Jul 1986.
217-34 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
The implications of current
changes in marriage patterns in France are explored. The author notes
that the growing popularity of consensual union has not significantly
affected the homogamy of couples and the transfer of resources between
generations. However, the social and economic consequences of these
changes in nuptiality are significant, involving a decline in
fertility, changes in the demand for employment, increased housing
needs, changes in social security, and changes in consumer
demands.
Location: New York Public Library.
53:30413 Goyal, R.
P. Age at marriage in India--emerging trend.
Demography India, Vol. 15, No. 2, Jul-Dec 1986. 239-48 pp. Delhi,
India. In Eng.
Estimates of the singulate mean age at marriage for
India as a whole and for rural and urban areas of each of the major
states are analyzed using data from the 1961, 1971, and 1981 censuses.
"It is very clearly indicated by the results here that there has been a
marked and consistent increase in the level of mean age at marriage of
both the sexes during the last two decades. This has been the case in
respect of the country as a whole, in each state and in rural and urban
areas of all states."
Author's address: Population Research Centre,
Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi 110 007,
India.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30414 Grenier,
Gilles; Bloom, David E.; Howland, D. Juliet. An analysis
of the first marriage patterns of Canadian women. Canadian Studies
in Population, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1987. 47-68 pp. Edmonton, Canada. In
Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"The Coale-McNeil marriage model is applied
to study the evolution and determinants of female first marriage
patterns in Canada with data from the 1971 and 1981 censuses. The
results indicate a tendency toward a stablilization of the mean age at
first marriage and toward a decline in the proportion of ever-marrying
for younger cohorts; however, the changes reported are not as large as
those shown in recent marriage vital statistics data. A major reason
for that difference is that the 1981 census data include some common
law marriages. An analysis of the determinants of marriage patterns
shows that French mother tongue, birth in Quebec and in foreign
countries, Catholic religion, education and urban residence affect
positively the mean age at first marriage; while birth in Quebec,
Catholic religion, education and urban residence affect negatively the
probability of ever-marrying."
Author's address: University of
Ottawa, 550 Cumberland Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5,
Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30415 Gurak,
Douglas T. Family formation and marital selectivity among
Colombian and Dominican immigrants in New York City. International
Migration Review, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 1987. 275-98 pp. Staten
Island, New York. In Eng.
"Utilizing data from a 1981 survey of
Dominican and Colombian immigrants to New York City, and from 1975
marriage certificates for the entire city, this article describes the
extent of family formation in the U.S. and patterns of marital
selectivity of recent Hispanic immigrants residing in New York City. A
core goal of the analysis is the provision of indicators of the extent
of and nature of integration processes at an early stage of the
immigration." It is found first that "Hispanic immigrants in New York
City are clearly long-term settlers, although not necessarily permanent
ones. They are forming nuclear families in this country to a
considerably greater extent than they are either transferring families
from the origin country or residing as unattached temporary migrants.
Second, a significant minority of marriages contracted in this country
are with spouses of different national origin groups, indicating an
openness in ethnic boundaries in the host society
context."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30416 Haskey,
John. Trends in marriage and divorce in England and Wales:
1837-1987. Population Trends, No. 48, Summer 1987. 11-9 pp.
London, England. In Eng.
"This article describes some of the trends
in marriage and divorce [in England and Wales] during the last 150
years using statistics which the General Register Office has compiled
from marriage registrations and court divorce records." Topics
considered include changes in the number of marriages over time, the
proportion of individuals marrying, the remarriage of the widowed and
divorced, and divorce rates.
Author's address: Population
Statistics Division, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, London,
England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30417 Imaizumi,
Yoko. Factors influencing the frequency of consanguineous
marriages in Japan. Jinko Mondai Kenkyu/Journal of Population
Problems, No. 182, Apr 1987. 1-17 pp. Tokyo, Japan. In Jpn. with sum.
in Eng.
The author examines factors affecting the number of
consanguineous marriages in Japan using data from a 1983 survey of
9,225 couples. Regional variations in rates of consanguineous marriage
are noted. "The rates of consanguineous marriages were estimated
according to marital distance between birthplaces, socioeconomic
classes, religion, marriage form, opportunity of encounter, and
motivation towards marriage." Attention is also given to educational
status and occupation in relation to consanguineous marriage.
"Recommendation by parents or relatives was the most frequent reason
for consanguineous marriage, for both husbands and wives, followed by
knowledge of the partner by relatives."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:30418
Koch-Nielsen, Inger. Divorces.
Socialforskningsinstituttet Publikation, No. 148, ISBN 87-7487-279-6.
1985. 48 pp. Socialforskningsinstituttet: Copenhagen, Denmark. In Eng.
These are the results of a 1981 survey of divorce and its
consequences in Denmark. The survey was based on a national sample of
1,000 divorced parents with children. Consideration is given to recent
changes in family patterns, the impact of divorce on the family
structure and living conditions, and the situation of the single
parent.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30419 Kocurova,
Miloslava. Development of divorciality in Czechoslovakia
during 1980-1985. Demosta, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1987. 31-2 pp. Prague,
Czechoslovakia. In Eng.
The author provides an overview of trends
in divorce in Czechoslovakia between 1980 and 1985. Information is
included on total numbers of divorces, divorces per 1,000 inhabitants,
and divorces per 100 marriages. Differences are noted in numbers of
divorces granted in the Czech and Slovak
republics.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30420 Kulkarni,
P. M.; Savanur, L. R.; Gokhale, C. V. Increase in age at
marriage in rural Karnataka: evidence from a repeat survey.
