Images de la famille italienne en mutation
Palomba (Rossella), Quattrociocchi (Luciana).- Images of the Changing Italian Family Changes in the structure of Italian families throughout the 1980s are assessed by comparing data from the ISTAT surveys of 1983 and 1990. The results are presented from the individual's point of view and we show how they fit into different familial configurations. Marriage remains the central element in Italian families, and the choice for young adults is easy : either they remain in their parental household, or they marry - most commonly in order to have children. Among those aged 30-39 the number of single parents has increased following a moderate increase in marriage breakdown. Diversity in family structures tends to appear primarily during the final stages of life at the time of widowhood. Family structures remain simpler in Italy than the neighbouring Western countries, but the strong continuity in family structure does not mean that there been no changes, only that it is more difficult to capture them by statistical methods.
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1996
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Authors: | Quattrociocchi, Luciana ; Palomba, Rossella |
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Population (french edition). - Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED). - Vol. 51.1996, 2, p. 353-367
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Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) |
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