Studies that quantitatively analyze aspects of nuptiality and the family. Studies concerned equally with marriage and the family are coded first under G.2. Family and Household and cross-referenced to G.1. Marriage and Divorce. Methodological studies on nuptiality and the family are coded in this division and cross-referenced to N. Methods of Research and Analysis Including Models, as appropriate.
Studies of trends in marriage and divorce, nuptiality, duration of marriage, age at marriage, and demographic characteristics of marriage partners. Also includes studies of unmarried cohabitation and consensual unions.
64:10373 Blossfeld, Hans-Peter; de Rose,
Alessandra; Hoem, Jan M.; Rohwer, Götz. Education,
modernization, and the risk of marriage disruption in Sweden, West
Germany, and Italy. In: Gender and family change in industrialized
countries, edited by Karen O. Mason and An-Magritt Jensen. 1995. 200-22
pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng.
The impact of the
increase in women's educational attainment on the risk of marital
disruption in Sweden, West Germany, and Italy is analyzed using event
history data. The results show that the risk of marital disruption
increases when a woman's educational attainment improves. "This is
true both for the total effect of the educational level on the
disruption risk (when we only control for birth-cohort membership) and
for the direct (or partial) effect that remains when we also include a
number of further individual-level factors that are closely connected
with educational level (age at marriage, pregnancy status at marriage
formation, and childbearing parity). The greater disruption risks of
better-educated women may be explained by their greater willingness to
violate social norms by dissolving unhappy marriages and their greater
ability to cope with the consequences of
disruption."
Correspondence: H.-P. Blossfeld,
Universität Bremen, Institut für Empirische und Angewandte
Soziologie, Fachbereich 8--Geographie, Bibliotheksstraße, 2800
Bremen, Germany. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10374 Buckle, Leslie; Gallup, Gordon G.;
Rodd, Zachary A. Marriage as a reproductive contract:
patterns of marriage, divorce, and remarriage. Ethology and
Sociobiology, Vol. 17, No. 6, Nov 1996. 363-77 pp. New York, New York.
In Eng.
"Patterns of marriage, divorce, remarriage, and
redivorce were examined in several representative Western cultures
through survey questions and archival data to test the hypothesis that
marriage and divorce can be understood as expressions of underlying
gender-specific, fitness maximization strategies. Differences between
males and females were found for the relationship between age and
patterns of both marriage and divorce, with females being far more
likely at almost all ages to initiate divorce proceedings than
males....Consistent with our view of marriage as a reproductive
contract, the absence of children was not only conducive to divorce and
remarriage, but appeared to increase the likelihood of redivorce as
well."
Correspondence: G. G. Gallup, State University
of New York, Department of Psychology, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany,
NY 12222. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10375 Carmichael, Gordon A.
Consensual partnering in New Zealand: evidence from three
censuses. New Zealand Population Review, Vol. 22, No. 1-2, May-Nov
1996. 1-44 pp. Wellington, New Zealand. In Eng.
The author analyzes
trends in cohabitation in New Zealand, using data from the 1981, 1986,
and 1991 censuses. Aspects considered include trends by age and sex,
ethnic group, urban or rural residence, differentials by marital
status, religion, labor force status, and educational
level.
Correspondence: G. A. Carmichael, Australian
National University, Research School of Social Sciences, Demography
Program, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:10376 Cready, Cynthia M.; Saenz,
Rogelio. The nonmetro/metro context of racial/ethnic
outmarriage: some differences between African Americans and Mexican
Americans. Rural Sociology, Vol. 62, No. 3, Fall 1997. 335-62 pp.
Urbana, Illinois. In Eng.
"Data from the 1990 U.S. Census are
used to examine nonmetro-metro distinctions in the outmarriage patterns
of the nation's two largest minority groups--African Americans and
Mexican Americans....Consistent with notions suggesting that persons in
metro areas are less traditional and, perhaps, more tolerant of those
different from them we find that African Americans living in metro
areas are more likely to be married to someone from another
racial/ethnic group than their peers in nonmetro areas, even after
residential differences in individual and community characteristics are
taken into account. On the other hand, controlling for other factors,
Mexican Americans living in metro areas are not any more likely than
those living in nonmetro settings to be exogamous. One possible
explanation for this divergent pattern is the relatively recent
urbanization of the Mexican American
population."
Correspondence: C. M. Cready, Texas A
& M University, Department of Sociology, College Station, TX
77843-4351. E-mail: ccready@unix.tamu.edu. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:10377 De Silva, W. Indralal.
The Ireland of Asia: trends in marriage timing in Sri Lanka.
Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, Jun 1997. 3-24 pp.
Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
"Using data primarily from the 1987
and 1993 Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Surveys, this study analyses
trends in nuptiality and identifies the determinants of late marriage.
It concludes that, apart from a marriage squeeze, increasing emphasis
on individual attributes, especially education and a suitable
occupation, has pushed up the age at marriage to a level unique in
South Asia. It concludes that the national family planning programme
should consider including services for the unmarried portion of the
adolescent and young adult population. If not, the most likely outcome
will be reliance on induced abortion to terminate unwanted
pregnancies."
The full text is of this article is available
electronically through www.undp.org/popin.
Correspondence:
W. I. De Silva, University of Colombo, Demographic Training and
Research Unit, P.O. Box 1490, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10378 Ermisch, John; Francesconi,
Marco. Partnership formation and dissolution in Great
Britain. Working Papers of the ESRC Research Centre on
Micro-Social Change, No. 96-10, Aug 1996. 20, [16] pp. University of
Essex, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change: Colchester,
England. In Eng.
"Data on complete histories of all spells of
marriage and cohabitation from the second wave of [the] British
Household Panel Study (1992) are used to explore the changing nature of
partnership formation and dissolution in Great Britain....The paper
documents the dramatic increase in cohabitation before marriage, and
the stability of such unions. Partnership stability has declined for
more recent cohorts, regardless of whether a partnership started as
cohabitation or marriage. Cohabitations last a short time before being
converted into marriage or dissolving....About 60 percent of first
cohabitations turn into marriage and 30 percent dissolve within 10
years. Repartnering after dissolution of the first marriage is faster
and more common for men than for women, but there is little gender
differential in repartnering after dissolution of a cohabitation.
Second cohabitations are much less stable than the first ones.
