59:10383 Aaberge,
Rolf; Kravdal, Oystein; Wennemo, Tom. Unobserved
heterogeneity in models of marriage dissolution. Statistisk
Sentralbyra Discussion Paper, No. 42, [1989]. 34 pp. Statistisk
Sentralbyra: Oslo-Kongsvinger, Norway. In Eng.
"The goal of this
paper is to examine the impact of unobserved heterogeneity when
analysing the determinants of marriage dissolution....When the
unobserved heterogeneity is taken into consideration, the divorce risks
increase steadily with duration. This supports the view that the
declining hazard found in most studies of marital instability is due to
a selection mechanism. Our analysis also demonstrates that the
unobservables account for a considerable amount of the population
variation in divorce propensity compared to the amount accounted for by
the observed covariates." Data are from the 1960, 1970, and 1980
censuses of Norway.
Correspondence: Statistisk Sentralbyra,
P.B. 8131 Dep., 0033 Oslo 1, Norway. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10384 Bergstrom,
Theodore; Lam, David. The two-sex problem and the marriage
squeeze in an equilibrium model of marriage markets. CREST Working
Paper, No. 91-7, Apr 1991. 17 pp. University of Michigan, Department of
Economics, Center for Research on Economic and Social Theory [CREST]:
Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This paper develops a model of
marriage market equilibrium that can be used to analyze the effects of
age structure on marriage patterns. The model clarifies a number of
issues in the literature on the 'two-sex problem' and the 'marriage
squeeze.' Particular emphasis is placed on the age difference between
spouses as an equilibrating mechanism in marriage markets....We derive
conditions for the assignment of marriage partners among men and women
born in different cohorts and use the results to analyze the effects of
fluctuations in cohort size fluctuations on marriage markets. The
results indicate that even large changes in cohort size can be absorbed
by relatively modest adjustments in the age difference between spouses,
with no necessary adjustments in the proportions of men and women
marrying."
Correspondence: University of Michigan,
Department of Economics, Center for Research on Economic and Social
Theory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10385 Bittles, A.
H.; Coble, J. M.; Rao, N. Appaji. Trends in consanguineous
marriage in Karnataka, South India, 1980-89. Journal of Biosocial
Science, Vol. 25, No. 1, Jan 1993. 111-6 pp. Cambridge, England. In
Eng.
"Analysis of data on 106,848 marriages in the cities of
Bangalore and Mysore, South India, between 1980 and 1989 showed that
levels of consanguineous marriage varied between cities through time
and by religion. The average coefficient of inbreeding was higher in
Bangalore (F=0.0339) than in Mysore (F=0.0203), principally reflecting
large-scale, post-Independence rural migration into Bangalore.
Although there was some evidence of a decline in consanguineous
marriages in Mysore, there was no convincing support in either city for
earlier projections of a rapid reduction in the popularity of unions
between close biological relatives."
Correspondence: A. H.
Bittles, University of London, King's College, Strand, London WC2R 2LS,
England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10386 Booth,
Alan; Edwards, John N. Starting over: why remarriages are
more unstable. Population Issues Research Center Working Paper,
No. 1992-04, Feb 1992. 26 pp. Pennsylvania State University, Institute
for Policy Research and Evaluation, Population Issues Research Center:
University Park, Pennsylvania. In Eng.
"Using interview data from a
[U.S.] national sample of married persons, the extent to which people
in remarriages have attributes that adversely influence marital quality
and stability is examined. Five models linking remarriage induced
attributes to an increased probability of a decline in marital quality
and divorce are evaluated. Persons in remarriages are more likely to
be poorly integrated with parents and in-laws, willing to leave the
marriage, be poor marriage material, and to have lower socio-economic
status and age heterogenous marriages. All but socioeconomic status
are found to explain declines in marital quality and higher levels of
marital instability. Together the remaining four models explain major
portions of the remarriage-marital quality/divorce
relationship."
Correspondence: Pennsylvania State
University, Institute for Policy Research and Evaluation, Population
Issues Research Center, 22 Burrowes Building, University Park, PA
16802. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10387 Brichacek,
Vaclav; Matejcek, Zdenek; Dunovsky, Jiri; Karabelova, Helena.
Prague's study of illegitimate children, part 2. Changes in
mothers' family status. [Prazska studie deti narozenych mimo
manzelstvi II. Vyvoj rodinneho stavu matek.] Demografie, Vol. 34, No.
3, 1992. 216-22 pp. Prague, Czechoslovakia. In Cze. with sum. in Eng;
Rus.
The authors examine changes in the status of 327 single
mothers in Czechoslovakia as part of a long-term study on the
development of children born to unmarried parents. "There prevails the
tendency to conclude marriage with [the] father or at least to live in
a permanent union with another man. The number of single [mothers]
remains rather low and the tendency towards creating matrimonial
families thus predominates."
Correspondence: V. Brichacek,
ILF, Kabinet Socialni Pediatrie, Prague, Czech Republic.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10388 Casper,
Lynne M. Community variations in the rate and type of
cohabitation: an evaluation of three explanations with new data.
Pub. Order No. DA9226658. 1992. 198 pp. University Microfilms
International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
This study concerns the
United States and was undertaken as a doctoral dissertation at
Pennsylvania State University.
Correspondence: University
Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI
48106-1346. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A:
Humanities and Social Sciences 53(5).
