60:40370
Abdelrahman, Abdelrahman I. Education and
assortative marriage in northern and urban Sudan: 1945-79. Journal
of Biosocial Science, Vol. 26, No. 3, Jul 1994. 341-8 pp. Cambridge,
England. In Eng.
"This study examines the extent of assortative
mating for education in Northern Sudan and urban Khartoum. More males
than females were found at higher levels of education. Increasingly,
people tend to marry persons of equal educational level, but the
unequal educational opportunities for males and females have led to the
emergence of educational exogamy in which members of different
educational levels are more likely to marry from the adjacent
educational category than from distant categories. The increasing level
of education for both sexes, and especially for females, may in part
explain the rising trend in age at
marriage."
Correspondence: A. I. Abdelrahman, New Jersey
Department of Health, Trenton, NJ 08619. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40371 Adams, Bert
N.; Mburugu, Edward. Kikuyu bridewealth and polygyny
today. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2,
Summer 1994. 159-66 pp. Calgary, Canada. In Eng.
"This study of the
Kikuyu [of Kenya] today looked at bridewealth and polygyny. The sample
was about 300 30-40 year-olds, divided between residents of Nairobi and
rural Kiambu. The families of almost all the male respondents had paid
bridewealth at their marriages....About one in six of the male
respondents either were currently in polygynous relationships, or
planned to be. This was lower than the 28% of their fathers who were
polygynous. The explanation for the reduction included opportunity,
attitude change, expense, and the availability of extramarital
relationships."
Correspondence: B. N. Adams, University of
Wisconsin, Department of Sociology, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI
53706. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
60:40372 Bennett,
Neil G.; Bloom, David E.; Miller, Cynthia K. The influence
of nonmarital childbearing on the formation of first marriages.
NBER Working Paper, No. 4564, Dec 1993. 28, [15] pp. National Bureau of
Economic Research [NBER]: Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Eng.
"We
examine the association between nonmarital childbearing and the
subsequent likelihood of first marriage and document a negative
association between these variables--controlling for a variety of
potentially confounding influences--in several large survey data sets
for the United States. We then subject possible explanations of this
finding to empirical test."
This is a revised version of a paper
originally presented at the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Population
Association of America.
Correspondence: National Bureau of
Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
60:40373 Bergstrom,
Theodore; Lam, David. The effects of cohort size on
marriage-markets in twentieth-century Sweden. In: The family, the
market and the state in ageing societies, edited by John Ermisch and
Naohiro Ogawa. 1994. 46-63 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In
Eng.
"The first section of the chapter presents descriptive
statistics of marriage patterns in twentieth-century Sweden. We follow
this with an outline of our equilibrium theory of marriage assignment.
Finally, we compare actual marriage patterns with those predicted by a
simple implementation of our model which assumes that the difference
between preferred age of marriage for the two sexes did not change over
the entire period."
Correspondence: T. Bergstrom,
University of Michigan, Department of Economics, 1225 South University
Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2590. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40374 Blom,
Svein. Marriage and cohabitation in a changing society:
experience of Norwegian men and women born in 1945 and 1960.
European Journal of Population/Revue Europeenne de Demographie, Vol.
10, No. 2, 1994. 143-73 pp. Hingham, Massachusetts/Dordrecht,
Netherlands. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"Retrospective survey data
are used to estimate the effect of various factors on the transitions
to first marriage or first cohabitation among single Norwegian men and
women born in 1945 and 1960. A high educational level is not found to
reduce marriage intensities for women, although educational enrollment
appears to be less compatible with marriage for women than men. The
effect of employment varies according to prevailing sex-role
expectations. The data support the assumption that modern cohabitation
developed from two socially opposite origins, the educated elite and
the working class. A social value dimension is assumed to have a major
effect upon the present-day choice between marriage and
cohabitation."
Correspondence: S. Blom, Statistisk
Sentralbyra, Division for Demography and Living Conditions, P.B. 8131
Dep., 0033 Oslo 1, Norway. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
60:40375 Botev,
Nikolai. Where East meets West: ethnic intermarriage in
the former Yugoslavia, 1962 to 1989. American Sociological Review,
Vol. 59, No. 3, Jun 1994. 461-80 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"I
examine ethnic intermarriage in the former Yugoslavia to determine the
prevalence of exogamy there and if exogamy has increased since World
War II....Using marriage registration data, I apply log-linear models
to distinguish the effects of changes in the marginal distribution of
spouses' traits from patterns that reflect the association between
these traits. The results show that the widespread perception that
intermarriage occurred frequently is an exaggeration--over the last
three decades there has been no clear increase in the rates of
intermarriage. Further, social barriers have hindered interactions
(and intermarriage) among three cultural traditions present in the
former Yugoslavia...."
This is a revised version of a paper
originally presented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the Population
Association of America.
Correspondence: N. Botev, 93D
Avenue d'Aire, 1203 Geneva, Switzerland. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40376 Chowdhury,
Fakhrul I.; Trovato, Frank. The role and status of women
and the timing of marriage in five Asian countries. Journal of
Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer 1994. 143-57 pp.
Calgary, Canada. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"This study
explores the relationship of women's role and status in society to
their marriage timing in five non-industrial Asian countries
(Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Malaysia). The role and
status of women, conceptualized from acquired characteristics such as
education and occupation before marriage, determines the largest degree
of variance explained in timing of marriage....Additional evidence
indicates that country differences in female age at marriage are also
conditioned by the stage of a country's socio-economic
transition."
Correspondence: F. I. Chowdhury, University of
Alberta, Department of Sociology, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H4, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
60:40377 Clarkberg,
Marin; Stolzenberg, Ross M.; Waite, Linda J. Attitudes,
values, and the entrance into cohabitational unions. Population
Research Center Discussion Paper Series, No. 93-4, Nov 1993. 28, [12]
pp. University of Chicago, National Opinion Research Center [NORC],
Population Research Center: Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
The effects
of values and attitudes measured prior to union formation on choice of
cohabitation or marriage are assessed using U.S. data from the National
Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. "Our findings show
strong support for the argument that values and attitudes lay a causal
role in the formation of unions; people who choose to cohabit were
significantly different prior to their decision to cohabit both from
people who married and from people who stayed
single."
