61:10381 Atoh,
Makoto; Takahashi, Shigesato; Nakano, Eiko; Watanabe, Yoshikazu;
Kojima, Hiroshi; Kaneko, Ryuichi; Mita, Fusami. Attitudes
toward marriage and family among unmarried Japanese youth. Jinko
Mondai Kenkyu/Journal of Population Problems, Vol. 50, No. 1, Apr 1994.
29-49 pp. Tokyo, Japan. In Jpn. with sum. in Eng.
The authors
report principal findings from a survey on attitudes toward marriage
and family in Japan. Data are from interviews with 9,636 unmarried men
and women aged 18-49 who were interviewed in 1992. Information is
provided on marriage intentions, costs and benefits of marriage,
obstacles to marriage, desired marriage types (love match or arranged),
attitudes toward residing with parents after marriage, friends of the
opposite sex, desired number of children, and timing of first
marriage.
Correspondence: M. Atoh, 7-606 Kuzugaya,
Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kangawa, Japan. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:10382 Brien,
Michael J.; Lillard, Lee A. Education, marriage, and first
conception in Malaysia. Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 29, No.
4, Fall 1994. 1,167-204 pp. Madison, Wisconsin. In Eng.
"This paper
examines cohort and ethnic differences in education, the timing of
marriage, and the timing of first conception for women in Peninsular
Malaysia. We examine the roles of education and enrollment in delaying
marriage and first conception and the role of marriage in delayed first
conception and dropping out of school. We focus on the joint nature of
these decisions by controlling for the endogeneity of one outcome as it
affects the others. Changes in education and enrollment account for a
substantial portion of the cohort trend toward later marriage in
Malaysia. Further, most of the rise in the age at first conception
across cohorts and ethnic groups is fully accounted for by cohort and
ethnic differences in the age at marriage."
Correspondence:
L. A. Lillard, RAND, 1700 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPIA).
61:10383 Fu,
Haishan; Goldman, Noreen. Are healthier people more likely
to marry? An event history analysis based on the NLSY. OPR
Working Paper, No. 94-5, Jul 1994. 32, [12] pp. Princeton University,
Office of Population Research [OPR]: Princeton, New Jersey. In Eng.
The authors use data from the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of
Youth (NLSY) for the period 1979-1991 to examine whether the better
health enjoyed by married people is primarily due to the fact that
healthier people are more likely to marry. "Our findings support the
hypothesis that health-related selection mechanisms into first marriage
are indeed operative in the United States. By and large, these
mechanisms result in lower marriage probabilities for persons with
unhealthy behaviors (such as high levels of alcohol consumption and use
of hard drugs) and with physical characteristics that are typically
associated with poorer past and future health statuses (obesity and
short stature). In contrast, there is only a modest and statistically
insignificant association between the presence of health limitations
and first marriage rates."
An earlier version of this paper was
presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America.
Correspondence: Princeton University, Office of
Population Research, 21 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08544-2091.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10384 Gentleman,
Jane F.; Park, Evelyn. Age differences of married and
divorcing couples. [Differences d'age dans les couples maries et
qui divorcent.] Health Reports/Rapports sur la Sante, Vol. 6, No. 2,
1994. 225-40 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng; Fre.
"This paper analyzes
the probability of a married couple getting divorced, based on the age
difference between the husband and wife. To calculate such
probabilities, the distribution of age differences of married couples
was derived from [Canada's] 1991 Census and the 1990 General Social
Survey, and the distribution of age differences of divorcing couples
was obtained from 1991 divorce data provided by the Department of
Justice Canada. These distributions...are also analyzed in this
paper....A model is developed that shows that divorce rates are lowest
when the husband is two to ten years older than the wife or when the
magnitude of their age difference is extremely large. Furthermore, the
chance of divorce is much higher when the wife is older than the
husband than vice versa."
Correspondence: J. F. Gentleman,
Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6,
Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10385 Givens,
Benjamin P.; Hirschman, Charles. Modernization and
consanguineous marriage in Iran. Journal of Marriage and the
Family, Vol. 56, No. 4, Nov 1994. 820-34 pp. Minneapolis, Minnesota. In
Eng.
"Using data on 4,667 women from the 1976-77 Iran Fertility
Survey, we examine the trend and social correlates of consanguineous
marriage in Iran....We hypothesize a declining trend in consanguineous
marriage over time and negative relationships between consanguinity and
measures of social status. Contrary to our expectations, there was a
modest increase in the proportion of marriages between cousins in Iran
from the 1940s to 1970s. Results from multivariate logistic
regressions, however, indicate that many of the measures of individual
social status had the expected negative relationships with
consanguinity. Overall, the results of this analysis suggest that
forces of modernization may be slowly eroding the social bases of
consanguinity, while the increased availability of cousins may lead to
an increase in consanguinity in the near
term."
Correspondence: B. P. Givens, University of
Washington, Department of Sociology, Center for Studies in Demography
and Ecology, DK-40, Seattle, WA 98195. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:10386 Goodkind,
Daniel. The Vietnamese double marriage squeeze.
Working Papers in Demography, No. 47, 1994. 22, [2] pp. Australian
National University, Research School of Social Sciences: Canberra,
Australia. In Eng.
"This paper examines gender imbalances among
young Vietnamese and their implications for marriage squeeze in Vietnam
and abroad. In Vietnam, a combination of rapid population growth,
excess male mortality owing to sequential military conflicts, and
excess male migration after the war of reunification have led to one of
the world's greatest shortages of men at primary marriageable
ages....In contrast, young Vietnamese males residing abroad face an
even stronger deficit of Vietnamese women. The consequences for
overseas men have included delayed marriage and an increasing tendency
to marry a non-Vietnamese...."
Correspondence: Australian
National University, Research School of Social Sciences, Division of
Demography and Sociology, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10387 Hendrix,
Nancy; Hayes, Terrell. Divorce rates: causes of regional
differences and implications for purchasing behavior. In: Studies
in applied demography, edited by K. Vaninadha Rao and Jerry W. Wicks.
