The institution of marriage has served to funnel economic resources from fathers to children. Its continued decline in the countries of the developed world threatens the adequacy of the economic support of human reproduction, now increasingly provided by women. Its decline is also probably...

During the 20th century, Russian women were assigned the triple role of social and political activists, workers, caregivers and mothers. This paper makes an overview of the main steps undertaken first by the Soviet and later by the modern Russian governments to influence family formation models...

Im Oktober 1998 veranstaltete die Abteilung Mikrodaten von ZUMA die Konferenz ""Forschung mit dem Mikrozensus: Analysen zur Sozialstruktur und zum Arbeitsmarkt"", an der vorwiegend Nutzer des Mikrozensus teilahmen. Hauptziel dieser ersten Nutzerkonferenz war es, ein Forum für den...

While underweight has always been a challenge in developing countries, many poorer countries are today increasingly affected by overweight and obesity. Leading causes for this development are changes in food consumption and lifestyle patterns. Consumption patterns change from traditional diets...