Demography India, Vol. 15, No. 2, Jul-Dec 1986. 149-63 pp. Delhi,
India. In Eng.
The authors examine changes over time in the age at
marriage among the rural population of Karnataka, India, using data
from a 1963 survey of 1,330 households and a 1980 survey of 2,158
households in the same 12 villages. Data from censuses and other
surveys conducted in this region are shown to support the finding of a
trend toward older age at marriage. Factors underlying the observed
increase in marriage age are discussed, including changes in norms and
traditions, economic reasons, and a marriage squeeze. Significant
differences in marriage age according to educational status and caste
are noted.
Author's address: Institute for Social and Economic
Change, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore 560 072, India.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30421 Martin
Ruiz, Juan F. A model of nuptiality in Andalusia. The
example of the province of Cadiz. [El modelo de nupcialidad en
Andalucia. El ejemplo de la provincia de Cadiz.] Revista Internacional
de Sociologia, Vol. 44, No. 4, Oct-Dec 1986. 563-77 pp. Madrid, Spain.
In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
The author analyzes marriage patterns in
the Andalusian province of Cadiz, Spain. Aspects considered include
changes in nuptiality indexes since 1900; changes in marriage age,
1941-1979; proportions not married, 1960 and 1981; dissolution of
marriages, 1960-1981, and seasonal variations in
nuptiality.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
53:30422 Morocco.
Direction de la Statistique. Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches
Demographiques (Rabat, Morocco). Female nuptiality in
Morocco: spatial and temporal variations. [La nuptialite feminine
au Maroc: variations dans le temps et dans l'espace.] Mar 1987. 32 pp.
Rabat, Morocco. In Fre.
Trends in nuptiality in Morocco between the
census years of 1960 and 1982 are analyzed. The significant changes
noted over this period include a rise in mean age at first marriage
from 17.7 to 22.23 years, an increase in unmarried females aged 20-24
from 6 to 40 percent, and a decrease in never-married females from 15
to 8 percent. Data for the study are from the censuses of 1960, 1971,
and 1982. Consideration is given to differences among regions and
between rural and urban areas.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:30423 Nagnur,
Dhruva; Adams, Owen. Tying the knot: an overview of
marriage rates in Canada. Canadian Social Trends, Autumn 1987. 2-6
pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng.
Trends in marriage and nuptiality in
Canada since the 1920s are reviewed. Topics considered include
common-law union, remarriage, marriage rates for different age groups,
average age at marriage, the probability of marrying, and religious
intermarriage. It is found that "while both the marriage rate, and the
probability of ever marrying have declined in Canada in recent years,
the great majority of Canadian men and women--around 9 in 10--continue
to marry at least once in their lifetime."
Author's address: Social
and Economic Studies Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A
OT6, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
53:30424 Pillai,
Vijayan K. Predicting age at first marriage in the U.S.A.:
a review of recent models. Health and Population: Perspectives
and Issues, Vol. 6, No. 4, Oct-Dec 1983. 238-49 pp. New Delhi, India.
In Eng. with sum. in Hin.
An overview of recent models concerned
with the prediction of age at marriage in the United States is
presented. Consideration is given to both individual and aggregate
level measures. The focus is on the problems involved in the
prediction of future trends in age at marriage.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30425 Proebsting,
Helmut. Recent changes of nuptiality in the Federal
Republic of Germany. In: Referate zum deutsch-franzosischen
Arbeitstreffen auf dem Gebiet der Demographie vom 30. September bis 3.
Oktober 1985 in Dijon. Materialien zur Bevolkerungswissenschaft, No.
49, 1986. 25-32 pp. Bundesinstitut fur Bevolkerungsforschung:
Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Eng.
The author
describes a method for estimating nuptiality, designed to accommodate
changing marriage practices in the Federal Republic of Germany. Tables
extracted from the complete nuptiality table and reviewed here provide
estimates for marriages and legitimate and illegitimate births,
1966-2010; summary results of nuptiality tables for single German
nationals by sex for four time periods; nuptiality tables for singles
for three time periods; and the probability of single men and women
marrying for three time periods. The tables are constructed, for the
most part, for ages 15-65 at five-year intervals.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30426 Srivastava,
J. N. Factors in female age at marriage in India with
special reference to literacy status: inter-state analysis for
1981. Demography India, Vol. 15, No. 2, Jul-Dec 1986. 228-38 pp.
Delhi, India. In Eng.
The author examines the impact of the
literacy statuses of husband, wife, and parents on female age at
marriage in India using data from the 1981 census and a variety of
other official sources. Linear multiple regression analysis is used to
assess the significance of 13 socioeconomic and demographic variables.
It is found that the literacy levels of both marriage partners and
guardians have a highly significant positive influence on female
marriage age; the relative impacts of the various individuals' literacy
levels are also assessed.
Author's address: Population Research
Centre, Department of Economics, Lucknow University, Lucknow,
India.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30427 Tanfer,
Koray. Patterns of premarital cohabitation among
never-married women in the United States. Journal of Marriage and
the Family, Vol. 49, No. 3, Aug 1987. 483-97 pp. Saint Paul, Minnesota.
In Eng.
"This study examines the patterns of heterosexual
cohabitation among 20-to-29-year-old never-married women in the United
States, using data from a national sample survey conducted in 1983.
