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Parents’ Preferences for Sex of Children in Sweden: Attitudes and Outcomes

Miranda, V., Dahlberg, J., & Andersson, G. (2018). Population Research and Policy Review, 37(3), 443-459 10.1007/s11113-018-9462-8

It has been argued that preferences for the sex of children would be small or non-existing in relatively gender equal societies. However, previous studies have suggested that a stronger preference for having daughter exists in Scandinavian countries, which are frequently noted for being among the most gender equal societies in the world. Combining new register data on birth rates by …

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Non-kin ties as a source of support amongst older adults ‘left behind’ in Poland: a quantitative study on the role of geographic distance

Conkova, N. & King, R. (2018). Ageing and Society, 39(06), 1255-1280 10.1017/s0144686x17001507

ABSTRACT In the transition to democracy and a market economy, the Central and Eastern European countries experienced rapid and fundamental changes. Large-scale emigration flows and pronounced reductions in previously universal welfare systems increased the phenomenon of ‘left behind’ older adults. We examine this phenomenon in the case of Poland, a rather family-oriented society which in recent years sent most emigrants …

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Modernisation of Matrimonial Behaviour of Europeans: The Search for Multi-Level Determinants and Their Empirical Verification

Artamonova, A. & Mitrofanova, E. (2018). SSRN Electronic Journal 10.2139/ssrn.3235154

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Multi-Layered Roles of Religion among Refugees Arriving in Austria around 2015

Buber-Ennser, I., Goujon, A., Kohlenberger, J., & Rengs, B. (2018). Religions, 9(5), 154 10.3390/rel9050154

Violent conflicts and social unrest in the Middle East, in Central Asia, and in Africa have led to growing numbers of persons seeking refuge in Europe since 2011. The phenomenon culminated in 2015. In that year, with 88,300 new asylum applications, Austria was the 4th largest receiver of asylum seekers in the EU, thereby increasing visibly religious diversity in the …

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Mutual Influences Between Motherhood and Educational Attainment in Selected Eastern European Countries

Mureşan, C. (2018). Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Sociologia, 63(1), 75-97 10.2478/subbs-2018-0005

Abstract Women are spending an ever longer part of their lives enrolled in education programs. A crucial question in this context is how motherhood can be reconciled and correlated with continued investment in human capital. A related question concerns the role the socioeconomic context plays in the education/family life balance. In the present study we account for the finding that …

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Mastery and Depressive Symptoms: How Does Mastery Influence the Impact of Stressors From Midlife to Old Age?

Nicolaisen, M., Moum, T., & Thorsen, K. (2018). Journal of Aging and Health, 30(7), 1084-1107 10.1177/0898264317705782

Objective: The objective of this research is to study depressive symptoms (DS) among adults aged 40 to 79 years and examine how mastery influences the impact of sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and health factors on DS. Method: We used a sample of the Norwegian Life Course, Generation, and Gender (LOGG) study ( N = 6,879) and analyzed how mastery influences the independent …

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Learning from Mum: Cross-National Evidence Linking Maternal Employment and Adult Children’s Outcomes

McGinn, K., Ruiz Castro, M., & Lingo, E. (2018). Work, Employment and Society, 095001701876016 10.1177/0950017018760167

Analyses relying on two international surveys from over 100,000 men and women across 29 countries explore the relationship between maternal employment and adult daughters’ and sons’ employment and domestic outcomes. In the employment sphere, adult daughters, but not sons, of employed mothers are more likely to be employed and, if employed, are more likely to hold supervisory responsibility, work more …

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Generations and Gender Survey study profile

Gauthier, A., Cabaço, S., & Emery, T. (2018). Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 9(4), 456-465 10.14301/llcs.v9i4.500

The Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) is a panel study on families, life course trajectories and gender relations. The GGS is part of the Generations and Gender Programme (GGP), a unique research infrastructure providing open access data to registered researchers. We will be focusing on the GGS waves that were already collected. With large samples per country, the GGS microdata …

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Gender differences and similarities in the educational gradient in fertility: The role of earnings potential and gender composition in study disciplines

Trimarchi, A. & Bavel, J. (2018). Demographic Research, 39, 381-414 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.13

BACKGROUND While women’s participation in higher education has caught up with and surpassed that of men, large gender differences persist in the choice of field of study. To date, we know little about the mechanisms that explain the link between fertility and study disciplines for both men and women. OBJECTIVE To study gender differences in the effect on fertility of …

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Five-factor personality profiles among Norwegian musicians compared to the general workforce

Vaag, J., Sund, E., & Bjerkeset, O. (2018). Musicae Scientiae, 22(3), 434-445 10.1177/1029864917709519

The aim of the study was to investigate differences in personality traits between professional musicians and the general workforce, as well as differences in personality traits across subgroups of musicians according to types of employment and instrument group. In 2013, 1,600 members of the Norwegian Musicians’ Union answered a questionnaire regarding type of employment, instrument group and a shortened version …