Multivariate analysis reveals that, while partnership is being
postponed in young people's lives, the odds of cohabitation relative to
marriage are still rising among recent
cohorts."
Correspondence: University of Essex, ESRC
Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester,
Essex C04 3SQ, England. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:10379 Fu, Haishan; Goldman,
Noreen. Are health-related behaviors associated with the
risk of divorce? OPR Working Paper, No. 96-3, Dec 1996. 34, [3]
pp. Princeton University, Office of Population Research [OPR]:
Princeton, New Jersey. In Eng.
"This study investigates the
link between health-related variables and risks of divorce [in the
United States]. The findings indicate that physical characteristics
associated with poor health--namely, obesity and short stature--are not
significantly related to risks of marital dissolution for either men or
women. On the other hand, risk-taking behaviors--such as smoking and
drug use--are strongly related to higher risks of divorce for both
sexes."
Correspondence: Princeton University, Office
of Population Research, 21 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08544-2091.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10380 Gariano, Antonio C.; Rutland, Suzanne
D. Religious intermix: 1996 census update. People and
Place, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1997. 10-9 pp. Clayton, Australia. In Eng.
"Intermarriage between partners of different religious
identification is an important indicator of the extent of cultural
maintenance. An analysis of the 1996 Census shows that religious
intermix is significant and growing amongst Australia's major Catholic
and Protestant faiths. The once strong divisions between Catholics and
Protestants are fading. However, amongst minor religions, intermix is
low. It is particularly low amongst Jews, Moslems, Hindus and Greek
Orthodox adherents."
Correspondence: S. D. Rutland,
University of New South Wales, Department of Semitic Studies,
Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:10381 Gentleman, Jane F.; Park,
Evelyn. Divorce in the 1990s. [Divorces des
années 1990.] Health Reports/Rapports sur la Santé, Vol.
9, No. 2, Autumn 1997. 53-8, 57-62 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng; Fre.
"This article presents divorce statistics [in Canada] from
1970 through 1995 and focuses on divorce rates in the 1990s....Divorce
rates have not changed dramatically in the 1990s and are only slightly
higher than in the early 1980s. Divorce rates peak among those who have
been married for five years and then decrease as duration of marriage
lengthens."
Correspondence: J. F. Gentleman,
Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6,
Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10382 Glatzer, Wolfgang; Stuhler,
Heidemarie; Mingels, Annette; Rösch, Martina.
Consensual unions: marriage substitute or marriage alternative?
State of research in Germany 1996-1997. [Nichteheliche
Lebensgemeinschaften: eheähnlich oder eher alternativ? Stand der
Forschung in Deutschland 1996/97.] Materialien zur
Bevölkerungswissenschaft, No. 89, 1997. 87 pp. Bundesinstitut
für Bevölkerungsforschung: Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger.
This report summarizes German research after 1980 on consensual
unions. Among the topics explored are socio-demographic aspects;
motivation and decisionmaking; attitudes toward marriage; comparisons
between marriages and consensual unions, including values, stability,
and gender roles; the desire for children; legal aspects; social
acceptance, including same-sex unions; and a summary of research areas
and gaps. An extensive bibliography is included.
Correspondence:
Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung,
Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 6, Postfach 5528, 65180 Wiesbaden, Germany.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10383 Glenn, Norval D. A
reconsideration of the effect of no-fault divorce on divorce
rates. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 59, No. 4, Nov
1997. 1,023-30 pp. Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Eng.
The author
critically examines a 1995 article by Joseph L. Rodgers, Paul A.
Nakonezny, and Robert D. Shull in which the authors "report on a
[U.S.] study designed to assess the effects of the adoption of no-fault
provisions by the 50 states." Glenn asserts that "the
preponderance of the evidence from more appropriate analyses suggests
that the adoption of no-fault divorce in itself had very little direct
effect on divorce rates." A reply by the authors of the original
article is included (pp. 1,026-30).
For the article by Nakonezny et
al. see 61:30404.
Correspondence: N. D. Glenn, University
of Texas, Department of Sociology, Austin, TX 78712. E-mail:
ndglenn@mail.la.utexas.edu. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:10384 Hammes, Winfried.
Divorces, 1996. [Ehescheidungen 1996.] Wirtschaft und
Statistik, No. 12, Dec 1997. 826-35 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany. In Ger.
Divorce statistics for 1996 are presented separately for the former
East and West Germany. Aspects considered include duration of marriage,
partners' ages and age differences, and number of
children.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
64:10385 Hooghiemstra, E.; Manting,
D. Marriage and immigrants from Turkey and Morocco.
[Turkse en Marokkaanse huwelijksmigranten.] Maandstatistiek van de
Bevolking, Vol. 45, No. 10, Oct 1997. 25-34 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands.
In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"In this article marriage and
immigration of Turkish and Moroccan persons residing in the Netherlands
are analysed on the basis of data extracted from the municipal
population registers....About 56 thousand married Turkish and Moroccan
women of the first generation living in the Netherlands were
marriage-related immigrants compared with 24 thousand married
men....Most male marriage-related immigrants married women who were
born in the Netherlands or immigrated there as a child. Many female
marriage-related immigrants joined a spouse who was already 18 years or
over at the moment of immigration."
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10386 Jarvis, Sarah; Jenkins, Stephen
P. Marital splits and income changes: evidence for
Britain. Working Papers of the ESRC Research Centre on
Micro-Social Change, No. 97-4, Apr 1997. 38 pp. University of Essex,
ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change: Colchester, England. In
Eng.
"We provide new evidence about what happens to people's
incomes when their or their parents' marital union dissolves, using
longitudinal data from waves 1-4 of the British Household Panel
Survey....In addition we analyse the extent to which the welfare state
mitigates the size of the income loss for women and children relative
to men, and document the changes in social assistance benefit receipt
and paid work, and maintenance income receipt and
payment."
Correspondence: University of Essex, ESRC
Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester,
Essex C04 3SQ, England. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:10387 Lievens, John.
Interethnic marriage: bringing in the context through multilevel
modelling. IPD Working Paper, No. 1997-6, 1997. 33 pp. Vrije
Universiteit Brussel, Interface Demography: Brussels, Belgium;
Universiteit Gent, Vakgroep Bevolkingswetenschappen: Gent, Belgium. In
Eng.
"This paper deals with the underlying causes of
interethnic marriages of Turks and Moroccans living in Belgium.
