Bibliography

Current and future contributions of the Generations and Gender Programme to lifecourse research

Fadel, L., Emery, T., & Gauthier, A. (2020). In J. Falkingham, M. Evandrou, & A. Vlachantoni (Eds.), Handbook on Demographic Change and the Lifecourse (pp. 57-68) Edward Elgar Publishing 10.4337/9781788974875.00012

In contemporary European societies, individuals’ lifecourses and family structures are constantly changing and becoming less standardized. Cross-nationally comparative and longitudinal data provide unique opportunities to study how societal processes influence demographic choice. The Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) is a social science research infrastructure that provides panel data on the whole lifecourse of 280,000 individuals from more than 20 European …

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The Role of Discretization of Continuous Variables in Socioeconomic Classification Models on the Example of Logistic Regression Models and Artificial Neural Networks

Grzenda, W. (2020). In K. Jajuga, J. Batóg, & M. Walesiak (Eds.), Classification and Data Analysis (pp. 35-51) Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-52348-0_3

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Demographic Profile of Syrians in Austria

Buber-Ennser, I., Rengs, B., Kohlenberger, J., & Zeman, K. (2020). In E. Carlson & N. Williams (Eds.), Comparative Demography of the Syrian Diaspora: European and Middle Eastern Destinations (pp. 139-163) Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-24451-4_7

Migration is an important issue for Austria, a central European country with 8.8 million inhabitants in 2018. Roughly 47,000 persons born in Syria were residing in Austria at the beginning of that year, most of them arriving after 2014. This chapter provides insights on the Syrian population in Austria, including age, gender, legal status, education, marital status, fertility, previous labor …

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Multi-Partner Fertility in Europe and the United States

Thomson, E., Gray, E., & Carlson, M. (2020). In R. Schoen (Ed.), Analyzing Contemporary Fertility (pp. 173-198) Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-48519-1_8

In this chapter, we investigate what can be termed multi-partner fertility, i.e., the birth rate among women at risk of having a child with a new partner. We used data from 14 European countries and the United States, all with high-quality birth and union histories. We divided a woman’s exposure to the birth risk into three types – single spells …

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Women’s pathways to childlessness in Lithuania

Tretjakova, G. (2020). Social Sciences Bulletin, 7-21

The article explores pathways to childlessness among two generations of women in Lithuania. The authors employ both quantitative and qualitative research methods. For the quantitative part, in order to assess the demographic context of childlessness in Lithuania compared to other European countries the authors analyzed data from Human Fertility Database (HFD) and Generations and Gender Survey (GGS). The authorsí qualitative …

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Vzdělání a přechod k otcovství v České republice: reflexe dvou společenských kontextů

Šťastná, A. & Kyzlinková, R. (2019). Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, 51(4) 10.31577/sociologia.2019.51.4.18

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Union Histories of Dissolution: What Can They Say About Childlessness?

Hart, R. (2019). European Journal of Population, 35(1), 101-131 10.1007/s10680-018-9464-6

Abstract This study investigates how the association between union dissolution and childlessness depends on life course context. Data on union histories and fertility are taken from the Norwegian GGS. To observe union histories up to age 45, I include men and women born 1927–1962. I further condition on having experienced at least one union dissolution before age 45, giving a …

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Une étude comparative de l’impact de la religiosité et de l’égalité des genres sur les intentions en matière de fécondité et leurs réalisations

Bein, C., Gauthier, A., & Mynarska, M. (2019). Cahiers de recherche sociologique(63), 185-220 10.7202/1055724ar

Le rôle de la religiosité et du genre dans l’élaboration des décisions en matière de fécondité a fait l’objet de nombreuses études ces dernières années. Cette littérature a toutefois mis en évidence une énigme intéressante. Alors que la religiosité a un effet positif sur la fécondité, en partie grâce à la promotion des rôles sexospécifiques traditionnels, l’égalité des sexes s’avère …

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The Social Stratification of Choice in the Transition to Adulthood

Billari, F., Hiekel, N., & Liefbroer, A. (2019). European Sociological Review, 35(5), 599-615 10.1093/esr/jcz025

The occurrence and timing of major demographic decisions in the transition to adulthood is strongly stratified, with young adults with a high socio-economic status (SES) background usually experiencing many of these events later than young adults with a low SES background. To explain this social stratification, we outline a theoretical framework in which social stratification affects choice in the transition …

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The influence of family and professional lifecourse histories on economic activity among older French workers

Ogg, J. & Renaut, S. (2019). Ageing and Society, 39(10), 2242-2266 10.1017/S0144686X18001459

Abstract This paper examines associations between early and mid-lifecourse events with economic activity in later life. These lifecourse trajectories are in turn examined for their impact on the pathways of men and women to retirement, including whether these pathways are perceived by individuals as been chosen or imposed. Data are from the three waves (2005, 2008 and 2011) of the …

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The educational gradient of living alone: A comparison among the working-age population in Europe