Correspondence: University of Chicago, National
Opinion Research Center, Population Research Center, 1155 East 60th
Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
60:40378 de
Guibert-Lantoine, Catherine; Leridon, Henri; Toulemon, Laurent;
Villeneuve-Gokalp, Catherine. Adult cohabitation. [La
cohabitation adulte.] Population et Societes, No. 293, Sep 1994. 4 pp.
Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In
Fre.
Trends in consensual union in France are analyzed using data
from a 1994 INED survey. The results show the growing acceptance of
consensual unions as an alternative to
marriage.
Correspondence: Institut National d'Etudes
Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40379 De Silva,
W. Indralal. Family formation: socio-cultural
differentials in age at first marriage in Sri Lanka. Journal of
Family Welfare, Vol. 39, No. 3, Sep 1993. 55-60 pp. Bombay, India. In
Eng.
The author investigates the sociocultural differences in age
at first marriage in Sri Lanka. "The data used in this study come
[from] the Sri Lanka Contraceptive Prevalence Survey (SLCPS) of 1982."
Aspects considered include place of residence, educational level,
ethnicity, and religion.
Correspondence: W. I. De Silva,
University of Colombo, Demographic Training and Research Unit, Post Box
1490, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
60:40380 Desrosiers,
Helene; Le Bourdais, Celine. Consensual unions in Canada:
a study on the process of their formation and dissolution. [Les
unions libres chez les femmes canadiennes: etude des processus de
formation et de dissolution.] In: Population, reproduction, societes:
perspectives et enjeux de demographie sociale, edited by Dennis D.
Cordell et al. 1993. 197-214 pp. Montreal, Canada. In Fre.
An
analysis of the extent of consensual unions in Canada is presented.
The emphasis is on the factors associated with the formation of this
kind of union, and those that lead to their evolution into formal
marriage or dissolution. Data are primarily from the Family Survey of
1984.
Correspondence: H. Desrosiers, Institut National de
la Recherche Scientifique, 2635 boulevard Hochelaga, Suite 640, C.P.
7500, Sainte-Foy, Quebec G1V 4C7, Canada. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40381 Dittgen,
Alfred. Forms of marriage in Europe: civil and religious
ceremonies. Overview and developments. [La forme du mariage en
Europe: ceremonie civile, ceremonie religieuse. Panorama et
evolution.] Population, Vol. 49, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1994. 339-68 pp. Paris,
France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
"The decreasing number of
marriages in Europe during the last quarter-century has been matched by
a decline in the proportion of marriages that involve a religious
ceremony. In Central Europe, where only civil marriages are recognized
by the law, the percentage of couples who go from the Registrar's
Office to Church or temple has continued to decline, at least in
Western countries....In Northern Europe, where both religious and civil
ceremonies are recognized, the percentage of weddings which involve a
religious ceremony has been rising for some years, especially in
Scandinavia. These different trends illustrate that religious and civil
marriage ceremonies have different implications and significance in
different social, political, religious and institutional
environments."
Correspondence: A. Dittgen, Universite de
Paris-Sorbonne, 12 place du Pantheon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40382 Dittgen,
Alfred. Regional differences in civil marriage in southern
Europe. [Disparites regionales du mariage civil en Europe du sud.]
Population, Vol. 49, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1994. 531-6 pp. Paris, France. In
Fre.
A comparative analysis of differences in civil marriage in
Italy, Spain, and Portugal is presented. The relationship between the
type of marriage ceremony chosen and level of religiousness in the
region concerned is discussed.
Correspondence: A. Dittgen,
12 allee de la Noiseraie, 93160 Noisy-le-Grand, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40383 Fialova,
Ludmila. Changes in nuptiality in Czech lands and
Slovakia, 1981-1988. Journal of Family History, Vol. 19, No. 2,
1994. 107-15 pp. Greenwich, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"During the period between the World Wars differences in the age at
first marriage and proportions married in the Czech and Slovak areas of
the Czechoslovak Republic showed the two to be distinct regions. In
the Post-World War II period, however, differences in both measures
have diminished and have almost disappeared, suggesting homogenization
of demographic behavior. Current ages at first marriage have fallen to
the levels interwar demographers believed to be conducive to family
instability."
Correspondence: L. Fialova, Czech Academy of
Sciences, Institute of Sociology, Narodni tr 3, 111 42 Prague, Czech
Republic. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40384 Ghilagaber,
Gebrenegus. The relationship between premarital
cohabitation and marital stability: evidence for Swedish men born in
1936-1960. Stockholm Research Reports in Demography, No. 80, ISBN
91-7820-080-6. Nov 1993. 40 pp. Stockholm University, Demography Unit:
Stockholm, Sweden. In Eng.
The relationship between premarital
cohabitation and the stability of subsequent marriages is examined
using data from a 1985 survey of 3,200 Swedish men born between 1936
and 1960. Using multiplicative hazard models, the author shows that
"previous cohabitors, compared to noncohabitors, tend to be at much
greater differential risk of dissolution at all durations of marriage.
In addition, we found that age at marriage, marriage duration, and
child(ren) are among the strongest determinants of the risk of marital
dissolution."
Correspondence: Stockholm University,
Demography Unit, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40385 Huang,
Rongqing. A study of changes in the marital pattern of
Chinese women in the past 40 years. Chinese Journal of Population
Science, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1993. 345-56 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"There has been a considerable amount of research on changes in the
pattern of first marriage among Chinese women and its impact on [the]
fertility rate since 1950. This paper attempts to establish several
indexes for measuring various dimensions subsumed in the status of
'being married'...to expound the inter-relationships between the number
and structure of marriages and the index of first marriage in the
population."
Correspondence: R. Huang, Beijing School of
Economics, Institute of Population Economics, Beijing, China.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40386 Kalmijn,
Matthijs. Assortative mating by cultural and economic
occupational status. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 100, No.