Predictions derived from assimilation theory (micro-perspective) and
from the macrostructural perspective are combined in a single empirical
model through multilevel modelling. It is found that individual- and
higher-level determinants independently influence the propensity of
being interethnically married. Higher odds are generally (except for
Moroccan women) found for the second generation and at higher levels of
age at marriage and educational
attainment."
Correspondence: Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Interface Demography, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
E-mail: esvbalck@vnet3.vub.ac.be. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:10388 Lundh, Christer. The
world of Hajnal revisited: marriage patterns in Sweden 1650-1990.
Lund Papers in Economic History, No. 60, 1997. 28 pp. University of
Lund, Department of Economic History: Lund, Sweden. In Eng.
"The aim of this paper is to discuss the pattern of marriage
in Sweden from the point of view of Hajnal's distinctions between
different marriage patterns and their connection with various household
systems. How far back can one trace the West European pattern of
marriage in Sweden and how long did it persist? Are there any
trend-like changes in the marriage pattern, and if so what is the
relationship between economic change, institutional change and changes
in the pattern of marriage?"
Correspondence:
University of Lund, Department of Economic History, P.O. Box 7083,
220 07 Lund, Sweden. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:10389 Nault, François.
Twenty years of marriages. [Vingt ans de mariages.] Health
Reports/Rapports sur la Santé, Vol. 8, No. 2, Autumn 1996.
39-47; 41-50 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng; Fre.
"This article
examines [Canadian] national and provincial trends over the past 20
years in the numbers and rates of marriage by the age and previous
marital status of the partners...." Results indicate that
"aside from a brief upturn in the late 1980s, Canada's marriage
rate has fallen quite steadily since the early 1970s....Since 1974, the
average ages of brides and grooms have risen about five years to 30.1
and 32.6, respectively. Nonetheless, the peak ages for marriage are the
twenties....The marriage patterns of Quebec residents differ from those
of other Canadians. Quebec residents are much more likely to remain
single or live common-law, and if they do marry, they are slightly more
likely to divorce. Once divorced or widowed, people in Quebec are less
likely than those in the rest of Canada to
remarry."
Correspondence: L. Gaudette, Statistics
Canada, Division of Health Statistics, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10390 Nguyen, Huu Minh. Age at
first marriage in Viet Nam: patterns and determinants.
Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, Jun 1997. 49-74 pp.
Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
"Using data from the 1991 Viet Nam
Life History Survey, this article examines the patterns and
determinants of age at first marriage. It shows that socio-economic and
political changes during the last few decades are associated with a
shift to older ages of first marriage. It identifies regional
variations and discusses the significant impact of warfare on the
country's age patterns of marriage. It concludes by bringing out the
implications of the study for policy purposes."
The full text
is of this article is available electronically through
www.undp.org/popin.
Correspondence: H. M. Nguyen,
University of Washington, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology,
Box 353340, Seattle, WA 98195-3340. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:10391 Oppenheimer, Valerie K.; Lew,
Vivian. American marriage formation in the 1980s: how
important was women's economic independence? In: Gender and family
change in industrialized countries, edited by Karen O. Mason and
An-Magritt Jensen. 1995. 105-38 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England.
In Eng.
The authors use data from the National Survey of Labor
Market Experience (NLSY) to identify the factors associated with the
dramatic changes in the timing of marriages in the United States during
the past 20 years. "Focusing on young white females, this study
has searched in vain for evidence that an independence effect or other
negative effects of women's growing labour market involvement were
important factors discouraging first marriages during the
1980s."
Correspondence: V. K. Oppenheimer, University
of California, Department of Sociology, Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
90024. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10392 Oppenheimer, Valerie K.
Women's employment and the gain to marriage: the specialization and
trading model. Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 23, 1997. 431-53
pp. Palo Alto, California. In Eng.
"This chapter critically
examines the hypothesis that women's rising employment levels have
increased their economic independence and hence have greatly reduced
the desirability of marriage. Little firm empirical support for this
hypothesis is found. The apparent congruence in time-series data of
women's rising employment with declining marriage rates and increasing
marital instability is partly a result of using the historically
atypical early postwar behavior of the baby boom era as the benchmark
for comparisons and partly due to confounding trends in delayed
marriage with those of nonmarriage."
Correspondence:
V. K. Oppenheimer, 10345 Strathmore Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90024.
E-mail: valko@ucla.edu. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:10393 Pollock, Gene E.; Stroup, Atlee
L. Economic consequences of marital dissolution for
blacks. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, Vol. 26, No. 1-2, 1996.
49-67 pp. Binghamton, New York. In Eng.
Paying particular attention
to the economic impact of post-divorce on black survey respondents of
both sexes, "this study analyzes Weitzman's suggestion that men
and women lose economic well-being in the first year after divorce.
Family incomes of divorced women and men are compared with [those of]
their married counterparts for five SES [socioeconomic status]
categories. Using t-tests, it was found that, for most categories, for
both genders, incomes of divorced persons were lower than incomes of
married persons. Family incomes were regressed against a set of four
control variables and a marital status variable. The marital status
variable was statistically significant for four of the five SES
categories for females. This was not true for males. Policy
implications are considered." The geographical focus is on the
United States.
Correspondence: G. E. Pollock, College of
Wooster, Department of Economics, Wooster, OH 44691. Location:
Temple University Library, Philadelphia, PA.
64:10394 Ruggles, Steven. The
rise of divorce and separation in the United States, 1880-1990.
Demography, Vol. 34, No. 4, Nov 1997. 455-79 pp. Silver Spring,
Maryland. In Eng.
"I use the [U.S.] Integrated Public Use
Microdata Series to assess the potential effects of local labor-market
conditions on long-term trends and race differences in marital
instability. The rise of female labor-force participation and the
increase in nonfarm employment are closely associated with the growth
of divorce and separation. Moreover, higher female labor-force
participation among black women and lower economic opportunities for
black men may account for race differences in marital instability
before 1940, and for most of such differences in subsequent years.
However, unmeasured intervening cultural factors are probably
responsible for at least part of these effects." Comments by
Valerie Kincade Oppenheimer (pp. 467-72) and Samuel H. Preston (pp.
473-4) and a reply by the author (pp. 475-9) are
included.