First, estimates of the incidence and prevalence of cohabitation are
presented; then, cohabitors and noncohabitors are compared on the basis
of four groups of variables. Finally, logistic regression models are
utilized to examine the factors that are associated with cohabitation.
The results indicate that heterosexual cohabitation among never-married
women is a common occurrence....But cohabitation, as now practiced
among single women in their twenties, does not appear to be a permanent
replacement for marriage. For most women it seems to be a new
dimension and a part of the courtship process, but not a long-range
lifestyle."
This is a revised version of a paper originally
presented at the 1986 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America (see Population Index, Vol. 52, No. 3, Fall 1986, p.
453).
Author's address: Institute for Survey Research, Temple
University, Philadelphia, PA 19122.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:30428 Tas, R. F.
J. Marriage dissolution tables by duration of marriage,
1971-1975, 1976-1980, and 1981-1985. [Huwelijksontbindingstafels
naar duur van het huwelijk, 1971-1975, 1976-1980 en 1981-1985.]
Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 35, No. 6, Jun 1987. 21-30 pp.
Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
Marriage
dissolution tables for the Netherlands are presented for the periods
1971-1975, 1976-1980, and 1981-1985 using official data. Changes in
the duration of marriage over time and in its likelihood of termination
by death or divorce are noted. Consideration is also given to the
validity of the marriage dissolution quotients on which the estimates
of marriage duration are based.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:30429 Teachman,
Jay D.; Polonko, Karen A.; Leigh, Geoffrey K. Marital
timing: race and sex comparisons. Social Forces, Vol. 66, No. 1,
Sep 1987. 239-68 pp. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In Eng.
"In this
paper, we explore the determinants of marital timing for males and
females, separately by race, using a sequential model and data from the
[U.S.] National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972.
Results indicate that background factors are relatively unimportant in
determining directly when marriage will occur. Rather, events and
circumstances that are more current are the determining factors as to
whether marriage will occur. In addition, the factors important in
determining marital timing vary systematically according to sex and
race. The models for blacks are distinct in that few measured
predictors of marital timing show consistently significant effects,
contrary to the case for whites. This suggests a much different
marriage market for each of the races."
Author's address:
Department of Sociology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
23508.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30430 Trebici,
Vladimir. Family, stability, and divorce. [Familia,
stabilitatea si divorturile.] Viitorul Social, Sep-Oct 1986. 467-76 pp.
Bucharest, Romania. In Rum.
Divorce trends in Romania are analyzed
for the period 1948-1985. Information is included on the total divorce
rate, remarriage rates, differences in divorce patterns between rural
and urban areas, and differentials by province and county. The impact
of changes in divorce laws on divorce trends is examined.
Consideration is given to divorce rates by duration of
marriage.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30431 Trebici,
Vladimir. Nuptiality and the cultural model.
[Nuptialitatea si modelul cultural.] Viitorul Social, Jan-Feb 1986.
39-46 pp. Bucharest, Romania. In Rum.
Nuptiality trends in Romania
are examined using data from official sources. The results indicate
that nuptiality has remained relatively stable over time and that
marriage patterns conform to the general Eastern European pattern.
Consideration is given to age at marriage and marriage rates.
Geographic variations are insignificant. The author suggests that the
stability of nuptiality trends over time is due primarily to cultural
factors.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30432 Vavro,
Istvan. Marriages, 1984-1985. [Hazassagi perek
1984-1985-ben.] Demografia, Vol. 29, No. 2-3, 1986. 241-52 pp.
Budapest, Hungary. In Hun. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
This article
examines the problem of divorce in Hungary from the legal point of
view. The data concern the years 1984 and 1985. Consideration is
given to duration of marriage, the impact of children on divorce, and
the custody of children following divorce.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30433 White,
James M. Premarital cohabitation and marital stability in
Canada. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 49, No. 3, Aug
1987. 641-7 pp. Saint Paul, Minnesota. In Eng.
"Increases in the
number of people premaritally cohabiting raise questions regarding the
effect of premarital cohabitation on marriage. One question that has
not been adequately addressed is the effect of premarital cohabitation
on later marital stability. This effect is investigated with data from
a probability sample of 10,472 ever-married Canadians. Results suggest
that premarital cohabitation has a positive effect on staying married.
This positive effect remains when length of marriage and age at
marriage are controlled. The difference between previous studies and
the present study are discussed.
Author's address: Division of
Family Sciences, School of Family and Nutritional Sciences, University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T
1W5.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30434 Barbagli,
Marzio. Systems of family formation in Italy.
[Sistemi di formazione della famiglia in Italia.] Boletin de la
Asociacion de Demografia Historica, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1987. 80-127 pp.
Madrid, Spain. In Ita.
The author presents data on variations in
family structure in Italy in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and
nineteenth centuries. Among the factors considered are the inclusion
of household servants in the family structure, territorial variations
in age at marriage, the family typologies developed by Hajnal and
Laslett, and rules covering family formation among the agricultural
populations of north-central Italy, Sicily, and
Sardinia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30435 Burch,
Thomas K.; Dewit, David J. Effects and consequences of
orphanhood in past populations: North America. [Efectos y
consecuencias de la orfandad en poblaciones del pasado: America del
Norte.] Notas de Poblacion, Vol. 14, No. 42, Dec 1986. 25-49 pp.