2, Sep 1994. 422-52 pp. Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
"This study
examines two micro-level hypotheses about status homogamy: (1) the
cultural matching hypothesis (people prefer to marry someone of similar
cultural status) and (2) the economic competition hypothesis (people
prefer to marry someone of higher economic status). Detailed
occupations of newlyweds in the 1970 and 1980 [U.S.] censuses are
analyzed. Scales of cultural and economic occupational status are
developed, and log-linear models of scaled association are used to
analyze 70 x 70 occupational marriage tables. It is found that
assortative mating by cultural status is more important than
assortative mating by economic status, the economic dimension of status
homogamy is more important when people marry late, and economic status
homogamy has increased between 1970 and 1980 at the expense of cultural
status homogamy."
Correspondence: M. Kalmijn, Utrecht
University, Department of Sociology, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht,
Netherlands. Location: Princeton University Library (SPIA).
60:40387 Lambert,
Andre. Marriage and divorce in Belgium between 1981 and
1991. [Mariages et divorces en Belgique entre 1981 et 1991.]
Interface Demography Working Paper, No. 1993-5, Aug 1993. 33, [3] pp.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Centrum voor Sociologie: Brussels, Belgium.
In Fre.
This analysis of trends in marriage and divorce in Belgium
over the course of the 1980s is based on vital statistics data. Three
main patterns are identified: a trend toward later age at first
marriage, an increase in divorce, and an increase in remarriage
following divorce.
Correspondence: Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Centrum voor Sociologie, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Location: Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques, Paris,
France.
60:40388 Manning,
Wendy D.; Smock, Pamela J. Why marry? Race and transition
to marriage among cohabitors. Population Research Institute
Working Paper, No. 94-18, May 1994. 31, [10] pp. Pennsylvania State
University, Population Research Institute: University Park,
Pennsylvania. In Eng.
"Our study investigates the transition to
first marriage among cohabiting black and white men and women, drawing
on data from the [U.S.] National Survey of Families and Households.
Our results underscore the importance of economic factors on the
transition to marriage for both black and white cohabitors."
This
paper was originally presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the
Population Association of America.
Correspondence:
Pennsylvania State University, Population Research Institute, 601
Oswald Tower, University Park, PA 16802-6211. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40389 Manting,
D. Diversity of couple relationships.
[Verscheidenheid in partner-relaties.] Maandstatistiek van de
Bevolking, Vol. 42, No. 5, May 1994. 23-9 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In
Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"This article focuses on differences between
married women who cohabited prior to marriage, married women who did
not cohabit prior to marriage, and cohabiting women. There are quite
remarkable differences between these three groups: in opinions about
primary relationships and separations, in motives for marrying, in
behaviour (stability of union, labour force participation) and
individual and couple-related characteristics (number of children,
religion). These results come from the Netherlands Family and
Fertility Survey 1993 conducted by Statistics
Netherlands."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40390 Molnar,
Edit S. Changes in the marital status of females giving
birth in adolescence, 1983-1993. [A serdulokorban szulo nok
csaladiallapot-valtozasai, 1983-1993.] Statisztikai Szemle, Vol. 72,
No. 7, Jul 1994. 560-76 pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Hun. with sum. in
Eng; Rus.
"A national survey was carried out in [Hungary in] 1983
covering females who gave birth to their first child [at] the age of 17
years and under. At that time 59 per cent of them were married, 29 per
cent cohabited with the child's father, and 12 per cent were single
mothers, the pregnancy of which originated from a short-lived
relationship. A similar survey was carried out among the same young
mothers in 1993. The study shows the changes which took place in their
marital status. The proportion of married rose to 81 per cent....Once
ten years were over, 9 per cent of the mothers were divorced, and 1 per
cent were widowed. The proportion of single mothers came also to 9 per
cent, some half of them--mostly females of gipsy ethnic
group--maintained cohabitation permanently with the first child's
father. It is a characteristic feature of the sample that cohabitation
is more admitted than in the population on the
whole."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40391 Oropesa, R.
S.; Lichter, Daniel T.; Anderson, Robert N. Marriage
markets and first marriage transitions: a comparison of
Mexican-Americans, African-Americans and Anglos. Population
Research Institute Working Paper, No. 1993-10, Apr 1993. 32, [10] pp.
Pennsylvania State University, Population Research Institute:
University Park, Pennsylvania. In Eng.
"Using data collected from
the [U.S.] National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study extends
previous analyses [of the relationship between race and nuptiality] by
investigating the roles of both structural and cultural factors in the
marriage transitions of Mexican-American, African-American and white
women. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between
macro-level conditions that differentially affect micro-level marriage
transitions--the sex ratio and spatial segregation."
This paper was
originally presented at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the Population
Association of America.
Correspondence: Pennsylvania State
University, Population Research Institute, 601 Oswald Tower, University
Park, PA 16802-6211. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:40392 Saluter,
Arlene F. Marital status and living arrangements: March
1993. Current Population Reports, Series P-20: Population
Characteristics, No. 478, May 1994. xiv, 76, [22] pp. U.S. Bureau of
the Census: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This report presents detailed
information on the marital status and living arrangements of the
noninstitutional population of the United States, based on the results
of the March 1993 Current Population Survey (CPS)." Most of the data
are presented by age, sex, race, and Hispanic
origin.
Correspondence: U.S. Government Printing Office,
Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40393 Samuel,
Olivia. A comparative socio-demographic study of
nuptiality in two states: Aguascalientes and Veracruz. [Estudio
sociodemografico comparativo de la nupcialidad en dos entidades
federativas: Aguascalientes y Veracruz.] Estudios Demograficos y
Urbanos, Vol. 8, No. 1, Jan-Apr 1993. 103-20, 258 pp. Mexico City,
Mexico. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
"In this article, nuptiality is
studied as a demographic and social phenomenon....The study focuses on
two states of [Mexico]: Aguascalientes and Veracruz, where the author
analyzes the formation of couples, the social norms which determine
marriage behavior patterns, and the interaction between marriage and
reproductive behavior patterns....[The study] includes a description of
the characteristics and patterns of unions in the two regions based on
data from the 1982 'Encuesta Nacional Demografica' (National
Demographic Survey) and on published studies on the
subject."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40394 Willis,
Robert J.; Michael, Robert T. Innovation in family
formation: evidence on cohabitation in the United States. In: The
family, the market and the state in ageing societies, edited by John
Ermisch and Naohiro Ogawa. 1994. 9-45 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford,
England. In Eng.
