56:40351 Adams,
Owen. Divorces in Canada, 1988. [Les divorces au
Canada, 1988.] Health Reports/Rapports sur la Sante, Vol. 2, No. 1, Jul
1990. 57-66 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng; Fre.
Divorce data based on
1988 Statistics Canada findings are presented and compared with divorce
rates for previous years. Differentials among provinces, marriage
duration, reasons for divorce, and child custody are also
discussed.
Correspondence: O. Adams, Statistics Canada,
Canadian Centre for Health Information, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6,
Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40352 Ahmed,
Ashraf U. Socio-economic determinants of age differences
between spouses in Bangladesh. Genus, Vol. 45, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec
1989. 83-95 pp. Rome, Italy. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Ita.
"This
study examines socio-economic differentials in age differences between
spouses in Bangladesh. The variables considered for the analysis are
bride's current and childhood residences, education, work status before
and after marriage; and groom's childhood residence, education and
occupation. Among these variables, childhood residence, education and
occupation evince the strongest
differentials."
Correspondence: A. U. Ahmed, University of
Dhaka, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, Ramna, Dhaka 2,
Bangladesh. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40353
Balakrishnan, T. R.; Burch, T. K.; Chen, Jiajian; Rajulton,
Fernando. Union formation and dissolution in Canada: a
multistate/multivariate analysis of cohort experience. Population
Studies Centre Discussion Paper, No. 90-5, May 1990. 23, [12] pp.
University of Western Ontario, Population Studies Centre: London,
Canada. In Eng.
The authors analyze trends in union formation and
dissolution in Canada over the past two decades, with a focus on
remarriage. "This paper...examines how the remarriage behaviour
differs between men and women, has changed over time (or cohorts), and
what alternatives have come into existence to reshape the typical
sequence of events preceding remarriage. Because we stress the
importance of past marital history we briefly investigate the events
before remarriage, namely first entry into union and dissolution.
After an examination of sex, cohort and regional differences, we focus
on some of the covariates of remarriage using a hazards model....The
data for this paper come from the [Canadian] Family History
Survey...conducted in February 1984."
This paper was originally
presented at the 1990 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America (see Population Index, Vol. 56, No. 3, Fall 1990, p.
393).
Correspondence: University of Western Ontario,
Population Studies Centre, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada.
56:40354 Bozon,
Michel. Women and the age difference between spouses:
domination by consent. Part 1. Type of union and preferences
concerning the age difference. [Les femmes et l'ecart d'age entre
conjoints: une domination consentie. I. Types d'union et attentes en
matiere d'ecart d'age.] Population, Vol. 45, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1990.
327-60 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
Age
differences between spouses in France are analyzed using data from two
surveys carried out by INED, one in 1984 on the formation of couples
and one in 1985 on family situations. In this, the first of a two-part
article, the author analyzes the social factors affecting age
differences of spouses at marriage. "In this first article, it is
shown that the wider variety of ways of entering into a union from
mid-1970's onwards corresponds clearly to a wider range of age
differences, which are smaller in the case of unions of single
cohabitants, and larger in the case of first marriages without prior
cohabitation. The age difference is definitely much higher for women
who enter a union when they are younger. Young women, and especially
the least educated among them, who are in the most precarious
occupations, are those who manifest the strongest attachment to the
male's domination by age, while young men seem largely indifferent to
the age of their partner."
Correspondence: M. Bozon,
Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675
Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
56:40355 Cain, Glen
G.; Wissoker, Douglas A. A reanalysis of marital stability
in the Seattle-Denver Income-Maintenance Experiment. American
Journal of Sociology, Vol. 95, No. 5, Mar 1990. 1,235-314 pp. Chicago,
Illinois. In Eng.
"This paper challenges the widely cited finding
of Groeneveld, Hannan, and Tuma that the Seattle-Denver
Income-Maintenance Experiment provides evidence that guaranteed income
plans for poor husband-wife families will increase marital dissolutions
relative to the existing [U.S.] program, Aid to Families with Dependent
Children. The reanalysis of the experimental data distinguishes
between the experimental...and the treatment plans....The conclusion of
this paper is that the plans (specifically, the negative income tax
plans in the experiment) had no effect on the rate of marital
dissolutions among the 'treatment' couples relative to the control
couples." A reply by Michael T. Hannan and Nancy B. Tuma is included
(pp. 1,270-89), as well as a response by Cain and Wissoker (pp.
1,299-314).
Correspondence: G. G. Cain, University of
Wisconsin, Department of Economics, Social Science Building, Madison,
WI 53706. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
56:40356 Cazes, M.
H. Endogamy among the Dogon of Boni, Mali. Journal of
Biosocial Science, Vol. 22, No. 1, Jan 1990. 85-99 pp. Cambridge,
England. In Eng.
"This paper examines factors influencing endogamy
in a Dogon population in Mali....This population of about 5,000
individuals is distributed over fifteen villages located on four
independent massifs....[It] is strongly endogamous (only 4% of all
marriages are contracted with neighbouring ethnic groups), and each
massif shows high endogamy. The roles of lineage, residence in the
same village, and geographical distance in mating choice are
examined."
Correspondence: M. H. Cazes, Institut National
d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40357 Cottrell,
Ann B. Cross-national marriages: a review of the
literature. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 21, No. 2,
Summer 1990. 151-69 pp. Calgary, Canada. In Eng.
The author reviews
the literature on cross-national marriage patterns. "The first section
suggests the beginnings of a typology of international marriages, the
second part of the paper evaluates the current state of research on
cross-national marriage identifying important research needs, and the
third part suggests a few generalizations which can be made on the
basis of this research." This paper is part of a special issue on
intermarriage.
Correspondence: A. B. Cottrell, San Diego
State University, Department of Sociology, San Diego, CA 92182.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
56:40358 Das, Nitai
C. A note on the estimation of marriage rate from census
data. Genus, Vol. 45, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1989. 143-51 pp. Rome,
Italy. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Ita.