Correspondence: S. Ruggles, University of
Minnesota, Department of History, 267 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis,
MN 55455. E-mail: ruggles@hist.umn.edu. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:10395 Savitridina, Rini.
Determinants and consequences of early marriage in Java,
Indonesia. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, Jun
1997. 25-48 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
"This article
examines the determinants of early marriage and also explores its
consequences on work and occupational status, marital dissolution, the
likelihood of contraceptive use and migration patterns. Based on the
1991 Indonesian Demographic Health Survey, the study reveals that 70
per cent of ever married women aged 25-49 in Java married early. It
finds that education is the most influential variable in explaining the
difference in marital dissolution among women in Java. It concludes
with a set of recommendations for policy interventions aimed at
improving the situation."
The full text is of this article is
available electronically through
www.undp.org/popin.
Correspondence: R. Savitridina, Central
Bureau of Statistics, Demography and Manpower Bureau, Jl. Dr. Sutomo 8,
Jakarta 10710, Indonesia. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:10396 Smith, Ian. Explaining
the growth of divorce in Great Britain. Scottish Journal of
Political Economy, Vol. 44, No. 5, Nov 1997. 519-44 pp. Oxford,
England. In Eng.
"This paper tests whether the liberalisation
of divorce law or economic factors can explain the post-war growth of
divorce rates in Great Britain. Timing differences regarding the dates
of legal innovations in England and Wales relative to Scotland are
exploited to test for divorce law effects. No effect on marital
dissolution of extending the grounds for the divorce can be detected,
though other innovations in family law have had a powerful but
generally temporary impact on divorce rates via their effect on
transaction costs and settlement rules. Economic theory suggests that
rising relative wages of women have reduced the gains from remaining
married by inter alia diminishing the benefits of household
specialisation and that rising real earnings of women have increased
post divorce welfare by providing a measure of financial independence.
The results are consistent with the real, but not the relative, wage
hypothesis."
Correspondence: I. Smith, University of
St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9AJ, Scotland. Location:
Princeton University Library (PF).
64:10397 Sureender, S.; Khan, A. G.;
Radhakrishnan, S. The dowry system and education of female
children: attitudes examined in Bihar, India. Demography India,
Vol. 26, No. 1, Jan-Jun 1997. 109-22 pp. Delhi, India. In Eng.
"The paper tries to examine the following two issues in the
state of Bihar [India]: (1) To understand the attitude [of] women
towards the dowry system and the plausible factors associated with it;
and (2) To unearth the relationship between the attitudes of women
towards the dowry system and education of their
daughters."
Correspondence: S. Sureender,
International Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road,
Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, India. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:10398 Sweezy, Kate; Tiefenthaler,
Jill. Do state-level variables affect divorce rates?
Review of Social Economy, Vol. 54, No. 1, Spring 1996. 47-65 pp. De
Kalb, Illinois. In Eng.
"In this study, [U.S.] state-level
variables including AFDC and food stamp payments, property distribution
laws, waiting periods, and two measures of conservatism are merged with
a micro data set in order to examine the effects of these variables as
well as individual-level variables on the probability of divorce. Event
history analysis indicates that the effects of the individual-level
variables are consistent with previous work. Among the state-level
variables, only the percentage of regular church-goers and the
percentage of fundamentalists in the state have a significant impact on
divorce. These results reject notions that liberal divorce laws and
generous AFDC payments encourage the breakup of families but support
the hypothesis that social norms do influence individual
behavior."
Correspondence: J. Tiefenthaler, Colgate
University, Hamilton, NY 13346. Location: Cornell University
Library, Ithaca, NY.
64:10399 Thapa, Shayam. Timing of
family formation in ethnic mosaic Nepal: a district-level
analysis. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, Jun
1997. 75-87 pp. Bangkok, Thailand. In Eng.
"The purpose of
this paper is to extend...previous research in order to analyse the
district-level variations in the timing of family formation in Nepal.
The main hypothesis examined is that the district-level variations in
the timing of family formation are determined principally by ethnicity,
independent of socio-economic factors. It is surmised, therefore, that
the district-level variations are not randomly distributed among
sub-populations but are differentiated by ethnic characteristics in the
districts."
The full text of this article is available
electronically through
http://www.undp.org/popin.
Correspondence: S. Thapa, Family
Health International, One Triangle Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709. E-mail: sthapa@fhi.wlink.com.np. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:10400 Turcotte, Pierre; Bélanger,
Alain. Moving in together: the formation of first
common-law unions. Canadian Social Trends, No. 47, Winter 1997.
7-10 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng.
"This study analyzes the
influence of selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics on
the likelihood of establishing a common law union as the first union
[in Canada]....The proliferation of common-law unions is thought to be
associated with many recent social changes that have influenced trends
in family behaviours and attitudes. Several factors appear to underlie
these changes, including the massive entry of women into the labour
market (with the resulting increase in women's autonomy); the
dissociation between sexuality and marriage and between fertility and
marriage; the decline in religious practice; and the redefinition of
the roles and expectations of spouses."
Correspondence:
P. Turcotte, Statistics Canada, Housing, Family and Social
Statistics Division, 7th Floor, Jean Talon Building, Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6, Canada. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10401 van der Ploeg, Evelien.
Shaping the partner career: the Dutch case. Nethur-Demography
Paper, No. 40, Jul 1997. 15 pp. Universiteit van Amsterdam, Faculteit
der Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen: Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
"This paper aims at providing some methods to get a quick
insight into...changes in union formation and dissolution behaviour. To
illustrate these methods the case of the Netherlands has been
used....There is a clear shift from a monotonous `direct marriage'
pattern to a pattern in which direct marriage is losing its leading
position to a pathway starting with cohabitation followed by a second
step."
Correspondence: E. van der Ploeg, Universiteit
van Amsterdam, Amsterdam Study Centre for the Metropolitan Environment,
Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, Netherlands. E-mail:
E.ploeg@frw.uva.nl. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:10402 van Poppel, Frans; Post, Wendy;
Groenen, Patrick. Age preferences of spouses, the
Netherlands 1850-1993; an application of correspondence analysis.
In: Population and family in the Low Countries 1996/1997: selected
current issues, edited by Hans van den Brekel and Fred Deven. 1997.
191-218 pp. Nederlands Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut [NIDI]:
The Hague, Netherlands; Centrum voor Bevolkings- en Gezinsstudiën
[CBGS]: Brussels, Belgium. In Eng.