Santiago, Chile. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
The authors examine how
North American societies have historically handled the problem of
orphanhood. A preference for adoption by individual families over the
institutionalization of orphans by the state is noted. The development
of the family solution to orphanhood over the course of the nineteenth
century and the extension of the system to deal with orphans brought in
from the United Kingdom are discussed. The development of an
institutional system for orphans in the late nineteenth century is also
described.
Author's address: Population Studies Centre, University
of Western Ontario, London, Ontario NKA 3K7,
Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30436 Cain, Mead;
McNicoll, Geoffrey. Population growth and agrarian
outcomes. Center for Policy Studies Working Paper, No. 128, Oct
1986. 25 pp. Population Council, Center for Policy Studies: New York,
New York. In Eng.
"This paper presents and argues the case for the
thesis that agrarian economic and demographic performance is governed
in large measure by patterns of family structure and other elements of
local social organization. Family systems can be distinguished by how
they deal with household formation and property devolution, and by
their marital fertility responsiveness to the changing economics of
children; forms of community organization and local administration vary
by how effectively they provide feedbacks or facilitate interventions
that promote rural development and demographic transition, particularly
in situations where family roles in those domains are weak. Broad
regional differences in agrarian performance can be traced to these
institutional configurations."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:30437 Cain,
Virginia S. Changing fertility expectations of American
youth. Pub. Order No. DA8709050. 1986. 228 pp. University
Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This study
tested the hypothesis that changes in fertility plans are related to
other events occurring in the lives of the young adults. This research
examined changes in fertility plans between 1979 and 1983 among a large
national sample of [U.S.] young adults between 14 and 21 years old in
1979....Multinomial logit was used to examine whether an increase,
decrease, or no change in number of births expected could be explained
by changes in various aspects of the work and family arenas of
life....Almost 50 percent of the sample reported a change in fertility
plans, with the majority of those reducing the number of children
expected. Variables most important for explaining changes in birth
expectations were those related to family formation....Among women who
had a first birth between the two interviews, factors associated with
their children were most important for explaining change."
This work
was prepared as a doctoral dissertation at the University of Maryland
at College Park.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts
International, A: Humanities and Social Sciences 48(1).
53:30438 Callan,
Victor J. Choices about children. Australian Studies,
ISBN 0-582-71137-1. LC 86-100011. 1985. vii, 178 pp. Longman Cheshire:
Melbourne, Australia. In Eng.
This study examines the factors
affecting family size and the decision to have children in Australia.
The author "examines the social, economic and psychological motivations
for having children, the costs incurred, as well as the alternative
sources of satisfaction which compete with large families. He pays
special attention to the views of those who have deliberately avoided
having children." The data are from a variety of research projects
carried out by the author over the past eight
years.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30439 Croll,
Elisabeth. New peasant family forms in rural China.
Journal of Peasant Studies, Vol. 14, No. 4, Jul 1987. 469-99 pp.
London, England. In Eng.
"This article explores the responses of
peasant households in China to the quite new and radical demands made
on their resources as a result of the various recent rural economic
reforms....[It attempts] to identify current changes in size, structure
and activity of domestic and kin groups, and to analyse the new
socio-economic relations within and between households. It argues that
in order to mobilise and maximise their labour and other resources to
arrange for the production, consumption and welfare of household
members, close kin and neighbouring peasant households have combined to
give rise to a new family form, the aggregate family. This study
analyses the factors leading to its formation, identifies the
characteristics of this new family form and examines its relations both
within and beyond the village."
Author's address: Department of
Anthropology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of
London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HP, England.
Location:
Princeton University Library (PR).
53:30440 Dale,
Angela; Evandrou, Maria; Arber, Sara. The household
structure of the elderly population in Britain. Ageing and
Society, Vol. 7, No. 1, Mar 1987. 37-56 pp. New York, New
York/Cambridge, England. In Eng.
"This paper uses nationally
representative data from the General Household Survey for 1980 to
investigate the household structure of the elderly in Britain.
Household structure is analysed in terms of its relationship to the
marital status, age, gender and physical disability of the elderly
person." The results indicate that 79 percent of the elderly live
alone or with their spouse only, and 95 percent of the
noninstitutionalized elderly retain their own households.
Author's
address: Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2
5XH, England.
Location: New York Public Library.
53:30441 de Guzman,
Eliseo A. Family household and nuptiality changes: a
search for some explications from the recent past. Philippine
Population Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, Jun 1985. 45-66 pp. Manila,
Philippines. In Eng.
"Changes in household size and structure in
the Philippines have occurred in close assocation with or parallel to
demographic changes. Data from three national demographic surveys
indicate increases in the proportions of nuclear family households and
therefore, concomitant reductions in the proportions of extended family
households. The analysis of differentials by the characteristics of
household heads and the age at marriage of their wives has revealed
interesting patterns which presage some structural changes in family
households in the future. Given the very close links between family
household formation and marriage, important determinants of nuptiality
were examined using multivariate analysis on census provincial
data.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30442 Hall,
Ray. Household trends within Western Europe
1970-1980. In: West European population change, edited by Allan
Findlay and Paul White. 1986. 18-34 pp. Croom Helm: Dover, New
Hampshire/London, England. In Eng.