"The level and trend in
nuptiality for the developing countries can not be studied because
necessary data are not available. A broad idea of the trend is
obtained by examining the never-married proportion for different age
cohorts at different censuses. In this paper, a methodology for
estimating age-specific marriage rates from census data is
presented."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40359 Haskey,
John. Children in families broken by divorce.
Population Trends, No. 61, Autumn 1990. 34-42 pp. London, England. In
Eng.
"There were 148 thousand children aged under 16 affected by
divorce in their family in England and Wales during 1989--about one in
every 70 children that year. This article examines trends since 1970
in the numbers of children of divorcing couples and their family sizes.
One in four of all children who were affected by divorce in 1988-89
came from a one-child family and one in two came from a two-child
family. The most common ages of children were from 3 to 8. Amongst
marriages which had lasted under five years before ending in divorce in
1988-89, six in every ten children came from families containing two or
more children. In addition, a life table method is used to estimate
that almost one in four children would experience divorce in their
family before reaching age 16, were divorce rates to persist unchanged
at their composite 1988-89 levels."
Correspondence: J.
Haskey, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Demographic Analysis
and Vital Statistics Division, St. Catherines House, 10 Kingsway,
London WC2B 6JP, England. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
56:40360 Hwang,
Sean-Shong; Saenz, Rogelio. The problem posed by
immigrants married abroad on intermarriage research: the case of Asian
Americans. International Migration Review, Vol. 24, No. 3, Fall
1990. 563-76 pp. Staten Island, New York. In Eng.
"Cross-sectional
and longitudinal variations in rates of intergroup marriage [in the
United States] have often been used as indicators of assimilation for
minority groups. This article demonstrates that both types of
comparisons can give misleading results when census data are used for
calculating intermarriage rates without restrictions. Census data
include immigrants who married abroad (IMAs) in the enumeration. The
inclusion of these individuals in the study of intermarriage inevitably
biases the level of minority inmarriage upward, making cross-sectional
and longitudinal comparisons of intermarriage rates for groups with
different levels of IMAs inappropriate. Cumulation of IMAs also
inflates the inmarriage rates of older cohorts, leading to a
misimpression of increasing outmarriage among younger cohorts. These
problems are illustrated for several Asian groups using 1980 Public Use
Microdata Sample data for California. Alternative approaches for
remedying the problem are proposed and their different implications for
assimilation theory and research are
discussed."
Correspondence: S.-S. Hwang, University of
Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
56:40361 Khlat,
Myriam. Consanguineous marriages in Beirut: marriage
traditions and public health. [Les mariages consanguins a
Beyrouth: traditions matrimoniales et sante publique.] Travaux et
Documents Cahier, No. 125, ISBN 2-7332-0125-5. 1989. viii, 121, 22 pp.
Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques [INED]: Paris, France;
Presses Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Fre.
The author
analyzes consanguineous marriage in Beirut, Lebanon, in the context of
the widespread preference among Arab societies for marriages between
first cousins. The data concern students and patients at the American
University Hospital in Beirut. The study examines the characteristics
of such marriages, the social characteristics of the marriage partners,
the anthropological context, and the genetic implications for
offspring, including the impact on fertility and infant
mortality.
Correspondence: Presses Universitaires de
France, 108 boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40362 Leslie,
Paul W. Demographic behavior, mating patterns, and the
distribution of inbreeding. In: Convergent issues in genetics and
demography, edited by Julian Adams, David A. Lam, Albert I. Hermalin,
and Peter E. Smouse. 1990. 63-79 pp. Oxford University Press: New York,
New York/Oxford, England. In Eng.
In this chapter the author
"examines a number of factors that may influence the frequency of
consanguineous marriages, including population growth, migration, and
the age correlation between spouses....An extension of Hajnal's model
allows assessment of the impact of age correlation between spouses on
the probabilities of various kinds of consanguineous matings....[The
author] shows that the variance as well as the mean of the distribution
of the age difference between mates will significantly affect
inbreeding in a population." Examples from historical studies of
various populations are included.
Correspondence: P. W.
Leslie, State University of New York, Department of Anthropology,
Binghamton, NY 13901. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
56:40363 Locoh,
Therese; Pilon, Marc; Assogba, L. N. Mensan. Marital
unions in Togo: continuity and change. [Les unions au Togo:
permanences et changements.] Etudes Togolaises de Population, No. 15,
1990. 105 pp. Universite du Benin, Unite de Recherche Demographique:
Lome, Togo. In Fre.
This monograph consists of three separate
papers on aspects of marriage patterns in Togo. The first, by Therese
Locoh, examines new forms of marital unions occurring in Lome. The
second, by Marc Pilon, analyzes nuptiality and the marital system of
the Moba-Gurma of northern Togo. The third, by L. N. Mensan Assogba,
looks at the relationships among changes in the status of women,
changes in family structures, and the fertility transition in the Benin
Gulf.
Correspondence: Universite du Benin, Unite de
Recherche Demographique, B.P. 12971, Lome, Togo. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40364 Moffitt,
Robert. The effect of the U.S. welfare system on marital
status. Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 41, No. 1, Feb 1990.
101-24 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
"An issue of
long-standing importance in the U.S. welfare system has been its lack
of neutrality with respect to family composition, which generally
provides payments only to female-headed families--that is, families
with no able-bodied male present. Using data from 1969 to 1985 to
examine the issue, this study finds that (1) the simple cross-sectional
correlations between marital status and welfare benefits are almost
always in the expected direction but are generally weak in
significance; (2) that the magnitude and significance of the
correlations have nevertheless grown over time; and (3) that the
correlations for men are no weaker and usually stronger, especially for
blacks, than those for women."
Correspondence: R. Moffitt,
Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. Location: Princeton
University Library (PF).
56:40365 Morocco.
Direction de la Statistique. Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches
Demographiques (Rabat, Morocco). Marriages and divorces:
Casablanca wilaya, 1987. [Les mariages et les divorces: wilaya de
Casablanca, 1987.] Mar 1990. 50 pp. Rabat, Morocco. In Fre.
This is
the second report on trends in marriage and divorce in Morocco. Data
concern marriages and divorces recorded in local tribunal records in
Casablanca. Following a description of the data sources and their
quality, the report analyzes selected marital characteristics,
including age at marriage, previous marriages, and month of marriage,
and selected divorce characteristics.