"In this paper we use Dutch
data for the period 1850-1993 to study the evolution of age differences
between spouses during the 19th and 20th century....Our analysis shows
that during the 19th and 20th century large changes in age preferences
of spouses [took] place in the Netherlands. During the period
1850-1910, a clear increase in the degree of age-homogamy took place. A
new break in the structure of the age preferences started around 1955
and continued till 1971-1975."
Correspondence: F. van
Poppel, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, Postbus
11650, 2502 AR The Hague, Netherlands. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
Studies of household structure and of family composition and size and the factors influencing them. Includes the full range of family concepts from the one-parent to the extended family and includes studies on the life course of the family. Studies on attitudes toward family size are coded under F.4.4. Attitudes toward Fertility and Fertility Control.
64:10403 Ayad, Mohamed; Barrère,
Bernard; Otto, James. Demographic and socioeconomic
characteristics of households. DHS Comparative Studies, No. 26,
Sep 1997. viii, 75 pp. Macro International, Demographic and Health
Surveys [DHS]: Calverton, Maryland. In Eng.
Information is provided
in this report on the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of
households in 41 developing countries, using data from 25 DHS II
surveys and 16 DHS III surveys. The demographic characteristics
examined include age reporting and heaping, age and sex structure,
household size, household headship, and orphanhood and fostering. The
socioeconomic characteristics examined are educational status, housing
characteristics, household possessions, and standard of
living.
Correspondence: Macro International, Demographic
and Health Surveys, 11785 Beltsville Drive, Suite 300, Calverton, MD
20705-3119. E-mail: reports@macroint.com. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
64:10404 Baud, Michiel; Engelen,
Theo. Structure or strategy? Essays on family, demography,
and labor from the Dutch N. W. Posthumus Institute. History of the
Family, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1997. 347-552 pp. JAI Press: Greenwich,
Connecticut/London, England. In Eng.
"The concept of `family
strategies' has yielded much valuable research when used in the classic
`quantitative' and `anthropological' approaches to the history of
family life. Its continued use as a research concept requires, however,
that significantly more attention be paid to the relationships between
families as social units and their individual members, to the great
variety of families and households, and to the different motives that
guided families in charting strategies. These questions are brought to
the forefront when the history of the family is investigated
cross-culturally and comparatively, as the articles of this Special
Issue, written by researchers of the Dutch N. W. Posthumus Institute,
seek to do."
Selected items will be cited in this or subsequent
issues of Population Index.
Correspondence: JAI Press, 55
Old Post Road No. 2, P.O. Box 1678, Greenwich, CT 06836-1678.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
64:10405 Casper, Lynne M. My
daddy takes care of me! Fathers as care providers. Current
Population Reports, Series P70: Household Economic Studies, No. P70-59,
Sep 1997. 9 pp. U.S. Bureau of the Census: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"Over the past 5 years, there has been increasing interest in
the roles [U.S.] fathers play in shaping their children's lives....In
this report, we look at one aspect of fathers' involvement--fathers
caring for their children during mothers' working hours--and examine
which types of fathers are the most likely to take care of their
children." Aspects considered include fathers' employment status,
economic status, occupation, veteran status, geographic region, and
family size.
Correspondence: U.S. Bureau of the Census,
Population Division, Washington, D.C. 20233. E-mail: pop@census.gov.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10406 Chafetz, Janet S.
Chicken or egg? A theory of the relationship between feminist
movements and family change. In: Gender and family change in
industrialized countries, edited by Karen O. Mason and An-Magritt
Jensen. 1995. 63-81 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng.
"In this chapter I will explicate a theory of the relationship
among increased labour force participation by women, the re-emergence
of feminist activism, and certain kinds of family changes, specifically
as they occurred during the 1960s and 1970s....The theoretical question
addressed in this chapter is one of process: what is the causal
sequence of interrelated changes that, to varying degrees, resulted in
similar familial changes throughout the industrialized world? These
cross-national similarities include rising divorce rates; increasing
numbers of single-parent, typically female-headed, families; declining
birth rates; rising age at first marriage and at first birth among
women; rising rates of non-marital cohabitation; and increasing labour
force participation among married women, including mothers of young
children."
Correspondence: J. S. Chafetz, University
of Houston, Department of Sociology, Houston, TX 77204. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10407 Cravey, Altha J. The
politics of reproduction: households in the Mexican industrial
transition. Economic Geography, Vol. 73, No. 2, Apr 1997. 166-86
pp. Worcester, Massachusetts. In Eng.
"A household-level
analysis helps to reveal the dynamics of a transition in Mexican
industrial strategy from the state-led import substitution strategy
dominant from 1930 to 1976 to the neoliberal one dominant today. The
results suggest that gender restructuring was a crucial element of
industrial restructuring. The new industrial strategy, which relies on
substantial foreign investment and adopts many of the norms of
maquiladora production, has reshaped the industrial household into a
multitude of forms. In the case study presented, these range from huge
company-run single-sex dormitories to a variety of extended family
households. In these new households the gender division of domestic
labor has been renegotiated. In-depth interviews reveal that such
micro-scale struggles result from, and influence, the new factory
regime."
Correspondence: A. J. Cravey, University of
North Carolina, Department of Geography, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3220.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10408 de Jong, A. H. National
Household Forecasts 1996: postponement of family formation.
[Nationale Huishoudensprognose 1996: uitstel van gezinsvorming.]
Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 45, No. 9, Sep 1997. 6-12 pp.
Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
"According to
the National Household Forecasts 1996 for the Netherlands the number of
families (couples living together with or without children, and single
parents) will increase from 4.4 to 4.6 million between 1995 and 2020.
Decreasing fertility causes the percentage of childless families to
increase from 45 to 50. Due to postponement of having children fewer
women under the age of 30 will have young children. This may have a
positive effect on the labour participation of women, given the fact
that labour participation of childless women is much higher than that
of mothers."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:10409 Dumont,
Gérard-François. Socio-demographic aspects
of the family around the world. [Les aspects
socio-démographiques de la famille dans le monde.] Anthropotes,
Vol. 12, No. 1, Jun 1996. 119-32 pp. Vatican City. In Fre.
Trends
affecting the family around the world are reviewed. The author examines
such issues as changing attitudes toward marriage, the decline in
marriage rates and its consequences, changes in age at marriage,
increases in life expectancy, divorce, and household size. He also
discusses geographical differences in family patterns as well as
features that are common to families everywhere.