Recent trends concerning
households in the countries of Europe, excluding Eastern Europe, are
analyzed. "The main points to be considered in this chapter are: data
and definitions; trends in average household size and the size
distributions of households; and some consideration of the processes
involved in these changes especially with reference to the family
household and one-person household." The data are primarily from the
1980-1982 census round. The author notes that "the past two decades in
particular have seen an acceleration of trends leading to a convergence
of household patterns over a wide area, away from the heterogeneity
that was evident as recently as the 1960s."
Author's address:
Department of Geography and Earth Science, Queen Mary College,
University of London, London, England.
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
53:30443 Hopflinger,
Francois. Transformation of family formation in Western
Europe. [Wandel der Familienbildung in Westeuropa.] ISBN
3-593-33808-4. 1987. 295 pp. Campus: New York, New York/Frankfurt am
Main, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Ger.
Recent trends in
marriage and reproductive behavior are discussed, and theoretical
explanations for the changes in family formation processes are compared
for 17 European countries. Data are taken primarily from official
birth and marriage records since the 1960s. A social demographic
approach combines demographic data analysis methods and family
sociology issues. The first section includes a discussion of central
concepts and hypotheses pertaining to family formation. In the second
section, the author analyzes changes in marital behavior, particularly
the trend toward cohabitation outside marriage. In Section 3,
fertility trends are examined. In Section 4, issues pertaining to both
marriage and fertility and the changing relationship between the two
are studied. Section 5 focuses on selected variables related to
changing family formation processes such as social and economic
development, education, and female labor force participation. The
author differentiates between trends common to all countries studied
and those that occur only under specific national
conditions.
Location: New York Public Library.
53:30444 Horton,
Susan. Child nutrition and family size in the
Philippines. Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 23, No. 1, Sep
1986. 161-76 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
"This paper uses
household data from the Philippines to examine jointly household
decisions on family size and child quality, using nutritional status as
a measure of quality. The results suggest that there are significant
substitutions away from larger families and towards higher quality
children with higher maternal and paternal education. Similar but less
significant substitutions occur with higher maternal occupational
status, and lower child mortality in the locality. However the paper
finds only limited support for the idea that parents are concerned
about average child quality, since the results show that there are
strong birth order effects on nutritional status."
Author's address:
University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada.
Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
53:30445 Hunsalzer,
Roland. The transformation of family transitions:
selected changes in the legal regulations concerning families in
Germany in the twentieth century and their effects on the family.
[Familiale Ubergange im Wandel: ausgewahlte Veranderungen rechtlicher
Regelungen, die sich auf die Familie Beziehen, in Deutschland im 20.
Jahrhundert und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Familie.] Materialien zur
Bevolkerungswissenschaft: Sonderheft, No. 10, 1987. 71 pp.
Bundesinstitut fur Bevolkerungsforschung: Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal
Republic of. In Ger.
The author gives an overview of changes in
selected legal regulations concerning the family that have been enacted
in the German Empire and in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1896
and their effects on whole families and individual members. Legal
areas studied include marriage, divorce, laws of property ownership,
legitimate and illegitimate children, equal rights, and parents' and
children's rights. Pertinent literature from the social sciences is
highlighted. The purpose is to reveal the relationship between changes
in laws regulating the family and social changes within the family. A
further purpose is to demonstrate the need for interdisciplinary
cooperation in such studies.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
53:30446 Janssens,
A. A. P. O. Family and social change: the extended family
and the family life cycle, Tilburg, 1880-1920. [Gezin en sociale
verandering: het uitgebreide gezin en de family life cycle, Tilburg,
1880-1920.] Bevolking en Gezin, No. 3, Dec 1986. 25-50 pp. Brussels,
Belgium. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"This essay examines the
structural evolution and composition along the life cycle of a cohort
group of parental households in the industrial textile town of Tilburg
[Netherlands] during the period 1880-1920 in the light
of...structural-functionalist theories" concerning the relationship
between family characteristics and social structure. "The rapid
demographic and industrial developments the town had been going through
before and during this period did not lead to a destruction of the
traditional pattern of extended family households and the rise to
dominance of the nuclear family....The results presented in this paper
suggest a model of social change in which family change is not directly
and immediately linked to structural social change."
Author's
address: Vakgroep Economische en Sociale Geschiedenis, K. U. Nijmegen,
Erasmusplein 1, 6500 HD Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30447 Kamaras,
Ferenc. One-parent families. [Egyszulos csaladok.]
Demografia, Vol. 29, No. 2-3, 1986. 253-66 pp. Budapest, Hungary. In
Hun. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
"The paper tries to reveal mainly the
situation and characteristics of the one-parent families rearing minor
child(ren) [in Hungary] on [the] basis of the data of the population
census and the recent microcensus [and] the results of the different
sample surveys." The reasons for the increase in the number of
one-parent families are reviewed, including divorce, the death of a
parent, and having children outside marriage.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30448 Khan,
Jahangir. Household composition in Sind, Pakistan: has it
changed or persisted? Dirasat Sukkaniyah/Population Studies, Vol.
12, No. 73, Apr-Jun 1985. 27-42, 29-31 pp. Cairo, Egypt. In Eng. with
sum. in Ara.
Recent changes in family characteristics in Southern
Asia are analyzed using data from nearly 300 rural and 400 urban
households in Sind province, Pakistan. The results indicate the
persistence of the extended family system despite the growing number of
nuclear families.
Author's address: College of Administrative
Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30449 Kraus,
Jaroslav. Results of demographic study. Demosta, Vol.
20, No. 1, 1987. 28-30 pp. Prague, Czechoslovakia. In Eng.