For a previous report
concerning Rabat, published in 1989, see 56:10369.
Correspondence: Direction de la Statistique, Centre
d'Etudes et de Recherches Demographiques, B.P. 178, Charii Maa El
Ainain, Rabat, Morocco. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
56:40366 Ni
Bhrolchain, Maire. Age difference asymmetry and a two-sex
perspective. In: mod 16084. LS Working Paper, No. 70, Sep 1990.
34, [13] pp. City University, Social Statistics Research Unit: London,
England. In Eng.
Trends in male and female age differences at
marriage in England and Wales are examined using official data. "The
paper shows that male and female spousal age differences can be and
have been different from each other and that they can exhibit different
trends. The discrepancy between them is due to remarriage and has been
growing in England and Wales in the last three decades. At female
first marriage the gap is larger than at male first marriage. On
remarriage, the female age difference is smaller than the male. The
period 1901-5 to 1987 saw substantial fluctuations, relative to the
average level, in both male and female age differences. The separate
male and female gaps reach more extreme values than other summary
indices. There is suggestive evidence that change in the age
difference is associated with the relative numbers of men and women at
the prime marriage ages. The data indicate that an unqualified
interpretation of the trend in the age difference as reflecting changes
in the relative status of the sexes is not
justified."
Correspondence: City University, Social
Statistics Research Unit, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40367 Pagnini,
Deanna L.; Morgan, S. Philip. Intermarriage and social
distance among U.S. immigrants at the turn of the century.
American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 96, No. 2, Sep 1990. 405-32 pp.
Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
"The pattern of assortative mating among
European immigrants [to the United States] and native whites is
examined by ethnicity and generation using a national sample drawn from
the 1910 census manuscripts and a sample of marriages registered in New
York City between 1908 and 1912. The pattern of assortative mating is
virtually identical in the two data sets. Endogamy was strong for all
groups examined, but was castelike for the 'new' ethnics from eastern
and southern Europe. Marriages between 'old' and 'new' ethnics were
especially rare. The pattern of ethnic intermarriage was nearly
identical for men and women. Within ethnic groups there was also
strong generational endogamy: immigrants tended to marry other
immigrants and second-generation ethnics tended to marry others in the
second generation."
This is a revised version of a paper originally
presented at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America (see Population Index, Vol. 54, No. 3, Fall 1988, p.
509).
Correspondence: S. P. Morgan, University of
Pennsylvania, Population Studies Center, 3718 Locust Walk CR,
Philadelphia, PA 19104. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPIA).
56:40368 Pavalko,
Eliza K.; Elder, Glen H. World War II and divorce: a
life-course perspective. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 95,
No. 5, Mar 1990. 1,213-34 pp. Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
"Using
longitudinal data on a sample of American men, this article
investigates the effect of the World War II period on divorce by
estimating the effects of three aspects of war mobilization--entry into
the armed forces, timing of this entry, and combat experience. The
analysis shows that veterans were more likely to divorce than
nonveterans but that marriages established during the war were no more
likely to disolve than marriages begun at other
times."
Correspondence: E. K. Pavalko, University of North
Carolina, Carolina Population Center, University Square 3004, Chapel
Hill, NC 27516-3997. Location: Princeton University Library
(PR).
56:40369 Shaikh,
Kashem. Marriage and mortality: a life table
analysis. Journal of Biosocial Science, Vol. 22, No. 1, Jan 1990.
53-61 pp. Cambridge, England. In Eng.
"This paper examines the
effects of age at marriage and differential mortality of males and
females on the incidence of widowhood between the sexes. Abridged life
tables constructed from marital status and death registration data of a
rural area of Bangladesh for the period 1974-79 were used....The
mortality differentials show that the probabilities of a male or a
female surviving the other spouse would be approximately the same, were
there no other influence. But the incidence of widows is about ten
times that of widowers. Other relevant factors, under a given regime
of mortality, are age at marriage and age difference between husband
and wife."
Correspondence: K. Shaikh, International Centre
for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, P.O. Box 128, Dhaka 2, Bangladesh.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40370
Sinel'nikov, A. B. Marriage and birth rates in the
USSR. [Brachnost' i rozhdaemost' v SSSR.] Voprosy Demografii, ISBN
5-02-013395-7. 1989. 102 pp. Nauka: Moscow, USSR; Akademiya Nauk SSSR,
Institut Sotsiologii: Moscow, USSR. In Rus.
In 1981 the USSR began
implementing a demographic policy with the goal of stabilizing
families. In the present volume, the author examines the policy's
impact on marriage, divorce, and fertility. Sections are included on
the impact of marriage trends and marital stability on the birth rate,
and the lower birth rates that are a result of an increase in
divorce.
Correspondence: Nauka, Profsoyuznaya u1. 90, B485
Moscow 117864, USSR. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
56:40371 Singh, S.
N. Age of female at effective marriage in rural areas of
eastern Uttar Pradesh. In: Population transition in India, Volume
2, edited by S. N. Singh, M. K. Premi, P. S. Bhatia, and Ashish Bose.
1989. 81-8 pp. B. R. Publishing: Delhi, India. In Eng.
Trends in
marriage age and educational levels of women in rural areas of India
are examined according to caste and religion. The focus is on age of
women at effective marriage rather than age at the marriage
ceremony.
Correspondence: S. N. Singh, Banaras Hindu
University, Centre of Population Studies, Varanasi 221 005, India.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40372 Suzuki,
Tohru. Interregional marriage in Japan. Jinko Mondai
Kenkyu/Journal of Population Problems, Vol. 46, No. 2, Jul 1990. 17-32
pp. Tokyo, Japan. In Jpn. with sum. in Eng.
Patterns in
interregional marriage in Japan are examined by prefecture. Data are
from the 1977, 1982, and 1987 National Fertility Surveys and are
presented for distance between marriage site and birthplace, including
the effects of arranged marriage and wife's labor force participation;
prior living arrangements; and educational status of the
couple.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40373 Teachman,
Jay D.; Polonko, Karen A. Cohabitation and marital
stability in the United States. Social Forces, Vol. 69, No. 1, Sep
1990. 207-20 pp. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In Eng.