Correspondence:
G.-F. Dumont, Université de Paris-Sorbonne, Institut de
Démographie Politique, 191 rue Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10410 Ermisch, John. Analysis
of leaving the parental home and returning to it using panel data.
Working Papers of the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, No.
96-1, Jan 1996. 36, [8] pp. University of Essex, ESRC Research Centre
on Micro-Social Change: Colchester, England. In Eng.
"Analysis
of the first three waves of the British Household Panel Study (1991-93)
indicates substantial changes in the pattern of departure from the
parental home among recent cohorts compared with the 1958 cohort. While
there appears to have been only a small fall in the median age of
leaving home, movements directly from the parental home into
partnerships (marriage or cohabitation) are much less important than
they used to be. Departures as a student have increased in importance
as more recent cohorts remain in education longer. Econometric analyses
indicate that parental income and unemployment experiences influence
the patterns of departure and return. Evidence is presented that
ignoring attrition from the panel biases leaving rates downward and
return rates upward, although not
dramatically."
Correspondence: University of Essex,
ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester,
Essex C04 3SQ, England. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:10411 Ermisch, John.
Pre-marital cohabitation, childbearing and the creation of one
parent families. Working Papers of the ESRC Research Centre on
Micro-Social Change, No. 95-17, Jun 1995. 20, [6] pp. University of
Essex, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change: Colchester,
England. In Eng.
"The life histories collected in the second
wave of the BHPS [British Household Panel Study] are used to study the
changing importance of cohabitation without legal marriage and
childbearing within such unions in Britain, comparing the experiences
of two broad cohorts of women: those born during 1950-62 and those born
after 1962. The analysis indicates that the main reason for the
observed growth in childbearing within cohabitation is the dramatic
increase in cohabitation before marriage. Indeed, it is now the most
popular form of first partnership, and the odds of cohabitation
relative to marriage are still rising among recent cohorts reaching
young adulthood. In addition, childbearing is also more common among
more recent cohorts of cohabiting women. About one-half of these
fertile cohabitational unions dissolve, producing a never-married lone
mother. Estimates in the paper suggest that among recent cohorts of
women, about two-fifths of one parent families headed by never-married
mothers are created through childbearing within cohabitation followed
by dissolution of the cohabitational
union."
Correspondence: University of Essex, ESRC
Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester,
Essex C04 3SQ, England. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
64:10412 Ermisch, John. Prices,
parents and young people's household formation. Working Papers of
the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, No. 97-18, Aug 1997.
38 pp. University of Essex, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social
Change: Colchester, England. In Eng.
"An economic theory of
young people's decision to live apart from parents is presented and
used to structure econometric analyses of the processes of leaving the
parental home and returning to it, which employ data from the British
Household Panel Survey for the first half of the 1990s. The econometric
estimates support the predictions of the theory. In particular, tighter
housing markets, as indicated by higher regional relative house prices,
significantly retard home leaving, especially the formation of
partnerships, and encourage returns to the parental home. Young people
with larger current income are more likely to leave, but less likely to
return to, the parental home."
Correspondence:
University of Essex, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change,
Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex C04 3SQ, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10413 Foner, Nancy. The
immigrant family: cultural legacies and cultural changes.
International Migration Review, Vol. 31, No. 4, Winter 1997. 961-74 pp.
Staten Island, New York. In Eng.
"This article examines the
way family and kinship patterns change in the process of
immigration--and why. Offering an interpretative synthesis, it
emphasizes the way first generation immigrants to the United States
fuse together the old and new to create a new kind of family life. The
family is seen as a place where there is a dynamic interplay between
structure, culture, and agency. New immigrant family patterns are
shaped by cultural meanings and social practices immigrants bring with
them from their home countries as well as social, economic and cultural
forces in the United States."
Correspondence: N.
Foner, State University of New York, Purchase, NY 10577. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10414 Furstenberg, Frank F.
Family change and the welfare of children: what do we know and what
can we do about it? In: Gender and family change in industrialized
countries, edited by Karen O. Mason and An-Magritt Jensen. 1995. 245-57
pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng.
The author first
identifies some unanswered questions concerning the link between
changing gender roles and children's well-being. He then raises some of
the difficult policy issues facing countries that have experienced
large changes affecting the family as well as those that are only
beginning to confront the revolution in family patterns. The author
argues that, in view of the inevitability of changes affecting the
family, a sensible public policy should be predicated on the principle
of serving the needs of children rather than on preserving the
traditional nuclear family. The primary geographical focus is on
developed countries.
Correspondence: F. F. Furstenberg,
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Sociology, Philadelphia, PA
19104. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10415 Goldani, Ana M.;
Fougeyrollas-Schwebel, Dominique. Family or families? The
individualization of women and the evolution of the family as an
institution. [Família ou famílias?
Individuação das mulheres e evolução da
família como instituição.] Estudos Feministas,
Vol. 2, Oct 1994. 301-46 pp. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In Por.
This
special issue contains two articles on the family in Brazil. The first,
by Ana M. Goldani, examines how family characteristics in Brazil have
changed since 1981 in response to the economic crises that have
affected the country. The author uses census and survey data to analyze
the relations between demographic trends and family characteristics.
Particular attention is given to the growth of non-nuclear families,
such as one-parent families. The second article, by Dominique
Fougeyrollas-Schwebel, also looks at changes in the family in Brazil,
with particular reference to changes in women's work both within the
family and in the work force.
Correspondence: A. M.
Goldani, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Departamento de Sociologia,
Caixa Postal 6166, CEP 13081 Campinas, SP, Brazil. Location:
Princeton University Library (PR).
64:10416 Granström, Fredrik.
Fertility and family surveys in countries of the ECE region:
standard country report, Sweden. Economic Studies, No. 10B, Pub.
Order No. GV.E.97.0.21. ISBN 92-1-100757-7. 1997. x, 90 pp. UN Economic
Commission for Europe [ECE]: Geneva, Switzerland. In Eng.
This is
one in a series of comparable surveys on fertility and family change
that are being carried out in ECE member countries. This report
presents results from the Swedish Family Survey of 1992-1993, which
included a sample of 4,984 women and men born between 1949 and 1969.