1994. 165-82 pp. Bowling Green State University, Department of
Sociology, Population and Society Research Center: Bowling Green, Ohio.
In Eng.
"To those who are interested in applied demography, both
antecedents and consequences of state and regional variation in divorce
rates are legitimate concerns....Our discussion will be divided into
two principal parts. The first will focus on an exploration of
theoretical and empirical issues used in explaining the rates and
include a brief update on rates. The second will focus on how
retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, marketers, and managers of
international and local businesses may profitably use the information
about the spatial patterning of marital dissolution rates. The data on
divorce and marriage rates are from the [U.S.] National Center for
Health Statistics."
Correspondence: N. Hendrix, Demographic
Data Consultants, Nashville, TN 37235. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:10388 Kaufmann,
Jean-Claude. Nuptiality or conjugality? Data analysis and
the present state of conjugal evolution in Europe. [Nuptialite ou
conjugalite? Critique d'un indicateur et etat des evolutions
conjugales en Europe.] Archives Europeennes de Sociologie/European
Journal of Sociology/Europaisches Archiv fur Soziologie, Vol. 35, No.
1, 1994. 3-20 pp. New York, New York/Cambridge, England. In Fre.
This study analyzes recent changes in nuptiality in Europe using
data from a recent survey on loneliness. Topics covered include the
unmarried, couple formation, marriage age, consensual unions, and
divorce. In particular, the author attempts to develop a new theory of
contemporary marriage to replace that developed by Hajnal in the
1960s.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
61:10389 Kojima,
Hiroshi. Determinants of first marital formation in Japan:
does the sibling configuration matter? Institute of Population
Problems Reprint Series, No. 21, Sep 1994. 23 pp. Institute of
Population Problems: Tokyo, Japan. In Eng. with sum. in Jpn.
"This
study attempts to clarify the effects of sib size, birth order and the
possession of older brothers, older sisters, younger brothers, or
younger sisters on first marriage formation in Japan." Data are from
the 1982 National Fertility Survey. The importance of the parental
control, acquaintance opportunity, and normative order factors on first
marriage is established. Factors such as household crowding and demand
for children have only a limited impact.
Correspondence:
Institute of Population Problems, Ministry of Health and Welfare, 1-2-2
Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-45, Japan. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10390 Lee,
Mei-Lin. Changes in marital status in Taiwan during the
twentieth century. Journal of Population Studies, No. 16, Jul
1994. 1-15 pp. Taipei, Taiwan. In Chi. with sum. in Eng.
"This
study describes...changes in marital status during [the twentieth]
century, by analyzing each census result conducted during the time of
Japanese occupation and after the war in Taiwan. Taking the age
specific statistics, which include sex ratio, proportion...ever
married, the widowed, and the divorced, as well as rates of divorce and
remarriage, this study presents the marriage patterns in terms of
formation, dissolution and reformation in Taiwan of this
century."
Correspondence: M.-L. Lee, National Chung Cheng
University, Department of Social Welfare, Taiwan. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10391 Li, Jiang
Hong; Wojtkiewicz, Roger A. Childhood family structure and
entry into first marriage. Sociological Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 2,
May 1994. 247-68 pp. Greenwich, Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"The present study uses data from the [U.S.] National Survey of
Families and Households to examine socialization and stress hypotheses
which link family structure during childhood with entry into first
marriage. Results from logistic regressions show evidence for both
hypotheses. The findings show that years lived with mother only during
early childhood and change from both biological parents to mother-only
families significantly increase chances for delayed marriage for
whites. One other factor, being born into a mother-only family,
increased chances for early marriage. Thus, for whites, we found
counteracting influences of family structure during childhood on
marriage. For blacks, the family structure measures, overall, show
little effect on entry into marriage."
This is a revised version of
a paper originally presented at the 1991 Annual Meeting of the
Population Association of America.
Correspondence: R. A.
Wojtkiewicz, Louisiana State University, Department of Sociology, 126
Stubbs Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5411. Location: Princeton
University Library (PR).
61:10392 Loomis,
Laura S.; Landale, Nancy S. Nonmarital cohabitation and
childbearing among black and white American women. Journal of
Marriage and the Family, Vol. 56, No. 4, Nov 1994. 949-62 pp.
Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Eng.
"Previous studies have suggested
that there are racial differences in the role of cohabitation in the
family-formation process. This study provides an empirical analysis of
this issue by examining the childbearing behavior of approximately 733
black and 2,986 white cohabiting and married [U.S.] women at two stages
in the marital life course. The results indicate that, for both first
unions and first postmarital unions, the rate of childbearing within
cohabitation more closely approximates the rate of childbearing within
legal marriage among black women than white women. In fact, among
black women in first postmarital unions, cohabitors and the legally
married are equally likely to have a birth. In addition, among white
women, the likelihood of a birth among relatively disadvantaged
cohabitors is closer to that of legally married women than is the
likelihood of a birth among more advantaged cohabitors. Overall, it
appears that cohabitation is most similar to legal marriage as a
setting for childbearing among black women and relatively disadvantaged
white women."
Correspondence: L. S. Loomis, Westat Inc.,
1650 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850-3129. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10393 Manting,
Dorien. Dynamics in marriage and cohabitation. An
inter-temporal, life course analysis of first union formation and
dissolution. PDOD Publications Series A: Doctoral Dissertations,
ISBN 90-5170-295-7. 1994. 223 pp. Thesis Publishers: Amsterdam,
Netherlands. In Eng. with sum. in Dut.
"This book gives insight
into historic and life-course specific influences on the formation and
dissolution of first unions of women in the Netherlands. It
demonstrates the influence of early life course experiences on union
formation and dissolution, the principle of later life course
experiences replacing earlier ones and the competition of the
educational, occupational and fertility career with union formation and
dissolution. The multivariate event history analyses cover entry into
a first union, either by cohabitation or by marriage, the transition
from cohabitation to marriage, and the disruption of first unions. The
analyses were made with data from the Netherlands Fertility and Family
Survey 1988 on nearly six thousand women born between 1950 and 1969."