"In this chapter we address the following issues:
Why would a couple choose cohabitation instead of marriage? What are
the characteristics of those who choose each? What does the
descriptive evidence on cohabitational histories among a national
sample of 32-year-olds tell us about the institution of cohabitation in
the United States today?" Data are primarily taken from the Fifth
Follow-up Survey of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School
Class of 1972 which was carried out in 1986. The authors conclude that
"in the United States, cohabitation among this cohort serves the
purpose of a trial marriage, an opportunity for intensive search in the
marriage-market." This is a revised version of a paper presented at
the 1988 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America.
Correspondence: R. J. Willis, University of
Chicago, National Opinion Research Center, Economics Research Center,
1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40395 Wu, Zheng;
Balakrishnan, T. R. Cohabitation after marital disruption
in Canada. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 56, No. 3, Aug
1994. 723-34 pp. Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Eng.
"Using recent
Canadian national data, this study examines the cohabitational
experience of 930 women and 650 men after they terminated a first
marriage in the context of a marital search model. Our results suggest
an increasing trend of postmarital cohabitation for recent cohorts. The
hazard rate of postmarital cohabitation varies, depending particularly
on time since marital disruption, age at marital disruption, and year
of marital dissolution. The analysis shows no significant sex
differences in the rate of postmarital cohabitation. The implications
[of] these results are discussed."
Correspondence: Z. Wu,
University of Victoria, Department of Sociology, P.O. Box 3050,
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P5, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40396 Ayad,
Mohamed; Piani, Andrea L.; Barrere, Bernard; Ekouevi, Koffi; Otto,
James. Demographic characteristics of households. DHS
Comparative Studies, No. 14, Jun 1994. vi, 39 pp. Macro International,
Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Eng.
This is a comparative report on the demographic characteristics of
households in developing countries using data from 25 national surveys
undertaken during the first phase of the DHS program in the late 1980s.
Section 1 is the introduction; "in the next two sections, definitions
of the household and issues related to the data used and data
comparability are discussed; the fourth section examines the quality of
age data; sections 5-7 present and compare data on household
demographic characteristics such as age and sex structure, size of
households and headship of households. The last section summarizes the
results."
Correspondence: Macro International, Demographic
and Health Surveys, 11785 Beltsville Drive, Suite 300, Calverton, MD
20705. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40397 Bertram,
Hans; Bayer, Hiltrud; Bauereiss, Renate. Family atlas:
living conditions and regions in Germany. [Familien-Atlas:
Lebenslagen und Regionen in Deutschland.] ISBN 3-8100-1050-2. 1993.
xvii, 240 pp. Leske und Budrich: Opladen, Germany. In Ger.
This
atlas contains maps and tables showing the situation of families in
over 100 regions of Germany. Data are included on marital status,
births, children, marriages and divorces, household size, age
structure, migration, foreigners, population density, attitudes toward
marriage and children, income, economic structure, education, and
mortality. Most of the data are from the
1980s.
Correspondence: Leske und Budrich,
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Strasse 27, Postfach 300406, 5090 Leverkusen 3,
Germany. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40398 Bouchard,
Gerard. Agrarian overpopulation and household structure in
Saguenay (1881-1931). [Pressions agraires et structures des
menages au Saguenay (1881-1931).] European Journal of Population/Revue
Europeenne de Demographie, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1994. 175-97 pp. Hingham,
Massachusetts/Dordrecht, Netherlands. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"Our paper investigates the effect of land shortage in the Saguenay
region [of Quebec, Canada,] upon the household structures, more
precisely on the frequency of a) complex structures, b) celibacy, c)
cohabitation with strangers (non-relatives). The data come from 28
parish censuses of the period 1881-1931. For each of these three
indicators, findings show that the saturation of arable land did not
entail significant changes."
Correspondence: G. Bouchard,
Centre Interuniversitaire SOREP, 555 Boulevard de l'Universite,
Chicoutimi, Quebec G7H 2B1, Canada. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40399 Boulanger,
P. M.; Lambert, A.; Deboosere, P.; Lesthaeghe, R. Family
formation: a prospective study. [La formation des familles:
etude prospective.] Programme de Recherche en Sciences Sociales:
Vieillissement, Mar 1994. 102, [68] pp. Politique Scientifique,
Services de Programmation: Brussels, Belgium. Distributed by Centre
d'Information d'INBEL, 54 boulevard du Regent, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
In Fre. with sum. in Dut.
This report looks at the present and
future impact of demographic aging on families and households in
Belgium. The first section examines recent changes in the family and
household, particularly the growth of consensual unions and non-family
households. The next section examines past and probable future trends
in nuptiality, divorce, and widowhood from 1981 to 2010. The third and
final section describes the consequences for families within the
context of society as a whole.
Correspondence: Politique
Scientifique, Services de Programmation, Rue de la Science 8, 1040
Brussels, Belgium. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:40400 Burns,
Ailsa; Scott, Cath. Mother-headed families and why they
have increased. ISBN 0-8058-1440-X. LC 93-34798. 1994. xv, 217 pp.
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Hillsdale, New Jersey/Hove, England. In
Eng.
"The goals of the book are twofold. The first is to bring
together information on the past and present prevalence of
mother-headed families in [developed] countries....The second goal is
to consider the various explanations (economic, demographic, cultural,
sociopsychological) that have been offered for the recent increase, and
to see...what they imply for the future....Chapter 1 considers the role
of divorce and separation....Chapters 2-4 consider out-of-wedlock
births as a source of mother-headed families, particularly since the
stabilization of divorce rates in the 1980s....Chapter 5 discusses
widowhood....The second part of the volume (chapters 6-8) offers a
critical discussion of various theories of the family and of parenting
that might explain the various changes in the prevalence and status of
mother-headed families that have been
described."
