Germany is a low-fertility country with a rapidly ageing population, and will remain so for the foreseeable future …. There are several reasons for this trend. Germany is among the countries with the highest rates of childlessness in the …-marital cohabitation, lone parenthood, patchwork families and living apart together. A culture of individualism has spread in Germany which …

We compare second birth risks in France and western Germany using data from the Family and Fertility Survey. Second … birth risks are higher for highly educated women than for women with lower education in both countries. In western Germany …

Restrictive immigration and integration policies in Germany increasingly force African migrants to develop strategies … and practices to acquire legal residence and obtain an essential work permit. Our account of Cameroonian men in Germany …’s marriage strategies. Diminishing options for legalising their status in Germany by other means make Cameroonians increasingly …

life situation of men in East and West Germany, we are able to retrieve information about the effects of different social …

This paper analyzes the relationship between children’s day care and fertility in Germany. First, different modes of … overall institutional constraints of day care in (western) Germany prevent the compatibility of childrearing and employment …