59:10389 Cherlin,
Andrew J. Marriage, divorce, remarriage. Social
Trends in the United States, Rev. ed. ISBN 0-674-55082-X. LC 91-47163.
1992. ix, 178 pp. Harvard University Press: Cambridge,
Massachusetts/London, England. In Eng.
This is a revised and
enlarged edition of a 1981 study on marriage, divorce, and remarriage
in the United States. In particular, the author describes and
interprets new research findings about the rise of cohabitation and its
relationship to marriage. He also elaborates on the weakening of
marriage as an institution and its meaning for contemporary Americans.
The first three chapters describe demographic trends since World War
II, the explanations for these trends, and their consequences. The
fourth chapter has been rewritten and examines the relationships among
marriage patterns, race, and poverty. The fifth and final chapter is
also new and looks at the state of the family in light of changes that
have occurred in the second half of the twentieth century.
For the
first edition, published in 1981, see 48:10470.
Correspondence: Harvard University Press, 79 Garden
Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
59:10390 Choe, Minja
Kim; Kong, Sae Kwon; Cho, Ae Jeo. Post-nuptial coresidence
of married women in Korea. Journal of Population, Health and
Social Welfare, Vol. 11, No. 2, Dec 1991. 67-82 pp. Seoul, Korea,
Republic of. In Kor. with sum. in Eng.
"This paper examines the
pattern of the post-nuptial coresidence [with their husband's parents]
of married women in [South] Korea in recent years, and the factors
associated with it. The study is based on the data from the Survey of
Family Role in Korea conducted by [the] Korea Institute for Population
and Health in 1989. The survey collected information from 2,838 ever
married women of ages 15 and over about their marriage, fertility,
health status of the family, and their roles within and outside the
family." The authors conclude that "the proportion of couples living
with husband's parents immediately after marriage is declining,
especially in urban areas."
Correspondence: M. K. Choe,
East-West Center, Population Institute, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu,
HI 96822. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10391 De Rose,
Alessandra. Socio-economic factors and family size as
determinants of marital dissolution in Italy. European
Sociological Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, May 1992. 71-91 pp. Oxford,
England. In Eng.
This is an analysis of marital dissolution in
Italy, with a focus on the life events and socioeconomic factors that
put individuals at high risk of a marital breakup. The author notes
that Italian society still largely conforms to traditional conjugal
models and attitudes toward cohabitation and divorce. "Women most
exposed to the risk of marital disruption seem to be those who married
very young, who have had no more than one child, who are better
educated, who have full-time jobs and who reside in large towns in the
north-west of Italy. In addition, a woman who cohabits with her
partner before marrying him is more likely to separate than a woman
entering marriage directly."
Correspondence: A. De Rose,
Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Scienze Demografiche, Via
Nomentana 41, I-00161 Rome, Italy. Location: Princeton
University Library (PR).
59:10392 Klissou,
Pierre. Polygamy in Benin and in the west African
subregion. [La polygamie au Benin et dans la sous-region
ouest-africaine.] Institut de Demographie Working Paper, No. 169, ISBN
2-87209-234-X. Nov 1992. 38 pp. Universite Catholique de Louvain,
Institut de Demographie: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. In Fre. with sum.
in Eng.
"This paper deals with [the literature concerning] polygamy
in the West-African sub-region....Several factors lead certain groups
to practice polygamy. These...are: post-partum abstinence, medical
reasons, economic and social factors. The present study also gives an
overview of the position of governments concerning polygamy, on the
basis of laws dealing with the family and marriage, which were passed
after independence; it summarizes also the well-known debate on the
possible end of polygamy."
Correspondence: Universite
Catholique de Louvain, Place Montesquieu 1, bte 17, 1348
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
59:10393 Landale,
Nancy S.; Tolnay, Stewart E. Generation, ethnicity, and
marriage: historical patterns in the northern United States.
Demography, Vol. 30, No. 1, Feb 1993. 103-26 pp. Washington, D.C. In
Eng.
"Using data from the Public Use Microdata Sample of the 1910
U.S. Census, we examine generational and ethnic differences in marital
timing. The analysis reveals a striking pattern of delayed marriage
among native whites with foreign parents, but marked ethnic variation
in the extent of marriage delay within the second generation. We
hypothesize that locational factors, especially diverse economic
opportunities, were important in shaping this marriage pattern.
Separate multilevel analyses are conducted for females and for males
living in urban and in rural places. Although significant effects for a
variety of contextual factors are found, generational and ethnic
differences in nuptial timing persist in multivariate
models."
Correspondence: N. S. Landale, Pennsylvania State
University, Department of Sociology, University Park, PA 16802.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10394 Lichter,
Daniel T.; McLaughlin, Diane K.; Kephart, George; Landry, David
J. Race and the retreat from marriage: a shortage of
marriageable men? American Sociological Review, Vol. 57, No. 6,
Dec 1992. 781-99 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"We provide a
search-theoretic model of the transition to first marriage among young
[black and white] women in the United States. We measure directly the
pool of unmarried men relative to unmarried women in local marriage
markets, as well as the economic attractiveness of available men, for
each unmarried woman in the NLSY [National Longitudinal Survey of
Youth]....Our event-history analysis evaluates the contextual effects
of marriage market conditions, while controlling for individual
factors, like women's employment and value orientations, known to
affect marital timing...."