The objective of the survey was to describe the modern family,
including unmarried couples; analyze variations and trends in family
formation and fertility; describe the interactions among family life,
education, and employment; examine changes in labor force
participation; illustrate differences by socioeconomic status in
attitudes toward the family and family policies; and make possible some
international comparisons.
Correspondence: UN Economic
Commission for Europe, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10417 Holzer, Jerzy Z.; Kowalska,
Irena. Fertility and family surveys in countries of the
ECE region: standard country report, Poland. Economic Studies, No.
10D, Pub. Order No. GV.E.97-0-28. ISBN 92-1-100765-8. 1997. xii, 99 pp.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe: Geneva, Switzerland;
United Nations Population Fund [UNFPA]: New York, New York. In Eng.
This is one in a series of comparable surveys on fertility and
family change being carried out in ECE member countries. This report
presents results from the survey carried out in Poland in 1991.
Following chapters on survey methodology, socioeconomic trends, and
population trends in the country, there is a chapter presenting the
main results of the survey. These include household composition,
parental home, partnerships, children, fertility regulation, fertility
preferences, values and beliefs, and female education and
occupations.
Correspondence: UN Economic Commission for
Europe, Palais des Nations, Room 439, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10418 Huinink, Johannes; Mayer, Karl
U. Gender, social inequality, and family formation in West
Germany. In: Gender and family change in industrialized countries,
edited by Karen O. Mason and An-Magritt Jensen. 1995. 168-99 pp.
Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng.
"In this chapter we
make a conceptual and empirical attempt to place union formation and
childbearing within a framework that combines the perspective of life
course dynamics...and social stratification, giving specific emphasis
to differences between men and women. Comparing various birth cohorts,
we focus on historical rearrangements of these dynamics. In particular,
we examine how the socio-economic background of the parental family and
the influences of participation in education and in the labour force
have changed the process of family formation for men and women. The
social and historical setting we have chosen for both our theory
building and the empirical analysis is that of West
Germany."
Correspondence: J. Huinink,
Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Lentzeallee 94, 14195
Berlin, Germany. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10419 Larson, Jan. The new
face of homemakers. American Demographics, Vol. 19, No. 9, Sep
1997. 45-50 pp. Ithaca, New York. In Eng.
The author discusses
changes in the definition of "homemaker" in the United
States, with a focus on the development of businesses aimed at
providing various services to families. "Homemakers of the 1990s
do not fit the traditional stereotype. They're more likely to be
working outside of the home, to be men, to be ambivalent about their
roles, and to be clueless about running a household....The change in
labor force composition has transformed the way Americans live and
altered their demands for goods and
services."
Correspondence: J. Larson, University of
Wisconsin, Department of Journalism, Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10420 Latten, Jan; de Graaf, Arie.
Fertility and family surveys in countries of the ECE region:
standard country report, The Netherlands. Economic Studies, No.
10C, Pub. Order No. GV.E.97-0-22. ISBN 92-1-100758-5. 1997. xi, 94 pp.
UN Economic Commission for Europe [ECE]: Geneva, Switzerland. In Eng.
This is one in a series of comparable surveys on fertility and
family change that are being carried out in ECE member countries. This
report presents results from the fifth fertility survey undertaken in
the Netherlands; it was carried out in 1993 and was extended to include
the family. Following chapters on survey methodology, socioeconomic
trends, and population trends in the country, there is a chapter
presenting the main results of the survey. These include topics such as
household composition, parental home, partnerships, partnership
formation and dissolution, children, fertility regulation, fertility
preferences, values and beliefs, and female education and
occupations.
Correspondence: UN Economic Commission for
Europe, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10421 Lesthaeghe, Ron. The
second demographic transition in Western countries: an
interpretation. In: Gender and family change in industrialized
countries, edited by Karen O. Mason and An-Magritt Jensen. 1995. 17-62
pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. In Eng.
The author examines
the demographic transitions affecting the family in Western societies
since about 1960. "In this chapter I shall try to show that the
motivations underlying the `second transition' are clearly different
from those supporting the `first transition', with individual autonomy
and female emancipation more central to the second than to the first. I
shall also explore the cultural and economic factors operative at the
national level that have generated the regional patterning of various
characteristics of the `second transition'. The aim of the second
section of the chapter is to show that the geographical patterning of
the `second transition' is substantially different from the one
underlying the `first transition'."
Correspondence: R.
Lesthaeghe, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Centrum voor Sociologie,
Interuniversity Programme in Demography, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels,
Belgium. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10422 Molnár, Edit S.
Lone mothers bringing up their children. [Gyermeküket
egyedül nevelo anyák.] Demográfia, Vol. 40, No. 2-3,
1997. 147-70 pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Hun.
This study analyzes
families in Hungary with single mothers bringing up children alone. The
study examines such aspects as the financial problems of single
mothers, housing, and life satisfaction. Comparisons are made with
other European countries.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:10423 Panda, Pradeep K. Female
headship, poverty and child welfare: a study of rural Orissa.
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 32, No. 43, Oct 25, 1997. 73-82 pp.
Mumbai, India. In Eng.
"On the basis of primary data collected
in a rural setting in the state of Orissa [India], an attempt has been
made in this paper to compare the socio-economic status of male- and
female-headed households. Subsequently the differences in the use of
resources (time and money) between male-headed and female-headed
households have been analysed. Finally, the paper explores the relative
well-being of the children between the two groups, i.e., to what extent
female headship influences children's access to social services, and
children's actual welfare outcomes, measured in terms of health and
education indicators. The results suggest that poverty and female
headship are strongly linked in rural Orissa. The results further
suggest that the use of resources are significantly different between
the two types of households and the comparison of household
expenditures indicates that, female-headed households spend relatively
less on higher quality food items such as meat, vegetables, milk and
other dairy products. Finally the findings show that children in
female-headed households are disadvantaged both in terms of access to
social services and actual welfare outcomes."
Location:
Princeton University Library (PF).
64:10424 Phipps, Shelley A. What
is the income "cost of a child"? Exact equivalence scales for
Canadian two-parent families. Review of Economics and Statistics,
Vol. 80, No. 1, Feb 1998. 157-64 pp. Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Eng.