The
author summarizes the results of a 1985 nationwide survey of married
women in Czechoslovakia. Findings are presented on number of children
by age of woman and on realized and desired family size by age of
woman. Comparisons are made with similar data for the years 1978 and
1981.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30450 Kumagai,
Fumie. Modernization and the family in Japan. Journal
of Family History, Vol. 11, No. 4, 1986. 371-82 pp. Greenwich,
Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"The purpose of this paper is
to analyze and to identify the elements of modernity and tradition in
the institution of the Japanese family. Two critical hypotheses will
be examined: (1) that external or demographic characteristics of the
Japanese family today resemble those of Western counterparts; and (2)
that the internal structure of the Japanese family household maintains
traditional elements of its own."
Author's address: Graduate School
of International Relations, International University of Japan,
Yamato-machi, Minamiuonuma-gun, Niigata-ken 949-72,
Japan.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30451 Lesthaeghe,
Ron; Meekers, Dominique. Value changes and the dimensions
of familism in the European Community. European Journal of
Population/Revue Europeenne de Demographie, Vol. 2, No. 3-4, May 1987.
225-68 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"It is
argued in this article that family formation is conditioned not only by
economic factors (more particularly, opportunity structures), but also
by ideational changes: the economic factors produce period
fluctuations that are superimposed on long-term (and often
cohort-driven) ideational effects. Value orientations are explored and
compared across countries [of the European Economic Community in 1981]
and across age groups using the internationally-comparable data sets
provided by the European Values Studies....Theoretical links are made
both with Easterlin's hypothesis which implies fluctuating fertility
levels and with Simon's thesis concerning the importance of 'civil
religion' in supporting fertility. The results are, however, largely
in line with Aries' thesis of two successive and quite distinct
fertility transitions in the West, and suggest that fertility is very
likely to remain at below-replacement levels."
Author's address:
Centrum voor Sociologie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050
Brussels, Belgium.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
53:30452 Levine,
Nancy E. Differential child care in three Tibetan
communities: beyond son preference. Population and Development
Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, Jun 1987. 281-304, 374, 376 pp. New York, New
York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"This article examines the
cultural and social-structure factors associated with assessments of
child value, patterns of differential child care, and child survival
among ethnic Tibetans in northwest Nepal. Factors implicated in this
assessment include not only sex biases, but also child sibling
position, parents' marital stability, child legitimacy, and the state
of the household economy. The article evaluates the expressed
rationales for discriminating between children and how they are
supported by the notion that rights to limited household resources
depend on the individual's value to that household and by a complex of
folk beliefs that obscure responsibility for child illness and death.
Because of the complex factors involved and intra- and intercommunity
variations, informant-originated models of differential child care
become especially valuable for identifying potential children at risk,
the mechanisms likely to be involved in differential care, and the
household members responsible for child value assessments and household
resource allocations." Data concern three communities in Humla,
northwestern Nepal, and are based on anthropological field research
conducted in 1982-1983.
Author's address: Department of
Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
90024.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30453 Madan,
Ashok K. The demographic modeling of household cycles:
analytical and microsimulation approaches. 1986. University
Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This
dissertation first identifies the household cycle as the core concept
in formal household demography, and presents a simple model of the
determinants of the size distribution and the average size of the
household. In this model, the proximate processes which govern the end
points of the household cycle are fission, fusion and fission-fusion of
households and the joint mortality of household members." Several
analytical models for researching household cycles are developed and
applied to data for Canada.
This work was prepared as a doctoral
dissertation at the University of Western Ontario.
Source:
Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities and Social
Sciences 47(10).
53:30454 Mozny,
Ivo. Some new phenomena of culturally legitimate examples
of family formation. [K nekterym novym jevum v kulturne
legitimnich vzorcich rodinnych startu.] Demografie, Vol. 29, No. 2,
1987. 114-24 pp. Prague, Czechoslovakia. In Cze. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
Recent changes in the process of family formation in Czechoslovakia
are described. These include a reversal of the trends toward lower
rates of illegitimacy and lower ages at marriage and increases in the
number of divorces, the popularity of consensual unions, and the
percent of marriages following pregnancy. Factors affecting consensual
union are considered, including educational status, birth order, and
marital status.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
53:30455 Nelissen,
J. H. M. Household formation by microsimulation: the
Dutch household structure generated. Department of Sociology
Working Paper Series, No. 18, 1987. 14 pp. Tilburg University,
Department of Sociology: Tilburg, Netherlands. In Eng.
The author
outlines the demographic module of a microanalytic simulation model
developed in the course of research concerning social security and
income distribution in the Netherlands. "Our model makes it possible
to generate the household structure at any given moment and in order to
do this it uses the household history of individuals. Because it is
part of a complete socio-economic model, it is also possible to
incorporate socio-economic variables affecting demographic
processes....We will use this version of the demographic module to
simulate the household structure for the Netherlands for the period
1947-1981....To evaluate the model these simulation results are
compared with the data resulting from censuses and
surveys."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30456 Paydarfar,
Ali A. Marital fertility and family structure among the
urban population of Iran. Journal of Comparative Family Studies,
Vol. 18, No. 3, Autumn 1987. v-vi, ix-x, 389-402 pp. Calgary, Canada.