Sandström, G. & Karlsson, L. (2019). Demographic Research, 40, 1645-1670 10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.55

BACKGROUND In recent decades, the proportion of individuals in Western countries living in a oneperson household has increased. Previous research has mainly focused on the increase among the elderly and younger segments of the population, and there is a lack of research regarding the characteristics of individuals living alone among the workingage population. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is …

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The Demography of Multigenerational Caregiving: A Critical Aspect of the Gendered Life Course

Patterson, S. & Margolis, R. (2019). Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 5, 2378023119862737 10.1177/2378023119862737

Multigenerational caregiving is important because it affects social and economic outcomes. Existing studies usually exclude theoretically and empirically important aspects—emotional care and horizontal care—that may systematically underestimate gender differences. In this study, we comprehensively describe caregiving by gender and age and examine how sensitive estimates are to the inclusion of directions and types of care. Using the Generations and Gender …

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The changing pattern of cohabitation: A sequence analysis approach

Di Giulio, P., Impicciatore, R., & Sironi, M. (2019). Demographic Research, 40, 1211-1248 10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.42

BACKGROUND During the last decades, nonmarital cohabitation has diffused throughout the industrialised world, although not uniformly. The Second Demographic Transition (SDT) predicts a convergence of cohabitation patterns towards a final stage in which cohabitation and marriage will be almost indistinguishable. OBJECTIVE This paper contributes to the literature on the convergence of cohabitation patterns across countries by testing whether countries are …

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Sustainable energy transitions and social inequalities in energy access: A relational comparison of capabilities in three European countries

Bartiaux, F., Maretti, M., Cartone, A., Biermann, P., & Krasteva, V. (2019). Global Transitions, 1, 226-240 10.1016/j.glt.2019.11.002

The influences of energy transitions on social inequity are multidimensional in their attributes and connections. For adequate accountability of their social correlates, policies aiming to implement a transition towards sustainable energy supply and demand have also to be evaluated regarding their influences on social inequalities, namely in terms of energy access and consumption. A capability-based and relational approach is used …

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Survival Modelling of Repeated Events Using the Example of Changes in the Place of Employment

Grzenda, W. (2019). Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 3(342), 183-197 10.18778/0208-6018.342.10

This paper concerns the issue of survival modelling in the case of repeated events. In the modelling of this type of events, attention should be paid to the existence of dependence among the analysed durations, as well as the occurrence of unobserved heterogeneity. One of the ways to include these aspects in the analysis is to use models with random …

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Regional context and realization of fertility intentions: the role of the urban context

Riederer, B. & Buber-Ennser, I. (2019). Regional Studies, 53(12), 1669-1679 10.1080/00343404.2019.1599843

Despite regional variation in fertility, rural–urban differences in the realization of fertility intentions have not been addressed in previous research. This paper analyzes the realization with data from 11 European countries, employing binomial and multinomial logistic regression models, decomposition analyses, and examining the role of contextual factors. The results demonstrate that realization is lower in urban than in rural regions. …

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Patterns of Intergenerational Co-residence in Seven Central and Eastern European Countries

Hărăguș, M. (2019). Romanian Journal of Population Studies, 13(1), 47-72 10.24193/RJPS.2019.1.03

In this study we approach the issue of adults living with their parents in the same home, considering that co-residence is a form of intergenerational solidarity and the living space is the resource that is exchanged. We adopt a theoretical model that considers opportunity and needs, as well as family structures, as important factors associated with co-residence. We examine different …

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Number of Children, Partnership Status, and Later-life Depression in Eastern and Western Europe

Grundy, E., Van Den Broek, T., & Keenan, K. (2019). The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 74(2), 353-363 10.1093/geronb/gbx050

Objectives: To investigate associations between number of children and partnership with depressive symptoms among older Europeans and assess whether associations are greater in Eastern than Western countries. We further analyze whether associations are mediated by provision and receipt of emotional and financial support. Methods: Using cross-sectional data for five Eastern (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Romania, and Russia) and four Western …

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Offspring and later-life loneliness in Eastern and Western Europe

van den Broek, T., Tosi, M., & Grundy, E. (2019). Journal of Family Research, 31(2), 199-215 10.3224/zff.v31i2.05

Later-life loneliness is increasingly recognized as an important public health issue. In this study, we examine whether having more children and grandchildren is protective against later life loneliness in a group of Eastern and Western European countries. Drawing on data from the Generation and Gender Surveys, we estimated logistic regression models of the likelihood of being lonely among men and …

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Mechanisms of family formation: an application of Hidden Markov Models to a life course process

Han, S., Liefbroer, A., & Elzinga, C. (2019). Advances in Life Course Research, 43, 100265-100265 10.1016/j.alcr.2019.03.001

Life courses consist of complex patterns of correlated events and spells. The nature and strength of these correlations is known to depend on both micro- and macrocovariates. Life-course models such as event-history analysis and sequence analysis are not well equipped to deal with the processual and latent character of the decision- making process. We argue that Hidden Markov Models satisfy …

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