Correspondence: D. T. Lichter,
Pennsylvania State University, Population Research Institute, 3
Burrowes Building, University Park, PA 16802. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10395 Mozny, Ivo;
Rabusic, Ladislav. Unmarried cohabitation in
Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak Sociological Review, Special Issue,
Vol. 28, Aug 1992. 107-17 pp. Prague, Czechoslovakia. In Eng.
Trends in consensual union in Czechoslovakia are discussed using
data from two surveys conducted in 1985 and 1990. "Results showed that
31% and 37% of couples contracting their first marriage lived together
in 1985 and 1990, respectively. The proportion of cohabitants among
couples contracting a second or third marriage was 73% and 77%. Our
conclusion is that unmarried cohabitation in Czechoslovakia...is not of
a Scandinavian type....We call it 'engaged cohabitation', which is
oriented toward marriage."
Correspondence: I. Mozny,
Masaryk University, Department of Sociology, Social Work and Policy,
Arne Novaka 1, 660 88 Brno, Slovakia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10396 Onuoha,
Nelson. Nuptiality patterns in two west African
states. Journal of Biosocial Science, Vol. 25, No. 1, Jan 1993.
39-43 pp. Cambridge, England. In Eng.
"Using data from the
Demographic Health Survey for Ghana and Senegal, the influences of
education and rural versus urban residence, and the difference between
the two states on proportions married by various ages and on singulate
mean age at marriage are investigated."
Correspondence: N.
Onuoha, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Centre for
Population Studies, 99 Gower Street, London WC1E 6AZ, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10397 Qu,
Xihua. Marital status of Tibetan women and its
characteristics. Population Research, Vol. 8, No. 4, Dec 1991.
9-14 pp. Beijing, China. In Eng.
Results are presented from a
survey conducted in China in 1985 to determine marital status among
Tibetan women. Data are provided on marital status by age, fertility
status, and past marital status. The methodology used in the analysis
is also described.
Correspondence: X. Qu, Sichuan
University, Institute of Population Research, 29 Wangjianglu,
Jiuyanqiao, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10398 Rajulton,
Fernando; Burch, Thomas K. A behavioural analysis of
remarriage: motivation and market influences. Population Studies
Centre Discussion Paper, No. 92-8, ISBN 0-7714-1400-5. May 1992. 22,
[5] pp. University of Western Ontario, Population Studies Centre:
London, Canada. In Eng.
"An accelerated failure time model...of
remarriage is developed, with covariates for age at first marriage
dissolution and supply of potential mates. Applied to cohort data for
Canadian men and women 18-64, the model gives expected results for age
at dissolution and supply of mates, and the novel result that for most
cohorts, the underlying hazard increases with duration from
dissolution. The addition of a gamma distribution to capture
unmeasured heterogeneity in motivation and/or personal eligibility for
remarriage reveals averages and variances that generally decline across
age groups...and are higher for men than for women. The results
suggest the possibility that motivation may have played a larger role
than previously thought in the failure of some women to
remarry...."
Correspondence: University of Western Ontario,
Population Studies Centre, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10399 Sardon,
Jean-Paul. Women's first marriage rates in Europe:
elements for a typology. [La primo-nuptialite feminine en Europe:
elements pour une typologie.] Population, Vol. 47, No. 4, Jul-Aug 1992.
855-91 pp. Paris, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
The author
compares marriage patterns in Western Europe with those in Eastern
Europe. He finds that "marriage is common and is contracted at
relatively young ages in the East; it is less frequent and occurs later
in the West. This gap between Eastern and Western Europe only dates
back to the late 1970s....The present gap is caused by the fact that
newly emerging alternative matrimonial models have not yet reached
Eastern Europe. The present gap could, therefore, prove to be only a
temporary episode, until the new forms of union which have not yet
become established in Eastern Europe for economic reasons, develop
there as well."
Correspondence: J.-P. Sardon, Institut
National d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris
Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
59:10400 van Poppel,
Frans. Marriage in the Netherlands. A
historic-demographic study of the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries. [Trouwen in Nederland. Een historisch-demografische
studie van de 19 en vroeg-20e eeuw.] A. A. G. Bijdragen, No. 33, ISBN
90-70990-39-3. 1992. [xx], 654 pp. Landbouwuniversiteit, Afdeling
Agrarische Geschiedenis [AAG]: Wageningen, Netherlands. In Dut. with
sum. in Eng.
"This study deals with the development of marriage,
marital dissolution, and remarriage in the Netherlands in the period
1815-1930. It pays attention to the cultural ideas that guided the
marriage decisions of 19th century men and women, making extensive use
of 19th and 20th century statistical, sociological, historical, legal,
economic, and ethnographic sources....The very high regional variation
in age at marriage and marriage frequency in this period was analyzed
using multivariate analysis of statistical data for 27 regions. The
Dutch pattern of dissolution of marriage (by death and divorce) and of
remarriage was examined in detail for the period 1850-90 using existing
Dutch data on widowhood, divorce and remarriage, a variety of
qualitative sources and data from the vital registration system and the
population register for several cities. Proportional hazards models
were used in this analysis."