Correspondence: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
365 Broadway, Hillsdale, NJ 07642. Location: New York Public
Library, New York, NY.
60:40401 Carlson,
Barbara L.; Cohen, Steven B.; Johnson, Ayah E. Family unit
constructs, dynamics, and analysis in the household component of the
MNES. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, Vol. 20, No. 3,
1994. 215-35 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
"In this paper,
the authors will describe the extent and type of change in [U.S.]
family structure and composition in the Household Survey component of
the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES) over the course of
the four data collection rounds in the survey year and the way these
changes are incorporated into analytical plans. Several strategies for
defining families which can change across time will be employed and
evaluated. A few annualized outcome measures of interest at the family
level will be explored using these various
definitions."
Correspondence: B. L. Carlson, Mathematica
Policy Research, P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-2393.
Location: Princeton University Library (SF).
60:40402
Desplanques, Guy. To remain at home or to leave
home. [Etre ou ne plus etre chez ses parents.] Population et
Societes, No. 292, Jul-Aug 1994. 4 pp. Institut National d'Etudes
Demographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
The author examines
the process whereby young adults leave home in France. It is noted
that students and the unemployed tend to remain in the parental home.
The main factors affecting continued residence in the parental home
are economic, although the quality of the accommodation in comparison
to what young people could afford elsewhere could play an important
role.
Correspondence: Institut National d'Etudes
Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40403 Geronimus,
Arline T.; Korenman, Sanders; Hillemeier, Marianne M. Does
young maternal age adversely affect child development? Evidence from
cousin comparisons in the United States. Population and
Development Review, Vol. 20, No. 3, Sep 1994. 585-609, 693-6 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"Data from the U.S.
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979-90 are used to estimate
relations between maternal age at first birth and measures of early
socioemotional and cognitive development of children. Cross-sectional
estimates are compared to estimates based on comparisons of first
cousins to gauge the importance of bias from family background
heterogeneity. Consistent with previous literature, cross-sectional
estimates suggest adverse consequences of teenage motherhood for child
development. However, children of teen mothers appear to score no worse
on measures of development than their first cousins whose mothers had
first births after their teen years. These findings suggest that
differences in family background of mothers (factors that precede their
childbearing years) may account for the low scores observed among young
children of teen mothers."
This is a revised version of a paper
originally presented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the Population
Association of America.
Correspondence: A. T. Geronimus,
University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Public
Health Policy and Administration, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40404 Gustafsson,
Bjorn; Kjulin, Urban. Time use in child care and housework
and the total cost of children. Journal of Population Economics,
Vol. 7, No. 3, Jul 1994. 287-306 pp. New York, New York/Berlin,
Germany. In Eng.
"The use of time for child care and housework
among Swedish families is investigated. We allow the effect of
children on child care and housework to vary by age of the child and
also by whether the child is cared for outside the home or not. Our
estimates allow us to compute the total cost of children in the form of
the cost of time, and the cost of goods, services and housing. The
result shows that time used for child care decreases sharply with the
age of the child but this is not the case for time used for other
housework."
Correspondence: B. Gustafsson, Department of
Economics, Viktoriagaten 30, 41125 Goteborg, Sweden. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40405 Haskey,
John. Stepfamilies and stepchildren in Great Britain.
Population Trends, No. 76, Summer 1994. 17-28 pp. London, England. In
Eng.
"This article analyses data from two surveys--the Omnibus
Survey and the General Household Survey--which provide information on
stepfamilies and stepchildren in Great Britain. It is estimated that
there were about 500 thousand stepfamilies with dependent stepchildren
in Great Britain in 1991; around one in 15 of all families with
dependent children....The article also describes a life table analysis
to estimate the proportions of children who would become stepchildren
by certain ages, were 1991-92 age-specific transition probabilities to
persist unchanged."
Correspondence: J. Haskey, Office of
Population Censuses and Surveys, Population Statistics, St. Catherine's
House, 10 Kingsway, London WC2B 6JP, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40406 Horska,
Pavla. Historical models of the central European family:
Czech and Slovak examples. Journal of Family History, Vol. 19, No.
2, 1994. 99-106 pp. Greenwich, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"Preliminary research on the history of family and demography among
Czechs and Slovaks in the pre-modern period suggests that these central
European peoples shared both western and eastern characteristics, but
also that results depend very much on the geographical location of the
community being analyzed, on its nationality composition, and its
socio-economic characteristics. Using internationally accepted
analytical techniques such as family reconstitution and
household-structure analysis, research continues on a wide range of
sources such as ecclesiastical registers, household listings, and the
population sources known as status
animarum."
Correspondence: P. Horska, Czech Academy of
Sciences, Institute of Sociology, Narodni tr 3, 111 42 Prague, Czech
Republic. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40407 Horska,
Pavla. Uncertain prognosis of European family
evolution. [Nejista prognoza vyvoje evropske rodiny.] Demografie,
Vol. 36, No. 2, 1994. 73-81 pp. Prague, Czech Republic. In Cze. with
sum. in Eng; Rus.
The author discusses past and future changes in
the family in Europe. "During the years 1965-1985 demographic
characteristics of...Western Europe indicate decline of fertility,
nuptiality, growth of the number of divorces as well as growth of
illegitimate deliveries....Family sociologists consider the present
changes as [a] phenomenon of transformation of the Western-European
family."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40408 Ingstad,
Benedicte. The grandmother and household viability in
Botswana. In: Gender, work and population in Sub-Saharan Africa,
edited by Aderanti Adepoju and Christine Oppong. 1994. 209-25 pp. James
Currey: London, England; Heinemann: Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In Eng.