"Recent
evidence from Canada and Sweden indicates that cohabitation prior to
marriage significantly increases the risk of subsequent marital
dissolution. In this article we present results testing the hypothesis
that cohabitation increases marital disruption in the United States.
We find that premarital cohabitation increases the risk of subsequent
marital instability. However, the effect of cohabitation can be
attributed to the fact that cohabitants have spent more time in union
than noncohabitants. Once total length of union is accounted for, there
is no difference in marital disruption between cohabitants and
noncohabitants. We argue that subsequent research comparing
cohabitants and noncohabitants with respect to marital behaviors that
are duration dependent should account for the total amount of time
spent in union....We take our data from the fifth follow-up to the
National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS)
conducted in 1986."
Correspondence: J. D. Teachman,
University of Maryland, Center on Population, Gender and Social
Inequality, College Park, MD 20742-1315. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
56:40374
Vanderhoeft, C. Nuptiality patterns of Maghrib
women in Belgium. [Eerste-huwelijkspatronen bij Maghrebiaanse
vrouwen in Belgie.] Bevolking en Gezin, No. 2, Aug 1990. 95-121 pp.
Brussels, Belgium. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"During the last
decades important changes in marital behaviour have been observed in
foreign minorities in Belgium. Nuptiality patterns for Maghrebian
women (i.e. women with Algerian, Moroccan, Tunisian or Libyan
nationality) living in Belgium are analysed to illustrate this fact.
Attention is directed to the effect of Belgian schooling on paramaters
of the distribution of age at first marriage....Current status data
from the national census [1981] are used for the
analysis."
Correspondence: C. Vanderhoeft, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel, Centrum voor Statistiek en Operationeel
Onderzoek, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40375 Vemuri,
Murali D. Female age at marriage in India: a cohort
analysis based on 1971 and 1981 census data. In: Population
transition in India, Volume 2, edited by S. N. Singh, M. K. Premi, P.
S. Bhatia, and Ashish Bose. 1989. 73-9 pp. B. R. Publishing: Delhi,
India. In Eng.
Median age at marriage for women in India is
analyzed based on reconstructed data from the 1971 and 1981
censuses.
Correspondence: M. D. Vemuri, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, New Mehrauli
Road, New Delhi 110 067, India. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
56:40376
Villeneuve-Gokalp, Catherine. From marriage to
cohabitation: a recent history of changes in sexual unions. [Du
mariage aux unions sans papiers: histoire recente des transformations
conjugales.] Population, Vol. 45, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1990. 265-97 pp.
Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
Recent trends in
marriage patterns in France are analyzed using data on 4,000
individuals from a 1985 INED survey of family situations. The focus is
on the growing popularity of consensual unions and on differences in
type of consensual union by social class. "The concepts of the couple
and of marriage held by young people who are beginning to live together
are also determined by their family background. This article analyzes
the consequences of mothers' work, separation of parents, or the death
of a parent, on the conjugal behavior of the
children."
Correspondence: C. Villeneuve-Gokalp, Institut
National d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris
Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
56:40377 Wadhera,
Surinder N. Marriages, Canada and the provinces,
1988. [Mariages, Canada et les provinces, 1988.] Health
Reports/Rapports sur la Sante, Vol. 2, No. 1, Jul 1990. 89-90 pp.
Ottawa, Canada. In Eng; Fre.
Statistics concerning marriages and
marriage rates for each Canadian province for 1981, 1987, and 1988 are
presented.
Correspondence: S. N. Wadhera, Statistics
Canada, Canadian Centre for Health Information, Ottawa, Ontario K1A
0T6, Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40378 Aborampah,
Osei-Mensah. Family structure in African fertility
studies: some conceptual and methodological issues. A Current
Bibliography on African Affairs, Vol. 18, No. 4, Sep 1985-1986. 319-35
pp. Farmingdale, New York. In Eng.
"In this article, an attempt is
made to define the African family as it relates to reproduction. A
review of the theoretical discussions and empirical studies indicates
that none of the earlier conceptualizations of family structure is
adequate enough for analyzing the relationship between family structure
and fertility. It is suggested that three major dimensions, social
structure, social-psychology and economics, underlie the African family
structure and that their full understanding is essential to a
meaningful analysis of the role of kinship networks in Africa's
population growth. Indeed, the issues involved in the study of the
fertility of African, especially rural, women may not be fully
understood until the ramifications of the African family and kinship
networks are fully understood and adequately
conceptualized."
Correspondence: O.-M. Aborampah,
University of Wisconsin, Department of Afro-American Studies,
Milwaukee, WI 53201. Location: Princeton University Library
(DR).
56:40379
Barrere-Maurisson, Marie-Agnes; Marchand, Olivier.
Family characteristics and the labor market in developed countries:
a clear distinction between north and south. [Structures
familiales et marches du travail dans les pays developpes: une nette
opposition entre le Nord et le Sud.] Economie et Statistique, No. 235,
Sep 1990. 19-30, 56-7 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
The relationship between family characteristics and the labor
market is explored using data concerning 15 OECD countries. Several
distinct geographical groupings are identified, including the
Mediterranean countries, Scandinavia, North America, and Japan and West
Germany. Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom
occupy a middle ground and are less specifically defined. Furthermore,
"the statistical map shows a strong relationship which manifests itself
in two opposite ways. On the one hand, it shows the link between a
traditional family structure and a weak integration of women in the
working population (Spain, Ireland), and, on the other hand, it shows a
close link between a divided family and the fact women have a paying
job, often just part time (Sweden,
Denmark)."
Correspondence: M.-A. Barrere-Maurisson, Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique, Seminaire d'Economie du Travail,
15 quai Anatole France, 75700 Paris, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40380 Berquo,
Elza. The family in the twenty-first century: a
demographic review. [A familia no seculo XXI: um enfoque
demografico.] Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Populacao, Vol. 6, No.