Correspondence:
Landbouwuniversiteit, Afdeling Agrarische Geschiedenis, Salverdaplein
11, POB 9101, 6700 HB Wageningen, Netherlands. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10401 Wadhera,
Surinder; Strachan, Jill. Selected marriage statistics,
1921-1990. [Certains renseignements sur les mariages contractes de
1921 a 1990.] Pub. Order No. 82-552. ISBN 0-660-54879-8. Sep 1992. 55
pp. Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Health Information: Ottawa,
Canada. In Eng; Fre.
"This publication is a compilation of
historical data relating to selected marriage data from 1921-1990 for
Canada, the ten provinces, and the two territories. The major topics
included in this publication relate to: numbers and rates of marriages,
marriages by month, age-specific marriage rates, marriages by age and
marital status, and average and median age of bride and bridegroom at
marriage."
Correspondence: Statistics Canada, Canadian
Centre for Health Information, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OT6, Canada.
Location: New York Public Library.
59:10402 Wineberg,
Howard. Childbearing and dissolution of the second
marriage. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 54, No. 4, Nov
1992. 879-87 pp. Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Eng.
"Using 1987-88
[U.S.] National Survey of Families and Households data, this study
examines the relationship between childbearing and dissolution of the
second marriage among white women. Women who give birth in the second
marriage have a significantly reduced probability of dissolution.
Childbearing prior to remarriage is associated with a significantly
increased risk of dissolution in the first 5 years of the second
marriage....An examination of the timing of births occurring before the
second marriage shows that entering the second marriage with a
preschool-age child or having an intermarital birth is not related to
dissolution. The results suggest that bringing school-age children
into a new marriage is associated with an increased risk of
dissolution. The implications of the results are
discussed."
Correspondence: H. Wineberg, Portland State
University, School of Urban and Public Affairs, Center for Population
Research and Census, Portland, OR 97207-0751. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10403 Xenos,
Peter; Gultiano, Socorro A. Trends in female and male age
at marriage and celibacy in Asia. Papers of the Program on
Population, No. 120, ISBN 0-86638-153-8. LC 92-27059. Sep 1992. 46 pp.
East-West Center, Program on Population [POP]: Honolulu, Hawaii. In
Eng.
"This paper examines trends across Asia in the female and male
mean ages at entrance to marriage....We show that with few exceptions
the long-term trend to later female marriage continued into the 1980s
and in many countries has produced quite high percentages single among
the young....Trends for males are in sharp contrast. There has been
less change and the pace of change has been slower. In fact, the
underlying components of change have been different for females and
males. The essential difference is that female ages at marriage have
become more diverse, while there has been a homogenization of male
marriage ages."
Correspondence: East-West Center, Program
on Population, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10404 Zamudio,
Lucero; Rubiano, Norma. Nuptiality in Colombia. [La
nupcialidad en Colombia.] ISBN 958-616-114-5. LC 92-163614. 1991.
[xviii], 182, 81 pp. Universidad Externado de Colombia: Bogota,
Colombia. In Spa.
Results are presented from two nuptiality studies
conducted in urban Colombia in 1984 and 1985, supplemented by data from
the 1985 census. The authors compare current marriage trends with those
of the early 1900s. Following an examination of first marriages that
took place from 1910 to 1939, Part 2 describes remarriage. Part 3
covers social aspects of current trends, including age factors,
religion, mate selection, and couple
relations.
Correspondence: Universidad Externado de
Colombia, Calle 12, Numero 1, 17 Este Bogota, Colombia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10405 Bruce,
Judith; Lloyd, Cynthia B. Finding the ties that bind:
beyond headship and household. Population Council Research
Division Working Paper, No. 41, 1992. 37 pp. Population Council,
Research Division: New York, New York. In Eng.
"This
paper...combines a review of recent literature on female-headed and
-maintained families and a reanalysis of newly available data on family
circumstances and the living arrangements of women and children [in
developing countries]....The paper [also] draws out lessons for future
research priorities and population development policy....Special
emphasis is placed on the specification and support of parenting
roles--particularly fathering roles--in fulfilling the social and
economic needs of children."
Correspondence: Population
Council, Research Division, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY
10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10406 Burch,
Thomas K. Estimating kinship counts from the Goodman,
Keyfitz, Pullum equations: an alternative procedure. Population
Studies Centre Discussion Paper, No. 92-4, ISBN 0-7714-1392-0. May
1992. 6, [2] pp. University of Western Ontario, Population Studies
Centre: London, Canada. In Eng.
The author describes an alternative
to the method outlined in a 1974 paper by K. A. Goodman, N. Keyfitz,
and T. W. Pullum on modeling kinship counts. "This note illustrates
[another] method of evaluating the kinship integrals directly, using
readily available computer software developed since their paper first
appeared. The method requires a minimum of programming, yields results
that agree well with the Pullum approximations, and has the advantage,
both scientific and pedagogical, of working directly with the
theoretical equations rather than with finite approximation algorithms.
Theory and computation are more closely linked....The method is
illustrated for children and grandchildren for 1981 Canadian
data...."
For the article by Goodman et al., published in 1974, see
40:3393.
Correspondence: University of Western Ontario,
Population Studies Centre, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10407 Buvinic,
Mayra; Valenzuela, Juan P.; Molina, Temistocles; Gonzalez,
Electra. The fortunes of adolescent mothers and their
children: the transmission of poverty in Santiago, Chile.