In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"The relationship between family
type and fertility in Shiraz, a southern city of Iran, is inconsistent
with the general proposition, which argues that extended family
encourages high fertility and the nuclear family does not. In this
analysis several socio-demographic variables (duration of marriage,
marital age of couples, and the educational/occupational status of
wife) were controlled. The findings indicate that the couples living
in nuclear families have significantly larger numbers of live births
than the couples living in the extended families. A plausible
explanation might be that the couples' privacy in the nuclear families
and their social and psychological needs for children encourage high
fertility while the economic burden of dependents in extended families
discourages the couples [from having large families]. This study is
based on 1,062 household interview cases collected in a random sample
survey conducted in the city of Shiraz by the author in
1968-69."
Author's address: Department of Nutrition, School of
Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
27514.
Location: Princeton University Library (SSA).
53:30457 Pickens,
Gary T.; Jacobson, Marc E. Demographic effects of sex
preselection: a formal model. International Journal of
Environmental Studies, Section A: Environmental Studies, Vol. 28, No.
1, 1986. 21-31 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"The demographic
effects of sex preselection technology are studied by means of
mathematical models for completed family size and the sex ratio at
birth. It is shown that in the case of an indefinite amount of time
available to achieve desired family composition, sex preselection has a
substantial effect on completed fertility. When a finite reproductive
period is introduced (for example, due to distributions of age at
marriage and secondary female sterility) the impact of sex preselection
on fertility is greatly reduced. The effect of sex preselection on the
sex ratio at birth is pronounced, as illustrated by several
hypothetical examples."
Author's address: Department of Mathematics
and Computer Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
19104.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
53:30458 Porto,
Cornelia N.; Da Costa, Iraci del N.; Nozoe, Nelson H.
Demo-economic characteristics of Brazilian rural families.
[Caracteristicas demo-economicas das familias rurais brasileiras.]
1987. 208 pp. Fundacao Instituto de Pesquisas Economicas [FIPE]: Sao
Paulo, Brazil. In Por.
The authors analyze the structure of the
rural Brazilian household and family. They examine factors such as
age, marital status, educational level, income, and labor force
activity, using sample data from the 1983 National Household Survey.
Chapters are included on survey objectives, scope, and limitations;
definitions and classification methods; a retrospective survey of past
work; urban and rural populations; lines of convergence and
quantitative differences; an interregional analysis; families and
households; and income, occupation, and level of education.
Bibliographic references and a statistical appendix are also
included.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30459 Qvist, Jan;
Rennermalm, Bo. Family formation: consensual union,
marriage, and childbearing among Swedish women born between 1936 and
1960. [Att bilda familj: samboende, aktenskap och barnafodande
bland kvinnor fodda 1936-60.] Urval, No. 17, ISBN 91-618-0085-6. 1985.
188 pp. Statistiska Centralbyran: Stockholm, Sweden. In Swe. with sum.
in Eng.
"The present report covers two Swedish studies on family
formation. The purpose of the first one is to examine the relations
between fertility and changes in marital status. It is based on the
current official population statistics (up to 1978)....The second study
is based on data collected (1981) in an interview survey. It
illustrates changes in the first stage of family formation, i.e. either
the formation of a couple or the birth of a child." The focus is on
women born between 1936 and 1960. The authors find that "the increased
childlessness resulting from the fertility decline is related to
changes in the marital-status pattern. The fertility within each
marital status group (single, consensual union, married, divorced) has
largely remained constant in the early stages of family formation. The
only factor that has changed is the propensity to
marry."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30460 Ro,
Kong-Kyun; Cho, Nam-Hoon; Roh, Shin Young. Household
consumption behaviour and fertility in Korea. Demography India,
Vol. 15, No. 2, Jul-Dec 1986. 179-201 pp. Delhi, India. In Eng.
The
authors focus on the family's perception of the value of children in
light of consumption and work-leisure patterns. The analysis uses data
for the Republic of Korea and a theoretical framework based on Kevin
Lancaster's theory of consumer behavior and Gary Becker's economic
theory of fertility. The data are from 1,014 households from 12 census
enumeration districts, selected to provide three contrasting
socioeconomic groups. Ordinary and two-stage least squares regression
analyses as well as path analysis are used to assess the relationships
among fertility, socioeconomic factors, and family value variables. It
is found that "the household which spends a great proportion of family
budget for the necessities of life such as food and housing tends to
have a greater number of children than the household which spends a
smaller proportion of budget for the necessities of life."
Author's
address: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
Cheongryang-Ri, P.O. Box 150, Seoul 131, Republic of
Korea.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30461 Robinson,
Warren C. The time cost of children and other household
production. Population Studies, Vol. 41, No. 2, Jul 1987. 313-23
pp. London, England. In Eng.
"In this paper the relative time cost
of children compared to other types of household tasks, and the
relative time cost of producing quantity rather than quality of
children is examined....We employ household time-use data from a study
of a large metropolitan area in the United States. Our results cast
doubt on the notions that: (a) child-services are more time-costly
than other household tasks; (b) that quantity of child-services is more
time-costly than quality of child-services. Moreover, there appear to
be strong complementarities between child-services and other household
tasks, and time spent on child care does not seem to act as an obstacle
to working outside the home. Finally, we suggest another economic
interpretation of the fertility transition centred not on changes in
objective factors exogenous to the household, but, instead, on the
internal economic power structure of the household
itself."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30462 Rowland,
Robert. Nuptiality, the family, the Mediterranean.