2, Jul-Dec 1989. 1-16 pp. Sao Paulo, Brazil. In Por. with sum. in Eng.
The future of the family in Brazil is examined in the context of
convergence theory concerning family transformation. In particular,
the author considers whether industrialization and urbanization will
affect the family in different societies in the same way. Factors
considered include declining fertility, increased life expectancy,
increased female labor force participation, sexual liberation, the
fragility of conjugal relationships, and growing
individualism.
Correspondence: E. Berquo, Universidade
Estadual de Campinas, Nucleo de Estudos de Populacao, Cidade
Universitaria Zeferina Vas, CP 1170, 13100 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40381 Bosman,
Erwin. The incompatibility of maternity and labor force
participation: a historical and conceptual analysis. [De
incompatibiliteit van buitenshuisarbeid van de vrouw en ouderschap:
historische situering en begripsbepaling.] Bevolking en Gezin, No. 2,
Nov 1989. 103-33 pp. Brussels, Belgium. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"Researchers as well as politicians point more and more to the
problematic relationship between maternity and labour force
participation. This article aims at a conceptual clarification of this
conflicting relation and at describing the different aspects of it.
The role theory is used as the conceptual framework, which is however
placed within a broader socio-historical analysis. The incompatibility
can be seen as part of the evolution from an agrarian family to the
present nuclear family. It can also be seen in the context of the
evolution of female labour force participation and of the opinions on
this participation." Concerns of incompatibility include time factors,
financial costs and needs, and maternal
stress.
Correspondence: E. Bosman, Centrum voor Bevolkings-
en Gezinsstudien, Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Markiesstraat
1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
56:40382 Bumpass,
Larry L. What's happening to the family? Interactions
between demographic and institutional change. Demography, Vol. 27,
No. 4, Nov 1990. 483-90 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
In this
article, which was the Presidential Address to the 1990 Annual Meeting
of the Population Association of America, the author discusses recent
changes affecting the family in the United States and implications for
family structure in the future. He considers trends in marital
disruption; cohabitation, family formation, and marriage; fertility;
marital relationships; labor force needs; intergenerational
relationships; and women's status.
Correspondence: L. L.
Bumpass, University of Wisconsin, Center for Demography and Ecology,
Madison, WI 53706. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
56:40383 Burch,
Thomas K. Towards a theory of family change for the
developed world. Population Studies Centre Discussion Paper, No.
90-8, Jun 1990. 18 pp. University of Western Ontario, Population
Studies Centre: London, Canada. In Eng.
The author considers the
possibility of formulating a theory of family change in developed
countries for the period 1800 to the present. Sections are included on
an examination of historical processes; typologies of family systems;
static models of change; demography, ecology, and familism; convergence
in family systems; and male authority and family
change.
Correspondence: University of Western Ontario,
Population Studies Centre, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada.
56:40384 Burch,
Thomas K. 1986 census of Canada: families in Canada.
[Recensement Canada 1986: les familles du Canada.] Focus on Canada,
No. 27, Pub. Order No. 98-127. ISBN 0-660-54019-3. Mar 1990. 41, 47 pp.
Statistics Canada: Ottawa, Canada. In Eng; Fre.
This is one in a
series of analytical reports based on data from the 1986 Canadian
census. The present volume, on families and households, contains
chapters on household size and structure; marriage, cohabitation, and
divorce; cohabitation--diversity and family change; and family change
and personal well-being.
Correspondence: Statistics Canada,
Publication Sales, Room 1710, Main Building, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6,
Canada. Location: University of Texas at Austin, Population
Research Center Library. Source: APLIC Census Network List,
No. 108, Jun 1990.
56:40385 Chen,
Jiajian; Balakrishnan, T. R. Do gender preferences affect
fertility and family dissolution in Canada? Population Studies
Centre Discussion Paper, No. 90-7, Jun 1990. 32 pp. University of
Western Ontario, Population Studies Centre: London, Canada. In Eng.
"The objective of this paper is to explore the possible impact of
gender preference on fertility and family dissolution in Canada. We
first hypothesize that Canadian fertility is influenced by the desire
for a balanced gender composition and not specifically by the
preference for sons or daughters. That is, families with unbalanced
gender compositions would have more rapid birth timing than women with
balanced gender compositions in Canada. Secondly, couples with at
least one son are expected to experience lower risk of marital
dissolution than those couples without a son....Data [are] from [the]
1984 Canadian Fertility Survey (CFS), a national probability sample of
5,315 women of all marital statuses in their reproductive ages
18-49."
Correspondence: University of Western Ontario,
Population Studies Centre, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40386 Clarke,
Lynda. Chilrens's changing circumstances: recent trends
and future prospects. CPS Research Paper, No. 89-4, ISBN
0-902657-27-5. Dec 1989. 35 pp. University of London, London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Population Studies: London,
England. In Eng.
"This paper traces the changing family
circumstances of children in Britain in the last two decades, both in
terms of the prevalence of different family types at various points in
time and as experienced by children throughout their childhood....What
is important to recognise for policy issues concerning the welfare of
children is the large proportion of children who will experience family
disruption or the likelihood of transition between family types at some
point in their childhood. Our estimates were that 22% of children born
to a married couple experience marital disruption and of these, 60%
experience the remarriage of their mother before their sixteenth
birthday. The majority of children born to mothers outside marriage
experience their mother's marriage or remarriage. Also our findings
indicate that children's family type at birth is crucial in determining
the length of time they can expect to live in a lone-mother
family."
Correspondence: University of London, London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Population Studies,
99 Gower Street, London WC1E 6AZ, England. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
56:40387 Clarke,
Lynda; Eldridge, Sandra. The structure and characteristics
of families: a review of the circumstances of children in the
1980s. CPS Research Paper, No. 89-3, ISBN 0-902657-28-3. Dec 1989.
37, [3] pp. University of London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine, Centre for Population Studies: London, England. In Eng.