Population and Development Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, Jun 1992. 269-97,
393, 395 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"Six years after a group of low-income adolescent mothers in
Santiago, Chile had given birth to their first child, 42 percent of the
fathers had abandoned their children. The authors gathered
retrospective life-histories on these mothers and used indicators of
child well-being to examine patterns of family formation and the
reproduction of poverty in mother-child pairs." The aim of the study
was "to determine whether adolescent motherhood gives rise to
disadvantaged female-headed households; whether adolescent mothers
and/or households headed by women transmit disadvantage and poverty to
the next generation; and, if so, which mechanisms contribute to this
transmission."
Correspondence: M. Buvinic, International
Center for Research on Women, Washington, D.C. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10408 Camilleri,
Carmel. Changes in Maghrebian and Portuguese family
structure in France. [Evolution des structures familiales chez les
Maghrebins et les Portugais de France.] Revue Europeenne des Migrations
Internationales, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1992. 133-46 pp. Poitiers, France. In
Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
The author examines family formation in
France by immigrant groups from northern Africa and Portugal. The
influence of Western culture on traditional patriarchical societies is
noted.
Correspondence: C. Camilleri, Universite de Paris V,
Centre Henri Pierron, 28 rue Serpente, 75006 Paris, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10409 Cheong,
Keywon. Family ties of out-migrants: determinants of
visiting and paying support to the family of origin. Journal of
Population, Health and Social Welfare, Vol. 11, No. 2, Dec 1991. 83-99
pp. Seoul, Korea, Republic of. In Kor. with sum. in Eng.
"This
study investigates the socioeconomic and demographic determinants of
[the] family ties of out-migrants. Family ties are measured by the
frequency of visits and the amount of financial support that recent
outmigrants pay to their family of origin....Data [are] from the Korean
National Migration Survey of 1983...."
Correspondence: K.
Cheong, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, San 42-14,
Bulgwang-dong, Eunpyung-ku, Seoul 122-040, Republic of Korea.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10410 Cigno,
Alessandro. Economics of the family. ISBN
0-19-828709-7. LC 91-6319. 1991. vii, 212 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford,
England. In Eng.
This study is an attempt "to reproduce the main
propositions of the economic theory of the family, and to generate some
new ones, within a unified analytical framework--the simplest
possible." The book endeavors to "establish functional relationships
that will help explain observed changes of aggregate family behaviour,
and differences of behaviour between broadly defined categories of
families and individuals. It also sets out to examine the congruity of
various kinds of public policy aimed at the family with the declared
objectives of those policies." Topics covered include household
formation and marriage, the cost of children, the demand for children,
the timing of births, and intergenerational issues. The geographical
focus is on developed market-economy
countries.
Correspondence: Oxford University Press, Walton
Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, England. Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
59:10411 De Vos,
Susan; Lee, Yean-Ju. Change in extended family living
among elderly people in South Korea, 1970-1980. Economic
Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 41, No. 2, Jan 1993. 377-93 pp.
Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
Changes in family characteristics in
South Korea are explored using data from the 1970 and 1980 censuses.
The focus is on the living arrangements of the population over age 60.
The authors establish that "the proportion of individuals 60 years or
older living in extended family households dropped from about 71% in
1970 to 64% in 1980."
Correspondence: S. De Vos, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53201. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPIA).
59:10412 Desai,
Sonalde; Jain, Devaki. Maternal employment and changes in
family dynamics: the social context of women's work in rural south
India. Population Council Research Division Working Paper, No. 39,
1992. 42 pp. Population Council, Research Division: New York, New York.
In Eng.
"The goal of this paper is to examine the role of gender
inequality within the political economy in shaping intra-family
dynamics associated with women's employment. In particular, we examine
the relationship between maternal employment and child welfare within
the context of gender inequality in the labor market, poverty, and lack
of access to infrastructure in rural South India."
This is a revised
version of a paper originally presented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of
the Population Association of America.
Correspondence:
Population Council, Research Division, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New
York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10413 Dumont,
Gerard-Francois. The marital status of single-parent
families with low or no income in France. [La situation
matrimoniale en France des familles monoparentales a revenu faible ou
sans revenu.] Population, Vol. 47, No. 4, Jul-Aug 1992. 1,045-51 pp.
Paris, France. In Fre.
The author examines single-parent families
in France to determine whether a relationship exists between income
level and marital status. Data are from records of widowed, divorced,
separated, or never-married recipients of government family aid and
concern the period 1980-1990.
Correspondence: G.-F. Dumont,
Universite de Paris-Sorbonne, 12 place du Pantheon, 75231 Paris Cedex
05, France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10414 Fratczak,
Ewa; Paszek, Barbara. An examination of family and
migration career correlation--an application of the non-parametric
analysis methods to the results of the retrospective study--life course
(Family Occupational and Migratory Biography), 1988. Polish
Population Review, No. 2, 1992. 5-47 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Eng.
The authors analyze the relationships between family life cycle
events and migration using data for Poland. "Two main questions have
been asked....1. how does migration influence the future family career
of [an] individual? 2. how does an event in [the] family career, e.g.,
birth [of] a child, influence migration options? Two methods of
non-parametric analysis were taken into consideration...a method of
standardization and [a] method based on the theory of dependent
competing risks. Conclusions following from the application of the
competing risks model correspond to those drawn from the method of
standardization."