[Nupcialidade, familia, Mediterraneo.] Boletin de la Asociacion de
Demografia Historica, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1987. 128-43 pp. Madrid, Spain. In
Spa.
The author examines the theories and hypotheses of Hajnal,
Laslett, and others concerning the relationship between nuptiality and
family formation in Southern Europe. He presents two maps of Portugal
showing the complexity of domestic aggregates in 1900 and 1960 and
three maps of Portugal, Italy, and Spain, one showing age at marriage
in the late nineteenth century, one showing nuclear families in the
period following World War II, and one showing family complexity also
in the post-war period.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
53:30463 Stokes, C.
Shannon; LeClere, Felicia B.; Hsieh, Yeu-Sheng. Household
extension and reproductive behaviour in Taiwan. Journal of
Biosocial Science, Vol. 19, No. 3, Jul 1987. 273-82 pp. Cambridge,
England. In Eng.
"The influence of household type on reproductive
behaviour is examined for a [1980] national probability sample of
Taiwanese women. In spite of remarkable social and economic
development over the past three decades, extended families are still
widely found in Taiwan. Women in extended households have only
slightly higher fertility preferences and current fertility than women
in nuclear families once marital duration is controlled. Although
women in extended households marry earlier and receive more family help
with child care than women in nuclear households, such factors are no
longer sufficient to produce major differentials in reproductive
behaviour. The findings suggest that preferences for smaller families
and low fertility need not await a transformation to a nuclear family
structure."
Author's address: Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
53:30464 Sysenko, V.
A. Youth enters marriage. [Molodezh' vstupaet v
brak.] 1986. 255 pp. Mysl': Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
Issues related to
the preparation of young people for marriage in the USSR are discussed.
Topics considered include how and where couples first meet,
educational status, and housing. Information is also included on young
people's opinions concerning ideal family size, child rearing, sharing
household chores, and material well-being.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30465 United
States. Bureau of the Census (Washington, D.C.).
Households, families, marital status, and living arrangements:
March 1987 (advance report). Current Population Reports, Series
P-20: Population Characteristics, No. 417, Aug 1987. 9 pp. Washington,
D.C. In Eng.
Data from the Current Population Survey concerning
families and households in the United States in March 1987 are
presented. Consideration is given to marriage age, age of
householders, marital status, and family
characteristics.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
53:30466 van de
Giessen, G. J. The reliability of the expectation (not) to
have a child within three years. [De betrouwbaarheid van de
verwachting binnen drie jaar (g)een kind te krijgen.] Maandstatistiek
van de Bevolking, Vol. 35, No. 7, Jul 1987. 13-20 pp. Voorburg,
Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
The author examines the
reliability of fertility expectations in the Netherlands over a
three-year period starting in 1982. The data are from the 1982 and
1985 Netherlands Fertility Surveys. "On the individual level the
expectations of 86% of all women turned out to be consistent with the
demographic behaviour in the following three years. Of the women who
had expected to have a child 63% had had one. Of the women who had not
expected to have a child 92% indeed did not....On the aggregate level
the forecast was reasonably accurate: 21% of all women had expected to
have a child whereas 20% had had one. Obviously the forecast error is
larger for some categories of women than for others: the most deviant
are the cohabiting women who show a rather large overestimation. But
generally speaking the results of this analysis are promising for the
use of short-term birth expectations in population
forecasts."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30467
Wijewickrema, S. Family status life tables for
Belgium: construction and ensuing simulations. IPD Working Paper,
No. 1987-5, 1987. 74 pp. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Interuniversity
Programme in Demography: Brussels, Belgium. In Eng.
" The present
article reports on the use of Belgian data for the construction of
family status life (FSL) tables, and their subsequent simulated
modifications. Data from the censuses of 1970 and 1981 together with
registration data for the calendar years adjoining...each census
enabled the construction of FSL tables for synthetic female cohorts
subject to the nuptiality, fertility and mortality conditions
prevailing at each census....A second series of FSL tables
incorporating the state of cohabitation (CO) was then constructed using
NEGO 4 survey data." The author notes a decline in the incidence of
marriage, an increase in the incidence of consensual unions, and an
increase in the prevalence of one-child families.
Publisher's
address: Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
53:30468 Wingen,
Max. The transformation of the family: overview of the
effects of demographic, economic, and social changes on the family and
society (special publication). [Familie im Wandel: Uberblick uber
Auswirkungen demographischer, wirtschaftlicher und sozialer
Veranderungen auf Familie und Gesellschaft (Sonderveroffentlichung).]
1985. 2, 62, [5], 6 pp. Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Wurttemberg,
Familienwissenschaftliche Forschungsstelle: Stuttgart, Germany, Federal
Republic of. In Ger.
The impact of various demographic, economic,
and social changes on the family and society is investigated. The
study focuses on the Federal Republic of Germany, particularly
Baden-Wurttemberg. A section on demographic trends is concerned with
family structure in the past, present, and future. Subsequent sections
are devoted to the connection between changing social values and family
relationships, the changing roles of families and society in education,
economic development and the nature of labor force participation, and
the changing involvement of women in the labor force. In a segment on
social security, the author discusses functional changes in the family
and the development of a social welfare system, as well as other shifts
in social roles and their demographic consequences for the future
financing of the social security system. Social policy pertaining to
the family is also mentioned.
Publisher's address: Boblinger
Strasse 68, 7000 Stuttgart 1, Postfach 898, Federal Republic of
Germany.
Location: New York Public Library.