The study was conducted as a doctoral dissertation at the University of
Amsterdam.
Correspondence: Thesis Publishers, Bickersgracht
60, 1013 LG Amsterdam, Netherlands. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:10394 Mishra,
Vinod; Singh, Vinod. Regional variations in the female age
at marriage in India: an analysis by agro-climatic zones.
Population Geography, Vol. 14, No. 1-2, Jun-Dec 1992. 1-26 pp.
Chandigarh, India. In Eng.
"The effect of agro-climatic factors on
female age at marriage [in India] is studied by carrying out areal
analysis of the 1981 Census data. The study found a close association
between agricultural and climatic conditions in an area and
corresponding female age at marriage. In general, women in Himalayan
regions and coastal areas have higher age at marriage than most
hinterland regions. Rainfall, altitude, forest area, land availability
and productivity are observed to be associated with female age at
marriage. In addition, female age at marriage in rural areas is found
to be more sensitive to the agro-climatic conditions. It is
hypothesized that with socio-economic and technological development,
the agricultural and climatic factors are losing their grip on female
age at marriage in India."
Correspondence: V. Mishra,
East-West Center, Program on Population, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu,
HI 96848. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10395 Niemeyer,
Frank. Nonmarital cohabitation and married couples--forms
of partnership yesterday and today. [Nichteheliche
Lebensgemeinschaften und Ehepaare--Formen der Partnerschaft gestern und
heute.] Wirtschaft und Statistik, No. 7, Jul 1994. 504-17 pp.
Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger.
Estimates of the extent of nonmarital
cohabitation in Germany are presented using data from the 1992
microcensus. Topics covered include age and marital status of
partners, number of children in the household, differences between
unmarried and married couples, differences between the former East and
West Germany, and labor force participation. Comparisons are also made
with West German data for 1972 and 1982 and with international
data.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
61:10396 Oropesa, R.
S.; Lichter, Daniel T.; Anderson, Robert N. Marriage
markets and the paradox of Mexican American nuptiality. Journal of
Marriage and the Family, Vol. 56, No. 4, Nov 1994. 889-907 pp.
Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Eng.
"The paradox of Mexican American
nuptiality is that first marriage rates among Mexican Americans are
similar to those among Anglos, despite economic circumstances that
closely approximate those of African Americans. Using event histories
constructed from the [U.S.] National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this
study extends previous analyses by investigating the roles of both
structural (e.g., pool of marriageable men) and cultural (e.g.,
familism) factors in the marriage transitions of 3,853 Mexican
American, African American, and Anglo women. The results support three
main conclusions. First, similarities are outweighed by differences in
the marriage process across these groups. Second, cultural indicators
do not explain group differences. Third, the unique aspects of the
marriage process among Mexican Americans cannot be fully understood
without taking their generational heterogeneity into
account."
Correspondence: R. S. Oropesa, Pennsylvania State
University, Population Research Institute, 206 Oswald Tower, University
Park, PA 16802. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10397 Oropesa, R.
S. The internalization of marriage and cohabitation norms:
a comparison of non-Hispanic whites, Mexican Americans, and Puerto
Ricans. Population Research Institute Working Paper, No. 94-23,
1994. 27, [5] pp. Pennsylvania State University, Population Research
Institute: University Park, Pennsylvania. In Eng.
"Using the 1988
[U.S.] National Survey of Families and Households, this research
examines the internalization of norms regarding marriage and
cohabitation among non-Hispanic whites, Mexican Americans, and mainland
Puerto Ricans. The results indicate that Mexican Americans tend to be
more pronuptial than non-Hispanic whites. They more positively
evaluate marriage relative to singlehood and information on marriage
intentions significantly boosts their approval of
cohabitation."
Correspondence: Pennsylvania State
University, Population Research Institute, 601 Oswald Tower, University
Park, PA 16802-6211. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:10398 Oropesa, R.
S.; Hogan, Dennis. The status of women in Mexico: an
analysis of marital power dynamics. Population Research Institute
Working Paper, No. 94-20, 1994. 33, [5] pp. Pennsylvania State
University, Population Research Institute: University Park,
Pennsylvania. In Eng.
"Using a 1992 survey, this paper explores
several issues related to marital power dynamics in Mexico. First, are
issues surrounding the accuracy of various portraits of husbands' use
of force (domestic violence) and husband-wife power imbalances.
Second, power dynamics are linked to the demographic and socio-economic
characteristics of women. Third, is the role of the economic
development of local communities."
Correspondence:
Pennsylvania State University, Population Research Institute, 601
Oswald Tower, University Park, PA 16802-6211. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10399 Perusse,
Daniel. Mate choice in modern societies: testing
evolutionary hypotheses with behavioral data. Human Nature, Vol.
5, No. 3, 1994. 255-78 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
Mate
selection in a modern society is analyzed using data collected in
1988-1989 for a sample of 1,133 French Canadians in Montreal. "These
data were used to test an evolutionary model in which mate choice is
hypothesized to depend on resources potentially contributed to
reproduction by each sex. Consistent with the model, it was found that
(a) men...of higher social status acquire more mating partners,
suggesting that male status is an important criterion in female choice;
(b) women's...number of partners decreases linearly with age,
suggesting that female reproductive potential is an important criterion
in male choice; and (c) women...display a significant relationship
between marital dissolution and promiscuity, suggesting that female
sexual exclusivity is an important criterion in male
choice."
Correspondence: D. Perusse, Universite de
Montreal, Departement de Anthropologie, C.P. 6128, Succursale
Centre-ville, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SW).
61:10400 Ramsoy,
Natalie R. Non-marital cohabitation and change in norms:
the case of Norway. Acta Sociologica, Vol. 37, No. 1, Jun 1994.