Correspondence: E. Fratczak, Warsaw
School of Economics, Institute of Statistics and Demography, Al.
Niepodleglosci 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10415 Fratczak,
Ewa. Living arrangements of the elderly in
Poland--evidence from survey Life Course (Family, Occupation and
Migratory Biography), 1988. Polish Population Review, No. 2, 1992.
106-26 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Eng.
"The paper presents a structural
analysis of the living arrangements of the elderly in Poland based on
the results of [a 1988] Polish retrospective survey....Evaluation of
living arrangements includes persons aged 60 and over and concentrates
mainly on: family and household composition, intergenerational
transfers, occupational activity of retired persons and selected
aspects of health and life satisfaction."
Correspondence:
E. Fratczak, Warsaw School of Economics, Institute of Statistics and
Demography, Al. Niepodleglosci 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10416 Gaye
Guingnido, Kossi. Measuring the impact of migration on
household changes: the case of Benin. [La mesure de l'impact des
migrations sur l'evolution des menages: le cas du Benin.] Institut de
Demographie Monographie, No. 3, ISBN 2-87209-235-8. 1993. 216 pp.
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Demographie, Departement
des Sciences de la Population et du Developpement: Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium; Academia-Erasme: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. In Fre.
The
author attempts to include the migration factor into an analysis of
household change using data from Benin. These data are from a variety
of sources, including the 1979 census and a 1988 survey of some 500
households carried out in Cotonou. The author first develops the
concept of a migrant household. The methodological aspects of
analyzing the effects of migration on household characteristics and
size are discussed. The study examines the impact on households of
such migration-related practices as the migration of children on their
own and the fostering of children into other
households.
Correspondence: Universite Catholique de
Louvain, Institut de Demographie, Departement des Sciences de la
Population et du Developpement, 1 place Montesquieu, BP 17, 1348
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
59:10417
Goldscheider, Frances K.; Waite, Linda J. New
families, no families? The transformation of the American home.
Studies in Demography, Vol. 6, ISBN 0-520-07222-7. LC 91-15452. 1991.
xvi, 303 pp. University of California Press: Berkeley,
California/London, England. In Eng.
"This book is about two
revolutions confronting the family [in the United States]. The first
revolution is taking place inside the family, where changes in sex
roles, which have increased women's participation in the paid labor
force, are now challenging the rules underlying traditional
marriage....The second revolution is going on outside the family, where
unmarried people are experiencing the privacy, dignity, and authority
(and sometimes the loneliness) of living in their own home rather than
living in a family as a child, relative, or lodger." Data are from a
variety of published sources.
Correspondence: University of
California Press, 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Location: Princeton University Library (FST).
59:10418 Greenhalgh,
Susan. The changing value of children in the transition
from socialism: the view from three Chinese villages. Population
Council Research Division Working Paper, No. 43, 1992. 32 pp.
Population Council, Research Division: New York, New York. In Eng.
The author assesses the impact of a country's transition from
socialism on the value of children, using the example of China, with
data collected in three villages in Shaanxi province. She finds that
"almost a decade after...reforms were instituted, children played
important roles in agricultural production, but their contributions to
entrepreneurship were negligible, and their participation in the
old-age social security system was no longer assured. It argues that
the state itself was responsible for weakening the family labor
regime....The reduced value of children may have limited the family's
economic potential, but its demographic implications were more
favorable. In an environment where many children are perceived as
economic burdens, peasant fertility can be expected to remain modest
with or without the existence of a forceful population
policy."
Correspondence: Population Council, Research
Division, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10419 Heida, H.
R. The PRIMOS household model. [Het
PRIMOS-huishoudenmodel.] Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 40, No.
11, Nov 1992. 16-25 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in
Eng.
The PRIMOS model, developed to forecast changes in household
composition in the Netherlands, is applied to official data for the
period 1977-1990. "The forecast results in an increasing number of
households in the Netherlands, from 5.95 million in 1990 to 7.37
million in 2015." Projections by region are also
included.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10420 Hermalin,
Albert I.; Riley, Ann P.; Rosero-Bixby, Luis. Regional
differences in family size preferences in Costa Rica and their
implications for transition theory. Population Studies Center
Research Report, No. 90-162, Jun 1990. 29, [12] pp. University of
Michigan, Population Studies Center: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
"This paper examines the role of region in shaping family size
preferences among rural Costa Rican women....The strong effect of
region on preferences is contrasted with its role as a determinant of
actual family size and of contraceptive use, and the implications of
the findings for competing theories about the demographic transition is
discussed in some detail."
This is a revised version of a paper
originally presented at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the Population
Association of America.
Correspondence: University of
Michigan, Population Studies Center, 1225 South University Avenue, Ann
Arbor, MI 48109-1070. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
59:10421 Himes,
Christine L. Future caregivers: projected family
structures of older persons. Journal of Gerontology: Social
Sciences, Vol. 47, No. 1, Jan 1992. S17-26 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This research uses multiple decrement life tables and component
projection methods to project the future family status of elderly
persons [in the United States] until the year 2020. The high level of
fertility among women during the 1950s will result in greater
proportions of future elderly persons having surviving children.
Declines in mortality, coupled with increases in rates of marriage,
increase the probability that both men and women will have spouses
surviving in their old age."