"This paper brings together demographic information on the family
circumstances of children, of which there are over eleven million under
the age of sixteen in Great Britain today. Our main concern is to
examine the structure of the families in which these children are
living and to provide a basis for analyzing the determinants of trends
in children's family circumstances during the 1980s....[We examine] the
prevalence of different types of family in which children live, the
demographic and social determinants of these family types, how the
pattern has changed over time, and the transitions between family
types." Data are from registration statistics and official
surveys.
Correspondence: University of London, London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Population Studies,
99 Gower Street, London WC1E 6AZ, England. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
56:40388 Fossett,
Mark A.; Kiecolt, K. Jill. Mate availability, family
formation, and family structure among black Americans in
nonmetropolitan Louisiana 1970-1980. Rural Sociology, Vol. 55, No.
3, Fall 1990. 305-27 pp. Bozeman, Montana. In Eng.
"This paper
assesses the effects of the community sex ratio on black family
formation and family structure in nonmetropolitan parishes in
Louisiana. As predicted, the sex ratio is found to have strong
positive effects on marriage prevalence for black women, the prevalence
of husband and wife families for black families, and the percentage of
black children residing in husband and wife families and strong
negative effects on the nonmarital fertility ratio for black
women."
Correspondence: M. A. Fossett, Texas A and M
University, Department of Sociology, College Station, TX 77843.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40389 Gee, Ellen
M. Demographic change and intergenerational relations in
Canadian families: findings and social policy implications.
Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 16, No. 2, Jun 1990.
191-9 pp. Guelph, Canada. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"This paper
provides estimates of the demographic parameters of parent-child
relations in Canada, using an historical framework. Four birth cohorts
are chosen (1860, 1910, 1930, and 1960) and are examined from two
points of view--as children (particularly adult children) and as
parents. The analysis highlights the ways in which demographic change
influences the intergenerational context of family life. Four major
social policy implications of the data are outlined, focussing upon
care-giving and care-receiving in an aging
society."
Correspondence: E. M. Gee, Simon Fraser
University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Burnaby, British
Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada. Location: Princeton University
Library (SF).
56:40390
Gunnlaugsson, Gisli A. Family and household in
Iceland, 1801-1930: studies in the relationship between demographic
and socio-economic development, social legislation and family and
household structures. Studia Historica Upsaliensia, Vol. 154, ISBN
91-554-2278-8. 1988. 189 pp. Uppsala Universitet, Acta Universitatis
Upsaliensis: Uppsala, Sweden. Distributed by Almqvist and Wiksell
International. In Eng.
"The principal thesis of the dissertation is
that through the application of social legislation regarding paupers
and legally defined occupational classes of cottars, lodgers, boarders
and servants, local governments sought to regulate the labour market
and family building in 19th century Iceland. This control aimed at
providing farmers with a steady supply of cheap labour and preserving
the structure of a rural society....Until 1880 access to land was a
prerequisite for founding a family and a household. The number of
farms was restricted by natural conditions. Since the authorities
actively obstructed urbanization, population growth led to an ever
larger mean household size. Subsequently the percentage of unmarried
persons rose, as did the age at marriage and illegitimacy. Population
growth gradually resulted in overpopulation in relation to utilized
economic resources. The period 1880-1930 saw several socio-economic
and demographic responses to this. This was a period of transition
during which the socio-economic structure of a rural society was
replaced by a modern, urbanized one. Mean household size in rural and
urban areas decreased and marriage prospects
improved."
Correspondence: Almqvist and Wiksell
International, Box 638, S 101 28, Stockholm, Sweden. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40391 Hammel, E.
A. The elderly in the bosom of the family: la famille
souche and hardship reincorporation. Program in Population
Research Working Paper, No. 31, Aug 1990. 25 pp. University of
California, Institute of International Studies, Program in Population
Research: Berkeley, California. In Eng.
The author analyzes the
social value of the elderly and examines "the support structure that
has enabled the elderly to contribute to the development of the
species....In this paper I try to examine the mutual effects between
two plausible systems of accommodation of the elderly and different
levels of mortality between two contrasting and plausible historical
demographic regimes. I also examine whether we would be able to
distinguish systems of family formation or regimes of demographic rates
with the sample sizes ordinarily available in historical
censuses....The examination is carried out by computer
microsimulation....The two demographic regimes used here are that of
the United States in 1900, as a fairly typical Western European system
at the beginnings of the industrial revolution..., and a medieval
regime gleaned from historical
evidence...."
Correspondence: University of California,
Graduate Group in Demography, 2232 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA
94720. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40392 Hermalin,
Albert I.; Liu, Xian. Gauging the validity of responses to
questions on family size preferences in China. Population and
Development Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, Jun 1990. 337-54, 399-401 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"As a consequence of
the government's firm policy aimed at lowering fertility in China,
there is considerable interest in measuring trends and differentials in
desired family size. Accordingly a large number of surveys have
included questions on family size preferences, but there have been few
attempts to gauge the validity of the data so generated, despite the
obvious possibility that some respondents may not report freely their
true preferences. This article, exploiting the existence of two
surveys conducted in Shanghai that used different approaches for
assuring confidentiality, estimates the degree of underreporting,
identifies the groups most likely to underreport, and traces the
consequences of underreporting for modeling desired family
size."
Correspondence: A. I. Hermalin, University of
Michigan, Population Studies Center, 1225 South University Avenue, Ann
Arbor, MI 48109-1070. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
56:40393 Jejeebhoy,
Shireen J.; Kulkarni, Sumati. Demand for children and
reproductive motivation: empirical observations from rural
Maharashtra. In: Population transition in India, Volume 2, edited
by S. N. Singh, M. K. Premi, P. S. Bhatia, and Ashish Bose. 1989.
107-21 pp. B. R. Publishing: Delhi, India. In Eng.
"This paper
examines the structure of demand for children, in terms of numbers and
underlying motivations prevailing in a rural society in the process of
demographic transition, namely, Maharashtra [India] in 1983, and its
association with fertility regulation behaviour. Maharashtra....[is]
an area which has both traditional agrarian characteristics as well as
exposure and access to modernisation."
Correspondence: S.
