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Population aging and the extended family in Taiwan

Mason, Andrew; Lee, Sang-Hyop - In: Demographic Research 10 (2004) 8, pp. 197-230

Population aging produces changes in the availability of kin with uncertain implications for extended living arrangements. We propose a highly stylized model that can be used to analyze and project age-specific proportions of adults living in extended and nuclear households. The model is applied...

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Neither single, nor in a couple. A study of living apart together in France

Regnier-Loilier, Arnaud; Beaujouan, Eva; … - In: Demographic Research 21 (2009) 4, pp. 75-108

Among living arrangements, living apart together relationships arouse curiosity on the part of sociologists, demographers and even the media. From a scientific point of view, how have noncohabiting relationships evolved in recent decades? How can we recognise these relationships, and who are the...

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Family Dynamics of 63 Million (in 1990) to More Than 330 Million (in 2050) Elders in China

Zeng, Yi; George, Linda - In: Demographic Research 2 (2000) 5

Based on censuses micro data files, population and family households projections, this paper analyses extremely rapid population aging, family dynamics and living arrangements of the elderly in China. Both our and the U.N.â€™s most recent projections confirm very rapid increase in...

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Living arrangements, intergenerational support types and older adult loneliness in Eastern and Western Europe

Gierveld, Jenny; Dykstra, Pearl A.; Schenk, Niels - In: Demographic Research 27 (2012) 7, pp. 167-200

Aim of this study was to investigate older adult loneliness as linked with living arrangements and intergenerational support, using data from the Generations and Gender Surveys for East and West European countries. Older adults living alone were most lonely, older adults living with a partner...

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Trends in living arrangements in Europe: Convergence or divergence?

Fokkema, Tineke; Liefbroer, Aart C. - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 36, pp. 1351-1418

This article uses data from the Labour Force Surveys to examine trends in the living arrangements of European men and women aged 20 to 75 between 1987 and 2002. Some trends, like the decline in mean household size and the increase in living as a lone mother have occurred all across Europe. Other...

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Poverty and living arrangements among youth in Spain, 1980-2005

Ayllón, Sara - In: Demographic Research 20 (2009) 17, pp. 403-434

the poverty risk among non-emancipated youth for the period 1980-2005 is explained by the fact that an increasing number …s and 1970s. The "adapting to circumstances" of these generations of youth and their families through delayed … in reducing their family poverty risk. On the other hand, fertility decline is readily explained by the economic …

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World Urbanization Prospects

Bocquier, Philippe - In: Demographic Research 12 (2005) 9, pp. 197-236

This paper proposes to critically examine the United Nations projections on urbanisation. Both the estimates of current trends based on national data and the method of projection are evaluated. The theory of mobility transition is used as an alternative hypothesis. Projections are proposed using...

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Poverty in the Texas borderland and lower Mississippi Delta: A comparative analysis of differences by family type

Slack, Tim; Singelmann, Joachim; Fontenot, Kayla; … - In: Demographic Research 20 (2009) 15, pp. 353-376

We provide a comparative analysis of county-level poverty in the two poorest regions of the United States - the Texas … regional variation in both the prevalence of poverty and the composition of the poor population across major family types …. Using OLS regression models of family type-specific poverty we demonstrate three key findings: 1) There are no significant …

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Connecting high school dropouts to employment and education : an impact study of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program

Millenky, Megan - In: IZA journal of labor policy 5 (2016) 10, pp. 1-17

This paper presents findings from the multi-year, random assignment study of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program … (NGYCP), an intensive residential program for high school dropouts. The "second chance" program gives youth an opportunity to … study sample includes 1173 youth, ages 16-18, from ten program sites across the USA. Positive impacts on employment and …

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Should i stay or should i go? : sibling effects in household formation

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Oppedisano, Veruska - 2014

In Southern Europe youngsters leave the parental home significantly later than in Northern Europe and United States. Policies have been implemented in Southern Europe to incentivize young adults to leave parental home earlier. Do peer effects among siblings amplify the effects of these policies?...

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