23-37 pp. Oslo, Norway. In Eng.
A review of trends in consensual
unions over time in Norway is presented. "The first part of this paper
compares rates of premarital conception in several countries and adds a
new explanation as to why these were so high in Norway in the 1960s and
early 1970s. The remainder of the paper discusses the rise of a new
type of non-marital sexual union, namely cohabitation outside of
marriage."
Correspondence: N. R. Ramsoy, Institute of
Applied Social Research, Muntesgate 31, 0260 Oslo, Norway.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
61:10401 Saenz,
Rogelio; Hwang, Sean-Shong; Aguirre, Benigno E. In search
of Asian war brides. Demography, Vol. 31, No. 3, Aug 1994. 549-59
pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"Because of the long presence of U.S.
soldiers in Asia, war-bride marriages involving [U.S.] servicemen and
Asian women have been formed throughout the century. The literature,
however, contains little empirically sound information on Asian war
brides. This analysis develops a methodology to identify war brides
and applies it to estimate the number of war brides from the six major
Asian groups, using the national 1980 Public Use Microdata Sample.
Further analysis comparing Asian war brides with other groups of Asian
wives tends to support the traditional and lower socioeconomic images
commonly associated with Asian war brides."
Correspondence:
R. Saenz, Texas A & M University, Department of Rural Sociology,
College Station, TX 77843-2125. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:10402 Saito,
Yasuhiko. Trends and differentials in marital and family
formation preferences of American youth, 1967-1989. 1993.
University of Southern California, Doheny Library, Micrographics
Department: Los Angeles, California. In Eng.
"The main purpose of
the study is to examine the nature and determinants of trends and
differentials in attitudes toward marriage and family formation of
American youth since the mid 1960s. Time trend analysis indicates that
relative preferences for marriage and family formation of American
youth decreased over the last couple of
decades."
Correspondence: University of Southern
California, Doheny Library, Micrographics Department, Los Angeles, CA
90089-0182. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A:
Humanities and Social Sciences 55(3).
61:10403
Sanchez-Andres, A.; Mesa, M. S. Assortative mating
in a Spanish population: effects of social factors and cohabitation
time. Journal of Biosocial Science, Vol. 26, No. 4, Oct 1994.
441-50 pp. Cambridge, England. In Eng.
"Assortative mating for 22
anthropometric and body composition characteristics and social
indicators was studied in a Spanish sample of 114 married couples.
Significant spousal similarity was found for occupation, educational
level and number of siblings. Sex-age adjusted spouse correlations
were significant for stature, ileospinal height, total arm length, and
biacromial breadth. Spouse correlations were not altered after
allowance for socioeconomic effects. When couples were grouped
according to marriage duration, differences in mate correlations for
fatness were detected, suggesting a cohabitational effect on spouse
resemblance."
Correspondence: A. Sanchez-Andres,
Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Departamento de Biologia Animal,
Plaza de San Diego, s/n, 28801 Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10404 Santow,
Gigi; Bracher, Michael. Change and continuity in the
formation of first marital unions in Australia. Population
Studies, Vol. 48, No. 3, Nov 1994. 475-96 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"We [apply] hazards models to a rich set of retrospective
event-history data that comprises histories not just of marital unions,
but of other relevant aspects of women's lives. We incorporate into
our models dynamic representations of important types of behaviour and
experience, such as region of residence, education, pregnancy, and
cohabitation. By so doing we seek to identify factors that have
contributed to the considerable diversity of marriage patterns in
Australia over the last generation, and some of the forces that have
affected the recent marriage decline. Finally, after examining the
similarities and differences between cohabitation and marriage, we seek
to determine whether present marriage patterns are better characterized
as a break with the past, or as a logical continuation of previous
trends." Data are from the 1986 national survey of the Australian
Family Project.
Correspondence: G. Santow, Stockholm
University, Demography Unit, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10405 Smock,
Pamela J. Gender and the short-run economic consequences
of marital disruption. Social Forces, Vol. 73, No. 1, Sep 1994.
243-62 pp. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In Eng.
"This article
examines sources of gender differences in the economic ramifications of
marital disruption for young non-Hispanic white, black, and Hispanic
adults separating or divorcing in the 1980s. Using data from the
1979-88 waves of the [U.S.] National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the
results show that even among a less-advantaged subgroup, marital
disruption has more serious consequences for women than men. Although
young men, particularly minority men, are not faring well economically
in absolute terms, women's postdisruption economic welfare is
significantly lower than men's for all race-ethnic groups. Multivariate
analyses reveal that this disparity stems, either directly or
indirectly, from women's roles as primary child
caretakers."
Correspondence: P. J. Smock, University of
Michigan, Department of Sociology, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10406 Stier,
Haya; Shavit, Yossi. Age at marriage, sex-ratios, and
ethnic heterogamy. European Sociological Review, Vol. 10, No. 1,
May 1994. 79-87 pp. Oxford, England. In Eng.
"This paper focuses on
the effects of age at marriage and the sex-ratio on patterns of ethnic
homogamy among Israeli women. We hypothesize that later marriages are
more likely than early marriages to be heterogamous as the 'marriage
market' shifts from school to the work-place. By the same token, when
facing severe marriage squeezes women will be forced to out-marry.
Employing data from the 1983 census, we model mate selection of women
from Afro-Asian and Euro-American origin in various birth-cohorts. The
results do not fully support our hypotheses: we find that in and of
itself, age at marriage does not enhance ethnic
heterogamy."
Correspondence: H. Stier, University of Haifa,
Department of Sociology, Mount Carmel, 31905 Haifa, Israel.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
61:10407 Tas, R. F.
J. Continuing drop in marriage rates of non-Dutch
nationals in 1993. [De huwelijksgeneigdheid van niet-Nederlanders
is in 1993 weer verder gedaald.] Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol.
42, No. 9, Sep 1994. 29-31 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum.
in Eng.
