The view of Eastern Europe as a locus of complex family organisation and familistic societal values has reached the … stereotypical images of families from outside ‘Western Europe’. Well into the late 1990s, Eastern European literature on family … research and discussion, so that scholars can better understand marriage, family, household and community patterns in Europe …

this data in order to examine existing hypotheses on the determinants of household complexity in historical Europe. We …

persistence of East-West differentials in family systems in East-Central Europe. Because of this study’s continued importance, it … which the pervading notion of the East-West divide in historical East-Central Europe must be revised in response to these … of familial characteristics of Eastern Europe, and to end the perpetuation of certain stereotypes of Slavic populations. …

covering up to 60 countries in Europe, North America, Asia, and Oceania. This paper presents conceptual considerations and …

Several countries in Northern and Western Europe report cohort fertility rates of close to two children per woman … play an important role for understanding the current fertility differences in Western Europe. …