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Pathways to stepfamily formation in Europe

Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia; Vikat, Andres; Philipov, … - In: Demographic Research 8 (2003) 5, pp. 107-150

. Our results highlight the different pathways to a stepfamily in Europe, and show that in most European countries a …

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Coast, Ernestina; Hampshire, Katherine; Randall, Sara - In: Demographic Research 16 (2007) 16, pp. 493-518

demography of Europe. Firstly we situate anthropological demography against the context of an evolving world of research in which …

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Overview Chapter 1: Fertility in Europe

Frejka, Tomas; Sobotka, Tomas - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 3, pp. 15-46

Western and Northern Europe, fertility quantum was slightly below replacement. In Southern, Central and Eastern Europe … Europe, a historic transformation of childbearing patterns characterised by a pronounced delay of entry into parenthood has …

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Overview Chapter 2: Parity distribution and completed family size in Europe

Frejka, Tomas - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 4, pp. 47-72

By the end of the 20th century the two-child family became the norm throughout Europe. Between 40 and over 50 percent …-child families were declining, especially in Central and Eastern and Southern Europe. An increase in childlessness among recent … pronounced in Southern, Central and Eastern Europe and not so much in Northern and Western countries. …

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Lithuania: Fertility decline and its determinants

Stankuniene, Vladislava; Jasilioniene, Aiva - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 20, pp. 705-742

Since the beginning of the 1990s, Lithuania has been undergoing significant transformations in family life and has experienced a precipitous decline in fertility. The determinants of the changes are diverse in character and are associated with socioeconomic transformations, economic difficulties...

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Overview Chapter 6: The diverse faces of the Second Demographic Transition in Europe

Sobotka, Tomas - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 8, pp. 171-224

ongoing changes in family and fertility patterns across Europe. It takes a closer look at the shifts in values and attitudes …-term cohabitation. This suggests that there may be two different pathways of the progression of the second demographic transition. The …

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Spain: Short on children and short on family policies

Delgado, Margarita; Meil, Gerardo; Zamora-López, Francisco - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 27, pp. 1059-1104

Spainâ€™s total fertility rate has more than halved since 1975, when it was 2.8, to the present 1.3 (the lowest rate on record, 1.2, was reached in 1995). At the same time, the mean age at first childbirth has grown continually, seriously hindering any sustained recovery of fertility....

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Overview Chapter 8: The impact of public policies on European fertility

Hoem, Jan M. - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 10, pp. 249-260

currently low fertility levels in Europe, in line with the role of economic policies in a modern society; and, on the other hand …

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Family policies and fertility in Europe: fertility policies at the intersection of gender policies, employment policies and care policies

Neyer, Gerda R. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

This article explores the relationship between family policies, fertility, employment and care. It suggests that similar family policies are likely to exert different effects in different contexts. It argues that a proper assessment of effects of family policies needs to take the combined...

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Consequences of family policies on childbearing behavior: effects or artifacts?

Neyer, Gerda R.; Andersson, Gunnar - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2007

This paper argues that theoretical and methodological aspects account for the ambiguous results of investigations into the effects of family policies on fertility. Theoretically we employ approaches of comparative welfare-state research, of the sociology of “constructed categories”, and of...

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