"This note asks: `How much income does it take to preserve the
prechild standard of living for all members of the postchild
household?' Equivalence scales for Canadian two-parent families are
estimated using a complete demand system approach and imposing the
condition of equivalence scale exactness/independent of a base....This
approach has several advantages: (1) It is formally grounded in
economic theory. (2) The income required for children can be estimated
without ignoring the well-being of the children themselves. (3) The
estimates obtained appear reasonable relative to others currently
available in the literature."
Correspondence: S. A.
Phipps, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5, Canada.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
64:10425 Quilodrán, Julieta.
Trajectories of life: support for the interpretation of demographic
phenomena. [Trayectorias de vida: un apoyo para la
interpretación de los fenómenos demográficos.]
Estudios Sociológicos, Vol. 14, No. 41, May-Aug 1996. 393-416
pp. Mexico City, Mexico. In Spa.
The author analyzes demographic
phenomena of the life course in Mexico, with a focus on different
generations and intergenerational relationships within the family since
the 1930s. Aspects considered include education, occupations, marriage
patterns, and reproduction.
Correspondence: J.
Quilodrán, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios
Demográficos y de Desarrollo Urbano, Camino al Ajusco 20, 10740
Mexico City, DF, Mexico. Location: Princeton University
Library (PR).
64:10426 Ravanera, Zenaida R.; Rajulton,
Fernando. Stability and crisis in the family life
course--findings from the 1990 General Social Survey, Canada.
Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1996. 165-84 pp.
Edmonton, Canada. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"This paper
examines the flow of family life course events between ages 30 and 54.
The life course is viewed from three perspectives: chronological age,
social time and historical time....This study finds some interesting
differences in the life course patterns among birth cohorts of men and
women spanning three quarters of the twentieth century....Some of these
findings are interpreted against historical
backgrounds."
Correspondence: Z. R. Ravanera,
University of Western Ontario, Department of Sociology, Population
Studies Centre, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10427 Reher, David S.
Perspectives on the family in Spain, past and present. ISBN
0-19-823314-0. LC 96-34857. 1997. xv, 356 pp. Clarendon Press: Oxford,
England. In Eng.
In this study, the author sketches the basic
contours of family development in Spain from the seventeenth century to
the present. "Throughout this study, the family will be considered
in its dual role as the guarantor of social, economic, and demographic
reproduction of society, and as an institution designed to defend,
protect, and assure the survival and well-being of its own members as
best as possible in often difficult and adverse circumstances."
Data are from a variety of sources, including parish registers and all
censuses since 1860. The chapter headings are as follows: The big
picture and smaller perspectives; Patterns of co-residence in Spain;
Family systems and their implications; The stages of life; Death and
the family; Marriage, reproduction, and the family; Dimensions of the
marriage market on the eve of modernization; Family economies; Changing
dimensions of kinship networks during the twentieth century; and
Present and future perspectives for the family in
Spain.
Correspondence: Oxford University Press, Great
Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, England. Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
64:10428 Sauvain-Dugerdil, Claudine;
Kalmykova, Natalia; Gu, Hong G.; Ritschard, Gilbert; Olszak, Michael;
Hagmann, Hermann-Michel. Living in old age in Switzerland.
Changes in the residence characteristics of the elderly
population. [Vivre sa vieillesse en Suisse. Les transformations
des modes de résidence des personnes âgées.]
European Journal of Population/Revue Européenne de
Démographie, Vol. 13, No. 2, Jun 1997. 169-212 pp. Dordrecht,
Netherlands. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"We analyse here the
household situation of the elderly in Switzerland....The situation at
the beginning of the `90s is described in the different age groups of
the second part of the lifecourse and in reference to individual
profiles. In a second step, this information is considered in the light
of the evolution which occurred during the last thirty years....The
objective is to examine in what measure elderly people are also
affected by the new lifestyles shown in particular in the
diversification of the household arrangements. More broadly, the aim is
to contribute to a better understanding of the current mutations of the
elderly's position in the family and in the
society."
Correspondence: C. Sauvain-Dugerdil,
Université de Genève, Laboratoire de Démographie
Economique et Sociale, 3 Place de l'Université, 1211 Geneva 4,
Switzerland. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
64:10429 Stegmann, Daniele.
Family formation and the desire for children in Germany: life
courses of single parents in West and East Germany.
[Familienbildung und Kinderwunsch in Deutschland: Lebensverläufe
Alleinerziehender in West- und Ostdeutschland.] Materialien zur
Bevölkerungswissenschaft, No. 82e, 1997. xx, 277 pp.
Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung: Wiesbaden, Germany.
In Ger.
Based on data from the 1992 Family and Fertility Survey for
Germany, this study analyzes aspects of the life cycles of single
parents in Germany. The author combines an expanded event history
analysis approach with longitudinal reconstruction of event sequences
to answer the following questions: Are there differences in significant
life-cycle events and timing between one- and two-parent families? Are
there such differences among different groups of single parents? Have
there been changes over time in the life cycles of single parents, and
are these changes separate from those affecting two-parent families?
Are there significant differences between the life cycles of East and
West German single parents? and What is the cause-effect relationship
between single motherhood and women's labor force
participation?
Correspondence: Bundesinstitut für
Bevölkerungsforschung, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4, Postfach 5528,
65180 Wiesbaden, Germany. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
64:10430 Todisco, Enrico. The
immigrant family as a factor in integration. The case of Guidonia
(Rome). [La famiglia immigrata come fattore di integrazione. Il
caso di Guidonia (Roma).] Studi Emigrazione/Etudes Migrations, Vol. 34,
No. 126, Jun 1997. 285-310 pp. Rome, Italy. In Ita. with sum. in Eng;
Fre.
"The study compares the composition of `Italian' families
resident in the Latium region with `foreign' families living in
Guidonia, the second biggest borough in the Province of
Rome....Guidonia is divided into a number of areas with different
social characteristics and ethnic concentrations. The structure of
immigrant families usually differs considerably from that of Italian
families not only and not so much because of cultural elements, but
also because of factors connected with migration time and entry laws.
The dichotomy which defines the picture is quite remarkable, since the
majority of immigrant families have settled very recently in Guidonia
and have lived there for no more than five years. However, the research
proves that, once the influence of the time factor has been overcome,
immigrants' demographic behaviour resembles very much that of local
families...."
Correspondence: E. Todisco,
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento di
Studi Geoeconomici, Statistici e Storici per l'Analisi Regionale, Via
Nomentana 41, Rome 00161, Italy. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