"This chapter focuses on the part that the grandmother frequently
plays in Tswana households [in Botswana] and the influence she has on
economic and demographic strategies, including family planning and
child-rearing, in a rapidly changing society stressed by drought....The
data on which this analysis is based were gathered over a period of two
years (1984-85) in Kweneng district, Botswana. A follow-up study of 94
households was carried out...[and] additional data were gathered by
participant observation and informal
interviews...."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:40409 Kiely,
Gabriel. In and out of marriage: Irish and European
experiences. ISBN 1-870089-74-X. 1992. 98 pp. University College,
Family Studies Centre: Dublin, Ireland. In Eng.
Most of "the papers
published in this collection were read at a Conference held by the
Family Studies Centre [Dublin, Ireland] in June 1991....All the papers
are concerned with issues arising out of changes in family organisation
over the past few decades." Chapters are included on marital
separation in Ireland; the Italian experience of divorce; the reform of
child support in Great Britain; the concept of household in social
security; poor families in the Netherlands; single parents in Ireland;
and theoretical and practical issues in family
policy.
Correspondence: University College, Family Studies
Centre, Dublin 4, Ireland. Location: New York Public Library,
New York, NY.
60:40410 Limanonda,
Bhassorn; Podhisita, Chai; Wongsith, Malinee. Report on a
Thai family and household survey. Pub. Order No. 186/91. ISBN
974-560-644-2. Nov 1991. 101 pp. Chulalongkorn University, Institute of
Population Studies: Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
This publication
includes the texts of three papers presented at a symposium held at
Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan, on October 20-24, 1990. The three
papers present results from the Thai Family and Household Survey of
1989-1990, which included 677 men and women in four provinces. The
focus is on the Thai family, including family formation and attitudes
toward the family.
Correspondence: Chulalongkorn
University, Institute of Population Studies, Phyathai Road, Bangkok
10330, Thailand. Location: Institut National d'Etudes
Demographiques, Paris, France.
60:40411 Lloyd,
Cynthia B. Fertility, family size, and structure:
consequences for families and children. ISBN 0-87834-077-7. 1993.
v, 552 pp. Population Council: New York, New York. In Eng.
These
are the proceedings of a seminar held at the Population Council in New
York, June 9-10, 1992, on the consequences of high fertility at the
family level in developing countries. Among the topics given high
priority were "the consequences of high fertility for children's
educational opportunities and their time use, and for intra-family
inequality, particularly as it relates to sex and birth order." The 14
papers are divided into five sections that deal with the costs and
benefits of children, qualitative approaches concerning parents'
perspective, child health and nutrition, children's education and work
in changing societies, and the consequences of sustained high
fertility.
Correspondence: Population Council, One Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40412 Lyngstad,
Jan. Economic living conditions for families with children
and for the elderly, 1970-1986. [Okonomiske levekar for
barnefamilier og eldre, 1970-1986.] Rapporter fra Statistisk
Sentralbyra, No. 92/11, ISBN 82-537-3660-6. 1992. 80 pp. Statistisk
Sentralbyra: Oslo-Kongsvinger, Norway. In Nor.
This report analyzes
changes in the economic living conditions of families with children and
of the elderly in Norway in the period 1970-1986. The relevance of
taxes and government allowances for the distribution of incomes within
and between the two groups is emphasized. The data stem from official
surveys on income and wealth for the years 1970, 1979, 1982, and 1986,
which included between 2,600 and 5,300 households. The analysis shows
that during the period 1970-1986, couples with children have improved
their economic living conditions, compared to elderly
households.
Correspondence: Statistisk Sentralbyra, P.B.
8131 Dep., 0033 Oslo 1, Norway. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
60:40413 Manning,
Wendy D.; Hogan, Dennis P. Who assists mothers with young
children? Patterns of family formation and support to young
mothers. Population Research Institute Working Paper, No. 94-14,
May 1994. 26, [12] pp. Pennsylvania State University, Population
Research Institute: University Park, Pennsylvania. In Eng.
"This
paper describes the support networks of women with young children. We
focus on the factors associated with differences in the receipt of
support, such as living arrangements and marriage history. The analysis
is based on a nationally representative [U.S.] sample of 536 women
under 30 years of age whose oldest child was less than five. These
women were interviewed for the 1987/88 National Survey of Families and
Households."
Correspondence: Pennsylvania State University,
Population Research Institute, 601 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA
16802-6211. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40414 Meekers,
Dominique; Franklin, Nadra; Meeker, Jeffrey. Conflict of
interest: gender relations among the Kaguru of Tanzania.
Population Research Institute Working Paper, No. 94-13, May 1994. 31
pp. Pennsylvania State University, Population Research Institute:
University Park, Pennsylvania. In Eng.
This study concerns gender
relations in Africa, particularly in matrilineal societies. The
authors use "ethnographic interviews among the Kaguru [of Tanzania] to
document how males exert control over women, and how women try to
achieve their goals within these
constraints."
Correspondence: Pennsylvania State
University, Population Research Institute, 601 Oswald Tower, University
Park, PA 16802-6211. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:40415 Padmini, I.
K.; Krishnamoorthy, S. Demographic and socio-economic
status of women in different family structures in a rural area of south
India. International Journal of Sociology of the Family, Vol. 24,
No. 2, Autumn 1994. 49-55 pp. New Delhi, India. In Eng.
The authors
study "women's demographic and socio-economic position in different
family types...[using data] from a sample survey conducted in a rural
area of Tamil Nadu [India] during May and June of 1988....Comparison of
demographic characteristics of ever-married women in the reproductive
age, such as marital status, age, marriage duration, age at marriage
and living children, and socio-economic characteristics, such as
educational status, occupational status, per capita annual income of
the family and number of rooms in the house, is made between family
types."
Correspondence: I. K. Padmini, Bharathiar
University, Coimbatore 641 046, Tamil Nadu, India. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40416 Prins, C.