Kulkarni, International Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi
Station Road, Deonar, Bombay 400 088, India. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40394 Johnson,
Barbara E.; Freymeyer, Robert H. Replicating family size:
does living in a single parent family matter? Sociological Focus,
Vol. 22, No. 4, Oct 1989. 263-74 pp. Bowling Green, Ohio. In Eng.
"This paper examines how living in a single parent family affects
intergenerational marriage patterns regarding preferred family size.
Data collected from 1,300 college students at a large midwestern [U.S.]
university provide further evidence of a positive relationship between
number of siblings in one's family of origin and preferred marital
family size. However, this relationship does not hold for all groups.
Factors affecting preferred family size differ for males and females
from intact and nonintact family structures. The positive relationship
between size of family of orientation and family of procreation holds
only for individuals from intact homes."
Correspondence: B.
E. Johnson, University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
56:40395 Kojima,
Hiroshi. Coresidence of young adults with their parents in
Japan: do sib size and birth order matter? Jinkogaku
Kenkyu/Journal of Population Studies, No. 13, May 1990. 15-26 pp.
Tokyo, Japan. In Eng. with sum. in Jpn.
"This study examines the
effects of sib size and birth order on the coresidence of never-married
youth with their parents in Japan, where eldest sons are often expected
to live with their parents after marriage....While sib size has a
significant and negative effect on prenuptial coresidence among both
sexes, eldest-child status has a significant and positive effect among
males only. The results support the hypotheses about more pressure
toward daughters to stay home before marriage and to leave home after
marriage; more pressure toward eldest children to stay home before and
after marriage; and more pressure from crowding toward children of a
larger family to leave home before marriage." Data are from the 1982
National Fertility Survey.
This is a revised, abbreviated version of
a paper presented at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the Population
Association of America (see Population Index, Vol. 54, No. 3, Fall
1988, pp. 511-2).
Correspondence: H. Kojima, Institute of
Population Problems, Ministry of Health and Welfare, 1-2-2
Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan. Location:
Princeton University Library (Gest).
56:40396 Mahadevan,
K.; Jayasree, R. Value of children and differential
fertility behaviour in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
In: Population transition in India, Volume 2, edited by S. N. Singh, M.
K. Premi, P. S. Bhatia, and Ashish Bose. 1989. 123-31 pp. B. R.
Publishing: Delhi, India. In Eng.
The value of children and its
impact on fertility behavior in India is explored. The author examines
the economic, social, cultural, and psychological factors affecting
family size in three states of India. Consideration is also given to
the impact of son preference on fertility.
Correspondence:
K. Mahadevan, Sri Venkateswara University, Department of Population
Studies, Tirupati, District Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh 517 502, India.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40397 Mannan, M.
A. Preference for son, desire for additional children and
contraceptive use in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Development Studies,
Vol. 16, No. 3, Sep 1988. 31-57 pp. Dhaka, Bangladesh. In Eng.
"The
extent of son preference and its effect on desire for additional
children and contraceptive use is examined for rural Bangladesh. Our
results show that there is strong son preference, expressed through
contraceptive behaviour and desire for additional children, on the part
of rural Bangladeshi women. In deciding whether or not to have an
additional birth or to use contraception, sex composition of children
and number of sons are the most important determinants. Most couples
are guided in their desire for additional children by an ideal sex
composition which is commonly found to comprise two to three sons and
one daughter....It can be argued from our findings that if the desired
number of sons and daughters have already been born, women will be more
likely to use contraception and less likely to want additional
children."
Correspondence: M. A. Mannan, Bangladesh
Institute of Development Studies, Adamjee Court, Motijheel Commercial
Area, Dhaka-2, Bangladesh. Location: New York Public Library.
56:40398 Mott, Frank
L. When is a father really gone? Paternal-child contact
in father-absent homes. Demography, Vol. 27, No. 4, Nov 1990.
499-517 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This research uses unique
[U.S.] longitudinal data to examine the dynamics of the father's
presence or absence during a child's first few years of life and
consider the extent to which overt father presence/absence statistics
mask a continuing contact with the child's father or other potential
father figures. I document the extent to which (1) substantial
proportions of children born to younger mothers never have had a
biological father residing in the home, (2) 'net' levels of fathers'
absence at various postbirth points mask significant 'gross' flows of
fathers in and out of the household, and (3) large proportions of
children in homes lacking the biological father have potentially
significant contact with absent fathers or new father figures."
This
is a revised version of a paper originally presented at the 1990 Annual
Meeting of the Population Association of America (see Population Index,
Vol. 56, No. 3, Fall 1990, p. 468).
Correspondence: F. L.
Mott, Ohio State University, Center for Human Resource Research, 921
Chatham Lane, Columbus, OH 43221. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
56:40399 Nauck,
Bernhard. Parent-child relations of Germans, Turks, and
migrants: an intercultural comparison of the values of children,
reproductive behavior, educational attitudes and socialization
practices. [Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen bei Deutschen, Turken und
Migranten: Ein interkultureller Vergleich der Werte von Kindern, des
generativen Verhaltens, der Erziehungseinstellungen und
Sozialisationspraktiken.] Zeitschrift fur Bevolkerungswissenschaft,
Vol. 16, No. 1, 1990. 87-120 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal Republic
of. In Ger. with sum. in Eng; Fre.
An intercultural comparison of
attitudes toward children, reproductive behavior, child care, and sex
roles is modeled for natives of West Germany and migrants from Turkey.
The impact of cultural background, living conditions, educational
status, and intergenerational familial relationships is
analyzed.
Correspondence: B. Nauck, FB IV der Padagogischen
Hochschule Weingarten, Kirchplatz 2, D-7987 Weingarten, Germany.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40400 Ni
Bhrolchain, Maire. Family matters: trends and
explanations. Economic Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, Sep 1990. 9-12 pp.
Oxford, England. In Eng.
"In recent decades, profound changes have
been taking place in marriage and family life in Britain and the
developed world generally. This article looks first at recent trends
in this area. It then proceeds to consider some of the explanations
that have been proposed. The article concludes by examining briefly an
aspect of recent demographic trends that has been very widely
discussed--the growth in the number of lone-parent families."
Consideration is given to the effects of changes in economic structure,
including women's labor force participation, and developments in
contraceptive technology.