The author examines changes in the marriage rates of
non-Dutch nationals in the Netherlands in 1993. Aspects considered
include nationality, place of marriage, marriage rates by sex and
nationality, and a comparison with 1992 rates.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10408 Tu, Edward
J.-C.; Lee, Mei-Lin. Changes in marital life cycle in
Taiwan: 1976 and 1989. Journal of Population Studies, No. 16, Jul
1994. 17-28 pp. Taipei, Taiwan. In Eng. with sum. in Chi.
"To
improve...understanding of recent developments and thus gain a better
appreciation of the likely future course of marital events, we apply a
marital status life table model...to describe the differential risks
for persons moving from one marital status to another over time....The
findings...point to the trends and patterns of marital formation,
marital dissolution, and mortality experience of Taiwan in 1976 and
1989. The findings indicate declines in the proportion ever marrying
and increases in the average age at marriage. The average duration of
a marriage and the proportion of cohort life lived in [the] married
state have been [declining]. The proportion of marriages ending in
divorce has been rising steadily....The level, however, is still
relatively low by international standards."
Correspondence:
E. J.-C. Tu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Division
of Social Sciences, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10409 Tuncbilek,
E.; Koc, I. Consanguineous marriage in Turkey and its
impact on fertility and mortality. Annals of Human Genetics, Vol.
58, No. 4, Oct 1994. 321-9 pp. New York, New York/Cambridge, England.
In Eng.
"Turkey has a high rate of consanguineous marriage (21.1%),
indicating strong preference for this traditional form of marital
union. Social and cultural factors are especially important in
marriages between first and second cousins. Fertility is high, the
closed birth interval is long, and the sterility rate is low among
these couples. Post-neonatal, infant and under-5 mortalities are high
in first cousin unions by comparison with non-consanguineous marriages.
According to the results of the study, first cousin marriage is a
significant determinant underlying the high total fertility and infant
mortality rates in Turkey." Data are from the 1988 Turkish Population
and Health Survey.
Correspondence: E. Tuncbilek, Hacettepe
University, Institute of Population Studies, Hacettepe Parki, 06100
Ankara, Turkey. Location: Princeton University Library (SZ).
61:10410 Yamamoto,
Chizuko; Kojima, Katsuhisa. Nuptiality and divorce in
Japan: 1992. Jinko Mondai Kenkyu/Journal of Population Problems,
Vol. 50, No. 1, Apr 1994. 67-82 pp. Tokyo, Japan. In Jpn.
Trends in
marriage and divorce in Japan in 1992 are analyzed. Topics covered
include marriage by nationality of bride and groom, marriage rates by
age, first marriage and remarriage rates, and divorces and divorce
rates by age.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10411 Yin, Chan
Wai; Yoke, Alice Tan Kar. Marriage trends in
Singapore. Statistics Singapore Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 1, Jul
1994. 2-7 pp. Singapore. In Eng.
Recent marriage trends in
Singapore are described using official data. The authors examine
differences in remaining single and timing marriage by educational
status and ethnic group, as well as reasons for delaying
marriage.
Correspondence: C. W. Yin, Department of
Statistics, Population Planning Unit, 5th Story, Fullerton Building,
Singapore 0104. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10412 Bianchi,
Suzanne M. The changing demographic and socioeconomic
characteristics of single parent families. Marriage and Family
Review, Vol. 20, No. 1-2, 1995. 71-97 pp. Binghamton, New York. In Eng.
This study is about the changing demographic and socioeconomic
characteristics of single-parent families in the United States over the
past three decades. Data are primarily from the census and the March
supplement to the Current Population Survey. The "second section of
the paper assesses the growth in single-parent households during the
post-World War II period....The third section of the paper focuses on
components of the increase in single parent families--factors such as
divorce and childbearing outside marriage. Research on the relative
importance of each component is reviewed and racial differences are
highlighted. A fourth section of the paper discusses the limits of the
cross-sectional counts of single parent families and reviews the
evidence on 'life time experience' in single parent families....A fifth
section of the paper provides a demographic and socioeconomic overview
of single parent families and offers comparisons with the situation in
two-parent families. A final section summarizes the overall statistics
on single parent families."
Correspondence: S. M. Bianchi,
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Housing and Household Economic Statistics
Division, Iverson Room 302, Washington, D.C. 20233-3300.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10413 Bledsoe,
Caroline. The social construction of reproductive
outcomes: social marginalization in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: The
onset of fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by Therese
Locoh and Veronique Hertrich. 1994. 221-34 pp. International Union for
the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP]: Liege, Belgium; Derouaux
Ordina Editions: Liege, Belgium. In Eng.
"Most parents [in
Sub-Saharan Africa] cannot pay all their children's costs all the time.
People therefore try to avoid the drastic step of actually reducing
births, finding instead ways to spread out the costs of children in
more manageable ways. This paper elaborates one such way: social
marginalization. It points out that while people who are not parents
may sometimes provide support for children, children may also face
shortfalls on the basis of their mothers' status in the household,
their fosterage status, or their promise for future success.
Implications of these marginalization processes are drawn for fertility
research."
Correspondence: C. Bledsoe, Northwestern
University, Department of Anthropology, 1810 Hinman Avenue, Evanston,
IL 60208-1310. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10414 Chen,
Chaonan. The determinants of satisfaction with living
arrangements for the elderly in Taiwan. Journal of Population
Studies, No. 16, Jul 1994. 29-52 pp. Taipei, Taiwan. In Eng. with sum.
in Chi.
The author analyzes "the determinants of the elderly's
living arrangements [in Taiwan], and consequences both for individuals
and the country as a whole....We find that when the elderly are asked
about their response to their current living arrangements, their
evaluation is not limited to their housing needs. Rather, the criteria
of evaluation include those basic living needs such as economic
security, health status, and kin companionship....The elderly are
content with economic support from either their children or themselves.
However, mere co-residence with their children does not meet the needs
of the elderly."