J. M.; Levering, J. Nuclear families by family life cycle
category, January 1, 1992. [Gezinnen naar gezinsfase, 1 januari
1992.] Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 42, No. 5, May 1994. 30-9
pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"In this
article, family life-cycle categories [in the Netherlands] are defined
by the ages of the youngest and the eldest child. The figures are from
an enumeration from automated municipal population registers. For each
inhabitant sex, year of birth, marital status, country of birth, family
relationship and a number of other characteristics were obtained. The
family relationship shows whether or not a person lives in a nuclear
family and if so, what position they have therein (e.g. spouse, parent,
child). On the basis of these data three types of nuclear families were
defined...."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40417 Raduski,
Nada. Serbian household structure according to
socioeconomic characteristics. [Sastav domacinstva Srbije po
socio-ekonomskim karakteristikama.] Stanovnistvo, Vol. 30-31,
1992-1993. 117-33 pp. Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In Scr. with sum. in Eng.
The author investigates "changes in the socio-economic structures
of household and family, economic life, consumption and the general
system of social values [in Serbia, Yugoslavia, since World War II].
During the process of accelerated desagrarization, intense spatial
mobility related to the transfer of farmers to non-agricultural
activities and to cities had a key role in changing the size of
household units, their structure and social stratification. The social
and demographic implications of such changes are multidimensional,
affect the society as a whole and its macro institutions have a
recurrent influence on the family."
Correspondence: N.
Raduski, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Instituta Drustvenih Nauka, Centar za
Demografska Istrazivanja, Narodnog Fronta 45, 11000 Belgrade,
Yugoslavia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40418 Rallu,
Jean-Louis; Gaymu, Joelle; Parant, Alain. Household
trends, care for the elderly, and social security in France. In:
Coping with sustained low fertility in France and the Netherlands,
edited by Nico van Nimwegen, Jean-Claude Chesnais, and Pearl Dykstra.
NIDI/CBGS Publication, No. 27, 1993. 257-94 pp. Swets and Zeitlinger:
Berwyn, Pennsylvania/Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
"We will
discuss recent trends and short term projections of household and
family composition [in France]. The situation of the elderly will be
dealt with in the second section and social security costs will be
addressed in the third section of this
paper."
Correspondence: J.-L. Rallu, Institut National
d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40419 Rawlings,
Steve W. Household and family characteristics: March
1993. Current Population Reports, Series P-20: Population
Characteristics, No. 477, Jun 1994. xix, 175, [30] pp. U.S. Bureau of
the Census: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This recurring annual report
presents demographic data on [U.S.] households and families for March
of 1993. It provides a summary of some of the major changes in
household and family composition that have occurred since 1970. The
1993 estimates in this report are based on data from the March Annual
Demographic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS)." Most
of the data are provided by age, sex, race, and Hispanic
origin.
Correspondence: U.S. Government Printing Office,
Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40420 Renne,
Elisha P. History in the making: an anthropological
approach to the demographic analysis of child fostering in southwestern
Nigeria. In: International Population Conference/Congres
International de la Population: Montreal 1993, Volume 4. 1993. 327-42
pp. International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP]:
Liege, Belgium. In Eng.
"This paper proposes an application of
recent anthropological thinking to the problem of integrating the
particular with the general....[The author illustrates this approach
using] patterns of child-fostering as presently practised in a rural
Ekiti Yoruba village in southwestern Nigeria....I conclude with some
remarks concerning the implications of change on child-fostering
practices and fertility transition in southwestern
Nigeria."
Correspondence: E. P. Renne, Australian National
University, Health Transition Centre, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40421
Rychtarikova, Jitka. Czech and Slovak families in
the European context. Journal of Family History, Vol. 19, No. 2,
1994. 131-47 pp. Greenwich, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"During the past two decades most of the developed countries of
Europe have witnessed changes in such family-related demographic
phenomena as nuptiality, divorce, and fertility. For the time being,
the Czech and Slovak Republics continue to exhibit patterns established
earlier in history....As a result of recent profound political, social,
and economic changes, it is reasonable to expect changes in demographic
behavior as well. The first of these may be a marked decline in
fertility along the lines already experienced by southern European
countries."
Correspondence: J. Rychtarikova, Charles
University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Demography and
Geodemography, Albertov 6, 12 843 Prague, Czech Republic.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40422
Schlesinger, Ben; Schlesinger, Rachel A.
One-parent families in Europe: a review. International
Journal of Sociology of the Family, Vol. 24, No. 2, Autumn 1994. 15-23
pp. New Delhi, India. In Eng.
"One parent families form about 10-15
percent of all families in most industrialized countries. This review
examines a selected number of European studies related to one-parent
families completed during the 1985-1992 period. The major findings are
presented, and implications for further research are
included."
Correspondence: B. Schlesinger, University of
Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M52 1A1, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40423 Settles,
Barbara H.; Hanks, Daniel E.; Sussman, Marvin B. Families
on the move: migration, immigration, emigration, and mobility.
Marriage and Family Review Series, ISBN 1-56024-445-0. LC 93-13376.
1993. 416 pp. Haworth Press: Binghamton, New York. In Eng.
This
volume presents papers given at the Groves Conference on Marriage and
the Family held in San Antonio, Texas, in April 1987. The papers were
previously published in Marriage and Family Review, Vol. 19, Nos. 1-2
and 3-4; several of them have already been cited in Population
Index.
Correspondence: Haworth Press, 10 Alice Street,
Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
60:40424
Sidramshettar, S. C. The small family norm: a
sociological study of dual earner couples. Journal of Family
Welfare, Vol. 39, No. 3, Sep 1993. 35-44 pp. Bombay, India. In Eng.
"The present paper seeks to study the views of educated, employed
couples about the small family norm with the purpose of analysing the
process of change taking place in their marital and family lives." The
data concern 100 couples in Dharwad, Karnataka, in India. The results
suggest that, despite major changes in attitude toward family size
associated with modernization, there are still strong prejudices
against male and female infertility and in favor of male
children.
Correspondence: S. C. Sidramshettar, Karnataka
University, Department of Sociology, Pavate Nagar, Dharwad 580 003,
Karnataka, India. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:40425 Skaburskis,
Andrejs. Determinants of Canadian headship rates.
Urban Studies, Vol. 31, No. 8, Oct 1994. 1,377-89 pp. Abingdon,
England. In Eng.
"This article shows how regional differences in
household formation relate to differences in income and housing prices.