Correspondence: C. L. Himes,
Pennsylvania State University, Population Issues Research Center, 22
Burrowes Building, University Park, PA 16802. Location:
Princeton University Library (SW).
59:10422 Knodel,
John; Chayovan, Napaporn. Do Thai newlyweds really live
separately? Social Forces, Vol. 71, No. 2, Dec 1992. 513-8 pp.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In Eng.
The authors present a critique
of a recent study by Aphichat Chamratrithirong, S. Philip Morgan, and
Ronald R. Rindfuss on whether newlyweds in Thailand actually live
together following marriage. A reply by Chamratrithirong et al. is
included (pp. 517-8).
For the study by Chamratrithirong et al.,
published in 1988, see 54:30373.
Correspondence: J.
Knodel, University of Michigan, Population Studies Center, 1225 South
University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2590. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10423 Knodel,
John; Debavalya, Nibhon. Social and economic support
systems for the elderly in Asia: an introduction. Asia-Pacific
Population Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3, Sep 1992. 5-12 pp. Bangkok,
Thailand. In Eng.
This is an introduction to a special issue on
aspects of demographic aging in Asia. It provides "an overview of the
issues related to the rapid increase in the number of elderly in some
Asian countries. It describes how the articles contained in this
special issue...demonstrate that the familial system of support for the
elderly has persisted despite major social and economic change. It
also briefly highlights the findings of the country
studies."
Correspondence: J. Knodel, University of
Michigan, Population Studies Center, 1225 South University Avenue, Ann
Arbor, MI 48109-1070. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
59:10424 Landale,
Nancy S.; Hauan, Susan M. The family life course of Puerto
Rican children. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 54, No.
4, Nov 1992. 912-24 pp. Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Eng.
"Using data
from a survey of Puerto Rican women residing in the New York City area
in 1985, this paper examines the implications of changing marital
behavior for Puerto Rican children's family life course. The analysis
shows that: (a) a growing proportion of Puerto Rican children are born
outside of formal or informal coresidential unions; (b) among children
born into intact unions, an increasing proportion are the offspring of
informal unions; (c) Puerto Rican children face high and rising risks
of experiencing family disruption during childhood; and (d) among those
who enter single-parent families, the duration of time with a single
mother is rarely brief. Given the high poverty rate of female-headed
families, our findings imply that Puerto Rican children face rising
risks of experiencing sustained poverty during
childhood."
Correspondence: N. S. Landale, Pennsylvania
State University, Population Research Institute, 22 Burrowes Building,
University Park, PA 16802. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
59:10425 Li,
Jingneng. Reproduction worship and population growth in
China. Chinese Journal of Population Science, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1992.
27-31 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The history of family size
desires and son preference values in China are examined. The focus is
on how these beliefs affect modern Chinese family formation decisions.
The author finds that "the idea of family perpetuation still persists
in the minds of the people, although the nature of the state power has
completely changed, traditional peasant economy no longer plays a
leading role in the national economy, and modern industry and commerce
have penetrated into the economy of the rural
family."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10426 Mason,
Karen O. Family change and support of the elderly in Asia:
what do we know? Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3,
Sep 1992. 13-32 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
"After outlining
variations in traditional family systems in Asia, this article
discusses likely impacts of urbanization, industrialization and
migration on family structure and care of the elderly. Evidence about
changing family support for the elderly in Asia is then reviewed. The
article's main conclusion is that future changes in Asian countries and
areas seem likely to erode traditional family-based systems of care for
the elderly, even if the overall welfare of the elderly improves
because of higher incomes. Problems faced by elderly women are likely
to be especially acute and may require special policies to deal with
them."
Correspondence: K. O. Mason, East-West Center,
Program on Population, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10427 Menniti,
Adele. Italian families in the 1980s. [Le famiglie
italiane degli anni '80.] Collana Monografie, No. 2, 1991. 306 pp.
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Ricerche sulla
Popolazione [IRP]: Rome, Italy. In Ita.
This is a selection of
papers by various authors concerning the family in Italy in the 1980s.
A common feature is the use of census data and the results of surveys
undertaken by the National Research Council to analyze changes in
family characteristics. Chapters are included on families without
children, one-person households, families with elderly relatives,
one-parent families, premarital cohabitation, and consensual
unions.
Correspondence: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche,
Istituto di Ricerche sulla Popolazione, Viale Beethoven 56, 00144 Rome,
Italy. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10428 Morgan, S.
Philip; McDaniel, Antonio; Miller, Andrew T.; Preston, Samuel
H. Racial differences in household and family structure at
the turn of the century. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 98,
No. 4, Jan 1993. 799-828 pp. Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
"Using
recently available data drawn from the 1910 [U.S.] census manuscripts,
this article documents sharp racial differences in family and household
structure at the turn of the century. Compared with those of native
whites, African-American households were less likely to be nuclear and
more likely to be headed by women. Further, African-American women
were much more likely than white women to have surviving children who
were not living with them at the time of the census. Because such
historical differences parallel contemporary ones, the authors call for
greater attention to persistent structural, cultural, and demographic
factors that affect racial differences in family
structure."
Correspondence: S. P. Morgan, University of
Pennsylvania, Population Studies Center, 3718 Locust Walk,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
59:10429 Oderkirk,
Jillian; Lochhead, Clarence. Lone parenthood: gender
differences. Canadian Social Trends, No. 27, Winter 1992. 16-9 pp.