Correspondence: C. Chen, Academia Sinica,
Institute of Economics, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10415 De Vos,
Susan. A preliminary analysis of unmarried mothers who
were heads of households in Brazil during 1970 and 1980. [Analisis
preliminar acerca de las madres solteras, jefas de hogar, en Brasil
durante 1970 y 1980.] Notas de Poblacion, Vol. 22, No. 59, Jun 1994.
155-81 pp. Santiago, Chile. In Spa. with sum. in Eng.
"This paper
reports on an attempt to use census data from Brazil in 1970 and 1980
to investigate a rise in household headship by unmarried mothers
15-49....Demographic analysis can be useful in decomposing the change
into that due to a changed propensity of women 15-49 years of age to be
unmarried, to have children if unmarried, and to head their own
household if an unmarried mother. This was further analyzed in terms
of age, marital status (whether single, divorced/separated or widowed),
region of residence, and urban-rural status....However, the research
encountered data problems that make firm conclusions
impossible...."
This is a translation of a paper originally
presented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of
America.
Correspondence: S. De Vos, University of
Wisconsin, Center for Demography and Ecology, 4412 Social Science
Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1393.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10416 Heath,
Suzanne; Dale, Angela. Household and family formation in
Great Britain: the ethnic dimension. Population Trends, No. 77,
Autumn 1994. 5-13 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"Using microdata
from the Samples of Anonymised Records (SARs) from the 1991 Census,
this article explores the extent to which patterns of household
composition and family formation among young people in Great Britain
aged 16-35 vary, not only with gender but also in relation to
ethnicity, higher educational qualifications, and whether born in the
U.K. The article also explains the unique contribution of the SARs to
social research."
Correspondence: S. Heath, University of
Manchester, Census Microdata Unit, Sackville Street, Manchester M60
1QD, England. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10417 Hirschman,
Charles; Vu, Manh Loi. Family and household structure in
Vietnam: some glimpses from a recent survey. Seattle Population
Research Center Working Paper, No. 94-3, Jun 1994. 24, [4] pp.
University of Washington, Seattle Population Research Center: Seattle,
Washington; Battelle Seattle Research Center: Seattle, Washington. In
Eng.
The authors investigate family and household structure in Viet
Nam, using data from the 1991 Viet Nam Life History Survey. "In this
study, we emphasize several aspects of household structure (who lives
with whom) and frequency of visits between parents and their grown
children. These features present some important insights about the
social and cultural bases of contemporary Vietnamese society."
This
is a revised version of a paper originally presented at the 1994 Annual
Meeting of the Population Association of
America.
Correspondence: Seattle Population Research
Center, c/o University of Washington, Center for Studies in Demography
and Ecology Library, Department of Sociology DK-40, Seattle, WA 98195.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10418 Huang,
Shih-Tsun. Demographic foundations of elderly living
arrangements: a simulation study of intergenerational
coresidence. Journal of Population Studies, No. 16, Jul 1994.
53-77 pp. Taipei, Taiwan. In Chi. with sum. in Eng.
"In this paper
we employ family status life tables to assess the effects of
demographic processes on family composition and to reveal trends in
elderly living arrangements [in Taiwan]. We found that further
declining fertility and changing nuptiality are responsible for the
prevalence of nuclear family composition. [The] increasing proportion
of nuclear families indicates a decreasing probability [of] elderly
parents living with their married children. In addition, according to
the current nuptiality trends, the increasing proportion of women of
all ages who remain [unmarried] will strengthen its effects on family
composition in the near future."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:10419 Kapteyn,
Arie. The measurement of household cost functions:
revealed preference versus subjective measures. Journal of
Population Economics, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1994. 333-50 pp. New York, New
York/Berlin, Germany. In Eng.
The author examines how household
cost functions depend on the composition of a household. "In the paper
I formally establish the connection between subjective measures and the
cost function underlying the AID [Almost Ideal Demand] system. The
subjective measures fully identify cost functions and the expenditure
data do this partly. This makes it possible to test the null
hypothesis that both types of data are consistent with one another,
i.e. that they measure the same thing. I use two separate data sets to
set up a test of this equivalence. The outcomes are somewhat mixed and
indicate the need for further specification search. Finally, I discuss
some implications of the outcomes."
Correspondence: A.
Kapteyn, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research, P.O. Box
90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
61:10420 Lavertu,
Jacques. 1990 population census. Household structure by
region and department. Results from the 25 percent sample.
[Recensement de la population de 1990. Structure des menages par
region et departement. Resultats du sondage au quart.] INSEE
Resultats: Demographie-Societe, No. 35, ISBN 2-11-066203-4. Sep 1994.
155 pp. Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques
[INSEE]: Paris, France. In Fre.
This report presents data on
household characteristics from the 1990 census of France. The data are
presented separately for demographic characteristics, socioeconomic
characteristics, and one-person households. In many cases the data are
also presented separately by the former and revised definitions of the
family. Data are also included for overseas
departments.
Correspondence: Institut National de la
Statistique et des Etudes Economiques, 18 boulevard Adolphe Pinard,
75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:10421 Leridon,
Henri; Villeneuve-Gokalp, Catherine. Family continuities
and discontinuities. Family life histories of couples and
children. [Constance et inconstances de la famille. Biographies
familiales des couples et des enfants.] INED Travaux et Documents
Cahier, No. 134, ISBN 2-7332-0134-4. 1994. ix, 341 pp. Institut
National d'Etudes Demographiques [INED]: Paris, France; Presses
Universitaires de France: Paris, France. In Fre.
This work presents
a selection of analytical studies on the family in France based not
only on data from traditional sources such as vital statistics, but
also on a series of specific surveys carried out by INED since 1985.
Particular attention is given to new forms of marital union and how
these are adopted between generations and among social classes, and to
the histories of unions formed outside of marriage, including risk of
separation, marriage, and the birth of children. The authors note that
the increased diversity of family life histories obliges both adults
and children to develop new types of family ties, including
relationships with absent parents, half-siblings, and various members
of their step-families.