Correspondence: M. Ni Bhrolchain,
University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton S09 5NH, England.
56:40401 Paillat,
Paul. Recent and predictible population trends in
developed countries. In: An aging world: dilemmas and challenges
for law and social policy, edited by John M. Eekelaar and David Pearl.
1989. 25-36 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England; Nihon Kajo
Publishing: Japan. In Eng.
Population trends in developed countries
are examined, with a focus on the impact of fertility, mortality,
migration, marriage, and divorce on family structures. Decreased
family size, intergenerational families, and single-parent households
are trends projected for the future.
Correspondence: P.
Paillat, 25 Avenue du Chateau, 92190 Meudon, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40402 Ralebipi,
Matabole D. R. Inventory of marriage and family
literature, 1988/89. Vol. 15, ISBN 0-916174-28-X. LC 67-63014.
1990. xvi, 976 pp. National Council on Family Relations: Minneapolis,
Minnesota. In Eng.
This volume is a reference guide to 5,886
articles on marriage and the family that were published between
September 1988 and December 1989. The unannotated bibliography is
presented in three sections: a subject index, an author index, and a
keyword in title (KWIT) index. The geographical scope is worldwide.
The bibliography is restricted to publications in English.
For
Volume 13, published in 1988, see 54:30376.
Correspondence: National Council on Family Relations, 3989
Central Avenue NE #550, Minneapolis, MN 55421. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40403 Szasz,
Ivonne. The dimensions of the labor market, temporary
migration, and domestic reproduction. A case study in the rural zone
of the state of Mexico. [Dimensiones del mercado de trabajo,
migraciones temporales y reproduccion domestica. Un caso en la zona
rural del Estado de Mexico.] Revista Mexicana de Sociologia, Vol. 52,
No. 1, Jan-Mar 1990. 151-67 pp. Mexico City, Mexico. In Spa.
The
author analyzes the impact of temporary migration on the reproduction
of households in agricultural communities in Malinalco, Mexico. The
interrelationship between the demographic structure of households and
trends in temporary migration is studied, and the role of different
types of economic activity in households is
considered.
Correspondence: I. Szasz, Colegio de Mexico,
Camino al Ajusco 20, 10740 Mexico DF, Mexico. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40404 Thomson,
Elizabeth; McDonald, Elaine; Bumpass, Larry L. Fertility
desires and fertility: hers, his, and theirs. Demography, Vol.
27, No. 4, Nov 1990. 579-88 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"The
relationship between desired and achieved fertility may be misspecified
by excluding husbands' fertility desires or by confounding effects of
shared desires with the resolution of conflicting desires. Using
couple data from the classic Princeton Fertility Surveys, we find
relatively large husband effects on fertility outcomes as well as
unique effects of spousal disagreement. Wives and husbands were
equally likely to achieve fertility desires, and disagreeing couples
experienced fertility rates midway between couples who wanted the same
smaller or larger number of children. These conditions do not hold,
however, when we include willingness to delay births for economic
mobility as part of the measure of fertility desires. Among couples who
both wanted a third child, only husbands' willingness to delay births
had significant negative effects on birth rates." The geographical
focus is on the United States.
Correspondence: E. Thomson,
University of Wisconsin, Department of Sociology and Center for
Demography and Ecology, Madison, WI 53706. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40405 Voets, S.
Y.; Kuijsten, A. C. Divorce and changes in the life course
of children: an overview of approaches. [Echtscheiding en
leefsituatieveranderingen van kindren: een overzicht van
benaderingen.] Bevolking en Gezin, No. 2, Nov 1989. 73-101 pp.
Brussels, Belgium. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"Studies in the field
of divorce and changes in the life course of children are generally
characterized by a lack of consensus. Different findings are often the
result of differences in observation methods and theoretical
approaches. In this article an overview is given of both quantitative
(demographic) and qualitative (sociological/psychological)
approaches....The development of a theoretical framework in which
changes in the life course could be conceptualized and which integrates
approaches from different disciplines, could be an important step in
the analysis of life course changes from a child's
perspective."
Correspondence: S. Y. Voets, Nederlands
Interdisciplinair Demografische Institut, Postbus 11650, 2502 AR The
Hague, Netherlands. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
56:40406 Vossen, A.
P. Toward a frame of reference for the study of the
fertility scenario: an introduction to the concept of
"life-style" [Naar een referentiekader voor
vruchtbaarheidsscenario's: de introductie van het concept "leefstijl"]
Bevolking en Gezin, No. 2, Nov 1989. 135-55 pp. Brussels, Belgium. In
Dut. with sum. in Eng.
The author examines the correlation between
fertility desires and actual completed family size. "The underlying
idea is that a distinction can be made in family development between
desired reproductive behaviour and actual reproductive
behaviour....Consideration is given to the external conditions [such as
life-style] which determine whether couples find it opportune to
deviate from their original reproductive wishes. Institutions which
play a central role are the employment market and government
policy....We indicate in which way the now completed hypothetical frame
of reference can be used in the construction of a fertility scenario."
The geographical focus is on developed
countries.
Correspondence: A. P. Vossen, Katholieke
Universiteit Brabant, Subfaculteit Sociaal-Culturele Wetenschappen,
Hogeschoollaan 225, Postbus 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
56:40407 Wolf,
Douglas A.; Burch, Thomas K.; Matthews, Beverly J. Kin
availability and the living arrangements of older unmarried women:
Canada, 1985. Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. 17, No. 1,
1990. 49-70 pp. Edmonton, Canada. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"A
model of the living arrangements of older unmarried women is presented,
using data from a 1985 survey of the Canadian population. Living
arrangements are represented by a multichotomous variable
distinguishing those living alone, with children, with siblings and
with others. The hypothesized determinants of living arrangements
include income, disability status, the array of available kin and
education. Results from a multinomial logit estimation of the model
confirm the importance of income, disability and kin availability;
particularly interesting is the significant effect of the number of
grandchildren on the relative propensities to live alone, with children
and with siblings."
Correspondence: D. A. Wolf, Urban
Institute, 2100 M Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