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Family Systems and Fertility Intentions: Exploring the Pathways of Influence

Mönkediek, B. & Bras, H. (2018). European Journal of Population, 34(1), 33-57 10.1007/s10680-017-9418-4

Abstract Family systems, as normative frameworks in which family processes unfold, are believed to exert a major influence on fertility. While a number of studies have addressed family system effects on family size and the timing of births, the question of how family systems influence fertility intentions has remained largely unexplored. Because fertility intentions are often not realized, studying the …

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Fatherhood in a Changing Society: Shifts in Male Fertility Patterns

Kyzlinková, R. & Šťastná, A. (2018). Sociological Research Online, 23(2), 328-353 10.1177/1360780418754565

The fertility pattern in the Czech Republic, as in other central and eastern European countries, has undergone dynamic transformation over the last quarter of a century. This study aims to contribute to the debate on the influence of structural and situational variables on fertility in low-fertility countries and extends the debate by introducing the viewpoint of male reproduction. The aim …

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Energy justice, unequal access to affordable warmth, and capability deprivation: A quantitative analysis for Belgium

Bartiaux, F., Vandeschrick, C., Moezzi, M., & Frogneux, N. (2018). Applied Energy, 225, 1219-1233 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.04.113

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Employed Women and Marital Union Stability: It Helps When Men Help

Mencarini, L. & Vignoli, D. (2018). Journal of Family Issues, 39(5), 1348-1373 10.1177/0192513X17710283

A new strand of studies has called into question standard microeconomic predictions of a positive association between women’s economic independence and marital union dissolution. We investigate whether and how the gender division of labor channels the impact of women’s employment on marital union disruption, utilizing data on heterosexual couples from the 2003 and 2007 waves of the Italian nationally representative …

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Are the Generations and Gender Surveys Well Suited for Studying Same-Sex Couples?

Régnier-Loilier, A. (2018). European Journal of Population, 34(4), 567-578 10.1007/s10680-017-9440-6

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EŞLER ARASI ÇATIŞMA VE MEMNUNİYETSİZLİK

Naderi, R. & Diabaté, S. (2018). NÜFUSBİLİM DERGİSİ / TURKISH JOURNAL OF POPULATION STUDIES

Partnership quality is a strong predictor of happiness, health and a successful family life. Within a migration context in particular, we can assume that there will be additional risks of complicated and dissatisfying situations. This paper focuses on Turkish migrants, the biggest migration group in Germany. It aims to identify those factors which result in the view regarding existing relationships …

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PARTNERSHIP CONFLICTS AND DISSATISFACTION AN INTERCULTURAL COMPARISON BETWEEN WOMEN WITH TURKISH ORIGIN AND WOMEN WITHOUT MIGRATION BACKGROUND IN GERMANY

Naderi, R. & DIABATÉ, S. (2018). Nüfusbilim, 40, 49

Hayat arkadaşlığının kalitesi, mutluluk, sağlık ve başarılı bir aile yaşamı için güçlü bir göstergedir. Özellikle bir göç bağlamında, karmaşık ve tatmin edici olmayan durumlardan dolayı ek risklerin olacağını varsayabiliriz. Bu makale, Almanya’daki en büyük göçmen grubu olan Türk göçmenlere odaklanmaktadır. Amaç, mevcut ilişkilerin üç yıllık bir zaman diliminde sabit kalmasına veya bozulmasına yol açan faktörleri tanımlamaktır. Bunun için Generation and …

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Measures of Ageism in the Labour Market in International Social Studies

Abuladze, L. & Perek-Białas, J. (2018). In L. Ayalon & C. Tesch-Römer (Eds.), Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism (pp. 461-491) Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_28

With population ageing, ageism towards older workers has been brought to the attention of researchers and policymakers. This chapter provides an overview and evaluation of existing indicators measuring ageism in the labour market in large-scale international surveys. We present results from an international descriptive comparison of 18 self-reported indicators from seven surveys. These indicators measure attitudes, perceptions, values and experiences …

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Household Position, Parenthood, and Self-reported Adult Health. Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evidence from the Austrian Generations and Gender Survey

Buber-Ennser, I. & Hanappi, D. (2018). In G. Doblhammer & J. Gumà (Eds.), A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe (pp. 155-191) Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-319-72356-3_8

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Women’s and Men’s Education and Partnership Formation: Does the Field of Education Matter?

Martín-García, T., Seiz, M., & Castro-Martín, T. (2017). European Sociological Review, 33(3), 393-409 10.1093/esr/jcx047

Using data from the GGS, this study explores the effect of field of education on first union formation for women and men born since the 1960s in Norway, Austria, Belgium and Poland. Educational attainment is known to influence differently the union patterns of men and women. These differences in partnership formation have been traditionally explained using the economic interpretation of …

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