Correspondence: Institut National
d'Etudes Demographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur, 75675 Paris Cedex 14,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10422 Lesthaeghe,
R.; Moors, G. Living arrangements and parenthood: do
values matter? IPD Working Paper, No. 1994-2, 1994. 18, [8] pp.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Interuniversity Programme in Demography:
Brussels, Belgium. In Eng.
Data from the 1990 European Values
Surveys concerning West Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands,
are used to examine how various factors affect living arrangements and
family building patterns. The factors considered include religion,
educational and socioeconomic status, and the cultural components of
conservatism.
Correspondence: Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Centrum Sociologie, Interuniversity Programme in Demography, Pleinlaan
2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:10423 Li, Peter
S. Labour reproduction and the family under advanced
capitalism: female labour force participation and fertility in
twentieth century Canada. Journal of Comparative Family Studies,
Vol. 24, No. 3, Autumn 1993. 367-85 pp. Calgary, Canada. In Eng. with
sum. in Fre; Spa.
This study examines the impact of modern
capitalism on the family in Canada. "As corporate capitalism expands,
an increasing segment of domestic female labour is being converted into
wage labour, and along with it, the rising dependency of the family on
the wage economy. In this process, the family finds it necessary to
increase its capacity to earn wages as a means to maintain the labour
power of its members on a daily basis; in so doing, the process of
labour maintenance becomes contradictory to that of labour renewal
since the two compete on the same financial resources and since the
continuation of [the] wage labour relationship does not rely on
generational labour renewal. The strategies followed by Canadian
families in expanding on the earning capacity and reducing fertility
and family size may be seen as adaptive mechanisms in response to the
contradictions created by the wage
economy."
Correspondence: P. S. Li, University of
Saskatchewan, Department of Sociology, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W0,
Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
61:10424 Li,
Zong. Agricultural reform and its impact on Chinese rural
families, 1978-1989. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol.
24, No. 3, Autumn 1993. 277-90 pp. Calgary, Canada. In Eng. with sum.
in Fre; Spa.
"This paper analyzes changes in the Chinese rural
family since the agricultural reform of 1978, with respect to
production relations, income distribution, marriage, and occupational
pattern. It is argued that although the agricultural reform has
improved the rural economy and the living standard of rural families,
it has also produced economic disparities among rural families. The
emphasis on economic incentives and the reliance on market forces have
resulted in a restructuring of the rural labour force and rural family
relationships. There are indications of patriarchal values being
strengthened, feudal practices of mercenary marriages being reinstated,
and fertility policy being disregarded."
Correspondence: Z.
Li, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Sociology, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, S7N 0W0, Canada. Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
61:10425 Liberati,
Paolo. The composition of the nuclear family and
equivalence scales. [Composizione del nucleo familiare e scale di
equivalenza.] Studi Economici, Vol. 48, No. 51, 1993. 95-124 pp. Milan,
Italy. In Ita. with sum. in Eng.
This study concerns the use of
equivalence scales to examine how differences in household composition
can affect the impact of social policy. Specifically, the author "is
interested in estimating equivalence scales using complete demand
systems on households' budget data and to compare the performance of
two alternative models. In particular, the use of quadratic models can
give rise to estimation of both sufficiently flexible price and budget
elasticities and the cost of specific demographic characteristics.
These latter include a general effect, through a deflator of the
nominal household's expenditure, and several specific effects, acting
as signals of the reallocation of the household's expenditures within a
given budget. The knowledge of these parameters can improve the
assessment of income redistribution, social security provisions and/or
horizontal equity."
Correspondence: P. Liberati, Centro
Europa Ricerche, Rome, Italy. Location: New York Public
Library, New York, NY.
61:10426 Lloyd,
Cynthia B. Investing in the next generation: the
implications of high fertility at the level of the family. In:
Population and development: old debates, new conclusions, edited by
Robert Cassen. 1994. 181-202 pp. Transaction Publishers: New Brunswick,
New Jersey/Oxford, England. In Eng.
"This paper, written with the
interests of the next generation in mind, provides an up-to-date review
of the evidence, primarily from developing countries, on families'
experiences with fertility and family size and their implications for
investments in young people....It goes beyond the more familiar effects
of high fertility on children's health and educational
opportunities...to explore its implications for children's access to
opportunities beyond the home and for the socialization into adult
roles. The links between fertility, the extent to which children are
wanted, and equity among siblings are also
explored."
Correspondence: C. B. Lloyd, Population Council,
Research Division, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10427 McDonald,
Peter. Household and family trends in Australia. In:
Year Book Australia, 1994. 1993. 149-65 pp. Australian Bureau of
Statistics: Belconnen, Australia. In Eng.
The author describes
recent household and family trends in Australia using data from
official sources, surveys, and other sources. He examines such aspects
as household size and type, family characteristics, one-parent
families, consensual unions, leaving home, family formation, families
in the labor force, having children, separation and divorce, and
remarriage.
Correspondence: P. McDonald, Australian
Institute of Family Studies, 300 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria
3000, Australia. Location: Princeton University Library
(SSRC).
61:10428 Park, Young
Jin. The rise of one-person households and their recent
characteristics in Korea. Korea Journal of Population and
Development, Vol. 23, No. 1, Jul 1994. 117-29 pp. Seoul, Korea,
Republic of. In Eng.
"This paper explores the rise in the
proportion of one-person households [in South Korea] which since 1960
was attributable largely to rural-to-urban migration of young people.
The heavy migration of young people from rural to urban cities actually
brought about the rural household division which contributed to the
fall in household size, and contributed to the increase in one-person
households of urban young singles, on the one hand, and the increase in
one-person households of rural elderly widows, on the other. The rise
in the aggregate propensity to live alone was also evident....Although
the rise in one-person households was evident and by 1990 about one out
of every ten households was a one-person household, the findings on the
recent characteristics of one-person households do not indicate any big
change in the traditional family norms."
Correspondence: Y.