Ottawa, Canada. In Eng.
Census data for 1991 and statistics from
surveys conducted in 1987, 1988, and 1989 are used to examine
one-parent families in Canada. The emphasis is on differences among
households headed by women or men. Age differences, educational
status, and income sources are examined.
Correspondence: J.
Oderkirk, Canadian Social Trends, Statistics Canada, Ottawa K1A 0T6,
Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10430
Padmanabhan, M. Profile of rural female headed
households. Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 9, No. 6, Nov 1990.
1,061-5 pp. Hyderabad, India. In Eng.
The author presents a profile
of rural households headed by women in India, using data from the
1987-1988 Employment and Unemployment Survey. Comparisons between
female-headed and other types of rural households are made in terms of
household size, land owned and cultivated, use of hired agricultural
labor, and household consumption.
Correspondence: M.
Padmanabhan, National Institute of Rural Development, Rajendranagar,
Hyderabad 500 030, India. Location: Center for Research
Libraries, Chicago, IL.
59:10431 Suzuki,
Toru. An analytical model of kin frequencies based on the
age-parity structure of population. Jinko Mondai Kenkyu/Journal of
Population Problems, Vol. 48, No. 3, Oct 1992. 1-15 pp. Tokyo, Japan.
In Jpn. with sum. in Eng.
"After a mathematical inspection of
demographic models of kin frequencies, this article shows that lack of
parity structure is the most problematic weakness of existing
models....[An] effort is made to develop a kin frequency model [based]
on [an] age-parity-structured population model. Fertility rates by
birth order [are] obtained from [the] 1987 Japan National Fertility
Survey, and female life tables with parity structure [are] constructed.
Intrinsic growth rate is calculated to get a stable population model
with parity. Expressions to attain various kin counts and family life
cycle [events] are developed...."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10432 Szucs,
Zoltan. The effect of double address registration on
household and family structures. [A kettos lakcimbejelentes hatasa
a haztartas- es csaladstrukturara.] Statisztikai Szemle, Vol. 70, No.
10, Oct 1992. 820-33 pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Hun. with sum. in Eng;
Rus.
The author examines ways in which Hungary's double address
registration system influences the number and composition of families
and households.
Correspondence: Z. Szucs, Kozponti
Statisztikai Hivatal, P.O.B. 51, Keleti Karoly Utca 5-7, H-1525
Budapest II, Hungary. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
59:10433 Tan, Poo
Chang. Implications of changing family structures on
old-age support in the ESCAP region. Asia-Pacific Population
Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, Jun 1992. 49-66 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
"This article considers the various types of old-age support and
care, and the implications of changing family structures [in the
Asia-Pacific region]. It concludes that long-term development planning
should cater for the need to increase social support services in line
with changing demographic scenarios."
Correspondence: P. C.
Tan, University of Malaya, Faculty of Economics and Administration,
Lembah Pantai, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10434 Tuan,
Chi-hsien. Gender selection and fertility regulation in
the process of family building in China. Chinese Journal of
Population Science, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1992. 33-54 pp. New York, New York.
In Eng.
The author uses "data obtained from the per thousand
sampling survey of fertility in China in 1982" to examine the effect of
sex preference and government-imposed birth quotas on family size.
"The...analysis indicates that the major cause of extra unplanned
births is the conflict between the government's planning and the
individuals' ideal of family size."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
59:10435 Ulijaszek,
Stanley J. Influence of birth interval and child labour on
family energy requirements and dependency ratios in two traditional
subsistence economies in Africa. Journal of Biosocial Science,
Vol. 25, No. 1, Jan 1993. 79-86 pp. Cambridge, England. In Eng.
The
author investigates the rationality of child labor in traditional
subsistence economies. "The consequences of different birth intervals
on dietary energy requirements and dependency ratios at different
stages of the family lifecycle are modelled for Gambian
agriculturalists and !Kung hunter-gatherers. Energy requirements reach
a peak at between 20 and 30 years after starting a family for the
Gambians, and between 15 and 20 years for the !Kung. For the Gambians,
[a] shorter birth interval confers no economic advantage over the
traditional birth interval of 30 months. For the !Kung, the lack of
participation in subsistence activities by children gives an
output:input ratio in excess of that reported in other studies,
suggesting that they are in a state of chronic energy
deficiency."
Correspondence: S. J. Ulijaszek, University of
Cambridge, Department of Biological Anthropology, Cambridge CB2 1TN,
England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:10436 Vijgen, J.;
van Engelsdorp Gastelaars, R. A varied existence: the use
of time and space in the daily life of some "old" and "new" groups
within the Dutch population. [Een gevarieerd bestaan: het gebruik
van tijd en ruimte in het dagelijks leven van enkele "oude" en "nieuwe"
groepen binnen de Nederlandse bevolking.] Stedelijke Netwerken
Werkstukken, No. 28, ISBN 90-5405-007-1. Apr 1991. vi, 208 pp.
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Centrum voor Grootstedelijk Onderzoek:
Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Dut.
Changes in the characteristics of
Dutch households since the 1970s are explored. The focus is on how the
various types of households differ with regard to their daily way of
life and behavior. The authors compare traditional and modern types of
households and note differences between urban and other
households.
Correspondence: Stedelijke Netwerken, Postbus
80.1115, 3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
