Family policy is not easily conceptualized or measured in comparative research. Previous approaches are highly diverse … and have yielded mixed empirical results in terms of placing countries' family policy profiles in the international … policy level is best suited to capture within- and cross-country variation in family policy. Using data on 21 European …

children's reports of family or home characteristics rather than information provided by their parents. There is a well …'s occupation, parental education, and the number of books in the family home. Our results suggest that children's reports of their …