J. Park, Seoul National University, Population and Development Studies
Center, Sinlim-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul 151, Republic of Korea.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10429 Sanchez
Vera, Pedro. Methodological considerations for the study
of the family in Spain. [Consideraciones metodologicas sobre
investigacion de la familia en Espana.] Revista Internacional de
Sociologia, No. 6, Sep-Dec 1993. 103-25 pp. Cordoba, Spain. In Spa.
with sum. in Eng.
This article begins with a review of the
available literature on studies of family sociology in Spain, with a
focus on the difficulty of conducting such research under the Franco
regime. A selection of official statistical sources is reviewed in an
attempt to stimulate more current research.
Correspondence:
P. Sanchez Vera, Universidad de Murcia, Avenida Teniente Flomesta s/n,
Edificio Convalecencia, 30071 Murcia, Spain. Location:
Princeton University Library (PR).
61:10430 Soldo, Beth
J.; Freedman, Vicki A. Care of the elderly: division of
labor among the family, market, and state. In: Demography of
aging, edited by Linda G. Martin and Samuel H. Preston. 1994. 195-216
pp. National Academy Press: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"In this
chapter we explore the alliance of the three major sources of personal
care in the U.S.: the family, the marketplace, and the state....Of
particular interest in this chapter are how the volume and type of care
and support received by older persons is distributed across these
sectors, and the range of factors that affect this
distribution."
Correspondence: B. J. Soldo, Georgetown
University, Department of Demography, 37th and O Streets NW,
Washington, D.C. 20057. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
61:10431 Steen, Todd
P. The economic and demographic determinants of child care
choice. In: Studies in applied demography, edited by K. Vaninadha
Rao and Jerry W. Wicks. 1994. 353-74 pp. Bowling Green State
University, Department of Sociology, Population and Society Research
Center: Bowling Green, Ohio. In Eng.
"This paper analyzes the
economic and demographic determinants of child care choice [in the
United States]....This paper uses some of the most recent data
available (from the National Longitudinal Survey Youth Cohort) to
analyze both past and recent patterns of child care mode choice, and to
suggest reasons for the changes that have occurred in these choices
over the past ten years. [It also] examines several different possible
classifications of modal choice and determines how sensitive the
analysis is to these different classifications. The paper concludes
that economic factors such as the mother's wage and hours worked, along
with marital status and the age of the child, are the major factors
that determine the choice of care to be
used."
Correspondence: T. P. Steen, Hope College,
Department of Economics and Business Administration, Holland, MI
49423. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10432 van Hoom,
W. D. Different types of young single persons.
[Alleenwonen: uit vrije wil of tegen wil en dank.] Maandstatistiek van
de Bevolking, Vol. 42, No. 9, Sep 1994. 19-28 pp. Voorburg,
Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
The author examines living
arrangements among single persons in the Netherlands, using data from
the 1993 Fertility and Family Survey. The focus is on the number of
people who want to stay alone versus those who do so unwillingly.
Reasons for living alone are investigated, including education,
religion, size of town, and personal
circumstances.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:10433 Winkler,
Anne E. The determinants of a mother's choice of family
structure: labor market conditions, AFDC policy or community
mores? Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 13, No. 3, Sep
1994. 283-303 pp. Hingham, Massachusetts/Dordrecht, Netherlands. In
Eng.
"This study attempts to clarify the effect of welfare
generosity on [U.S.] family structure while controlling for community
mores, local labor market conditions, and other sociodemographic
characteristics....The empirical analysis is conducted by linking
individual-level data from the 1987 National Survey of Families and
Households (NSFH) with information on county-level unemployment rates,
state AFDC benefits, and proxies of community mores. In particular,
the detailed nature of the NSFH data set provides a unique opportunity
to investigate the social and economic determinants of cohabitation,
among other family structures. Local labor market conditions are found
to significantly affect marriage and single-motherhood, while community
conservatism is found to discourage the least conventional family
structure--cohabitation. Finally, this study raises some question
about the effect of AFDC [Aid to Families with Dependent Children]
policy on marriage and related events. Specifically, AFDC's
statistical impact is found to be sensitive to the inclusion of an
explicit measure of community conservatism in the empirical model
specification."
Correspondence: A. E. Winkler, University
of Missouri, Department of Economics, 8001 Natural Bridge Road, St.
Louis, MO 63121. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
61:10434 Wolf,
Douglas A. The elderly and their kin: patterns of
availability and access. In: Demography of aging, edited by Linda
G. Martin and Samuel H. Preston. 1994. 146-94 pp. National Academy
Press: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This chapter addresses issues in
what might be called the 'family demography of the elderly.' First,
and most fundamental, we consider the composition of families
containing elderly....Household structure (or 'living arrangements')
is...in part a consequence of patterns of kin availability and is the
second major topic addressed in this chapter. The third and final
topic addressed is the spatial proximity of elderly and their kin,
especially their adult children. Throughout, an effort is made to
survey, albeit selectively, theoretical, methodological, and empirical
contributions to the relevant literature. Some attention is also
devoted to enumerating existing data sources that figure prominently in
actual (or potential) research." The primary geographical focus is on
the United States, with comparative data for selected other
countries.
Correspondence: D. A. Wolf, Syracuse University,
Maxwell School, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse, NY 13244.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
61:10435 Zhao,
Zhongwei. Demographic conditions and multi-generation
households in Chinese history. Results from genealogical research and
microsimulation. Population Studies, Vol. 48, No. 3, Nov 1994.
413-25 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"The large multi-generation
household has been a popular subject in the study of Chinese social
history. This study compares outcomes of computer micro-simulation
with results from genealogical research, and is particularly
concentrated on the potential pattern of multi-generation co-residence
in the past. On the basis of such a comparison, questions concerning
the impact of demographic conditions on the formation and composition
of large multi-generation households, the change in lifetime
residential experiences of each individual, and the use of genealogical
records in the study of Chinese social demographic history are also
examined."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