It presents an assessment of the effect of housing prices and income
expectations on household formation decisions [in Canada]. Gender
differences are revealed. Differences between spatial and temporal
variation in headship rate changes are illustrated, along with the
inappropriateness of using coefficients obtained through
cross-sectional analysis in forecasting exercises or impact
assessments. Normative conclusions are
developed."
Correspondence: A. Skaburskis, Queen's
University, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Kingston, Ontario
KL7 3N6, Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (UES).
60:40426 Stier,
Haya; Tienda, Marta. Spouses or babies? Race, poverty,
and pathways to family formation. Population Research Center
Discussion Paper Series, No. 94-6, Mar 1994. 29, [16] pp. University of
Chicago, National Opinion Research Center [NORC], Population Research
Center: Chicago, Illinois. In Eng.
The authors "analyze the Urban
Poverty and Family Life Survey of Chicago and an urban subsample of the
[U.S.] National Survey of Families and Households to consider whether
and how the pathways to family formation differ among inner-city
mothers and urban mothers generally, and to evaluate the influence of
race and poverty in shaping the transition to adult family
life."
Correspondence: University of Chicago, National
Opinion Research Center, Population Research Center, 1155 East 60th
Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
60:40427 Vanier
Institute of the Family (Ottawa, Canada). Profiling
Canada's families. ISBN 0-919520-55-3. 1994. xii, 148 pp. Ottawa,
Canada. In Eng.
This publication, which is also available in
French, "identifies significant trends and forces affecting Canada's
families and the changes they are undergoing....This book examines the
details of Canadian family life by presenting charts and graphs coupled
with written explications of the numbers and
trends."
Correspondence: Vanier Institute of the Family,
120 Holland Avenue, Suite 300, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 0X6, Canada.
Location: New York Public Library, New York, NY.
60:40428 Vaskovics,
Laszlo A.; Garhammer, Manfred; Schneider, Norbert F.; Kabat vel Job,
Otmar. Family and household structures in the former
German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany from
1980 to 1989--a comparison. [Familien- und Haushaltsstrukturen in
der ehemaligen DDR und in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland von 1980 bis
1989--ein Vergleich.] Materialien zur Bevolkerungswissenschaft:
Sonderheft, No. 24, 1994. 173 pp. Bundesinstitut fur
Bevolkerungsforschung: Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger.
This publication
provides a review and summary of the literature on family and household
structures in the former East and West Germanys during 1980-1989.
Topics covered include social structure and family policy, attitudes
toward marriage and family, household and family types, family
formation and dissolution, internal family relationships, and
similarities and differences between family and household
structures.
Correspondence: Bundesinstitut fur
Bevolkerungsforschung, Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 6, Postfach 5528, 6200
Wiesbaden, Germany. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:40429
Villeneuve-Gokalp, Catherine. Household
servants. [Les gens de maison.] Population, Vol. 49, No. 3,
May-Jun 1994. 774-80 pp. Paris, France. In Fre.
An analysis of the
characteristics of household servants in France after World War I is
presented using data on 2,552 women born between 1911 and 1935. Data
are from an INED survey carried out in 1981. The results show that
domestic employment in households with few or no other servants was
incompatible with prospects for developing a family life, and also show
a rapid decline over time in employment of this
kind.
Correspondence: C. Villeneuve-Gokalp, Institut
National d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris
Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
60:40430 Visser,
H. Children become adults. [Kinderen worden
volwassen.] Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 42, No. 6, Jun 1994.
9-17 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"The 1993
Netherlands Fertility and Family Survey interviewed about 3,700 men and
4,500 women in the age-group of 18 to 43 years. Amongst others,
information was collected with respect to leaving the parental
home....Based on the collected information three groups of home leavers
can be distinguished. The first group consists of children who leave
their parents at a relatively young age....Secondly a group [of] home
leavers can be distinguished who leave at a relatively old age (and
some of them so far never did)....The third group which can be
distinguished consists of children who leave their parents at an age at
which about most of the children leave."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40431
Wojtkiewicz, Roger A. Parental structure
experiences of children: exposure, transitions, and type at
birth. Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, Jun
1994. 141-59 pp. Hingham, Massachusetts/Dordrecht, Netherlands. In Eng.
"This paper examines parental structure experiences during
childhood and adolescence of non-Hispanic whites, blacks, Mexicans, and
Puerto Ricans [in the United States] born 1957 to 1964. The study
shows that the parental structure types most commonly experienced are
mother-father, mother only, and mother-stepfather. The study also
finds that a significant proportion of children move into a mother-only
family and do not leave it. Finally, the study shows that the parental
structure experiences of children are strongly influenced by their
parental structure at birth."
Correspondence: R. A.
Wojtkiewicz, Louisiana State University, Department of Sociology, 126
Stubbs Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
60:40432 Zeng, Yi;
Liang, Zhiwu. Trend of change in various kinds of nuclear
families in China since the 1980s. Chinese Journal of Population
Science, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1993. 233-40 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"By using the latest data of 1% sampled data made in the Fourth
Population Survey in 1990 and 1 [per 1,000], sampled data made in the
Third Population Survey in 1982, we have attempted an analysis...of the
trend of change of proportion among nuclear parents-families,
separated-parents, single-parent and interval-generation families, as
well as two-, three- and four-generation lineal and joint families in
China during the 1980s, both as a nation and in all provinces,
municipalities directly under the central government and autonomous
regions."
Correspondence: Y. Zeng, Beijing University,
Population Research Institute, 1 Loudouqiao, Hai Dian, Beijing 100871,
China. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
60:40433 Zhuang,
Yan. The status of elderly women in families viewed from
the rate of their heading the household. Chinese Journal of
Population Science, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1993. 323-34 pp. New York, New York.
In Eng.
The author assesses the socioeconomic status of elderly
women in China, with a focus on marital status, educational level, and
employment. "In family and population studies, the methodology for
research on household head rate is held as superior to household size
and generation distribution indexes in understanding the change of
family structures. This paper attempts to apply this methodology to
the study of elderly women's familial
status."
Correspondence: Y. Zhuang, Beijing Institute of
Information Control, Beijing, China. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
