childbearing, using a ten percent sample from a longitudinal register data set that covers the entire female population of … effects of a change in female population composition by economic characteristics on the fertility trend were small. …

demographic analysis of European fertility trends, their determinants, and public policies modifying childbearing. The collection …

In the present note, we display the main features of recent trends in family-demographic behavior in Sweden. We update … previously published indexes of marriage, divorce, and childbearing risks by calendar year in order to cover the developments up …

The whole region of the South and East Mediterranean exhibits a profound fertility transition with marked differences … in the pace of fertility declines among the countries. The authors choose three representative countries: Egypt, Morocco … and Turkey. Determinants of the propensity towards smaller family size are investigated as scrutinizing the development in …

Union. As well as broad indicators of household type, we present statistics on single-person and extended-family households …

We examine how family, money, and health explain variation in life satisfaction (“happiness”) over the life cycle … only at ages below 50. Remarkably, the contribution of family is small across ages. Across regions health is most important … in the wealthier, and income in the poorer regions of the world. Family explains a substantial fraction of happiness only …

-seniors. The extended family is becoming less important in Taiwan, but it is not on the way out. …