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Education and the Transition to Fatherhood: The Role of Selection Into Union

Trimarchi, A. & Van Bavel, J. (2017). Demography, 54(1), 119-144 10.1007/s13524-016-0533-3

Abstract Although advanced education has been found to be consistently associated with a later transition to parenthood for women, findings about education and the transition to parenthood have been much less consistent for men, and no stylized fact has emerged from the literature. We argue that the inconsistency of findings for men is due to the fact that the selection …

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Division of Childcare in Two-Biological-Parent and Step-Parent Households: Importance of Parental Gender and Type of Partnership

Ivanova, K. (2017). European Sociological Review, 33(5), 661-674 10.1093/esr/jcx065

In contrast to previous, single-gender studies on step-parents’ participation in childcare, I use the pooled Generations and Gender Survey to address the following questions: (i) Is there a gender difference in the potential divergence in how childcare is organized in two-biological-parent and stepparent households (i.e. are there larger differences between type-of-mother and type-of-father families)? and (ii) Does the type of …

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Childlessness and fertility by couples' educational gender (in)equality in Austria, Bulgaria, and France

Osiewalska, B. (2017). Demographic Research, 37, 325-362 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.12

BACKGROUND In modern, highly developed countries the association between education and fertility seems to be equivocal: A negative influence of education mainly applies to women, while among men the correlation is often positive or negligible. Although the gender differences have been examined in depth, couples’ procreative behaviour treated as the result of a conflict between male and female characteristics is …

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Childbearing among first- and second-generation Russians in Estonia against the background of the sending and host countries

Puur, A., Rahnu, L., Abuladze, L., Sakkeus, L., & Zakharov, S. (2017). Demographic Research, 36, 1209-1254 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.41

BACKGROUND An expanding literature documents the childbearing patterns of migrants and their descendants in contemporary Europe. The existing evidence pertains mainly to the northern, western, and southern regions of the continent, while less is known about the fertility of migrants who have moved between the countries of Eastern Europe. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to examine the fertility …

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Childbearing After Repartnering Among Russians, Russians Migrants and Estonians: Prevalence and Determinants

Churilova, E., Zakharov, S., Puur, A., Rahnu, L., & Sakkeus, L. (2017). SSRN Electronic Journal 10.2139/ssrn.3092208

The collapse of the USSR and structural changes in society gave rise to family and marriage transformations in Russia and other post-Soviet countries of Eastern Europe. Estonia is among the examples of rapid marriage transformation and the spread of cohabitations and extramarital births. At the same time, throughout the post-war era Estonia accepted Russian migrants. Studies show that the adaptation …

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A life course perspective on living apart together: meaning and incidence across europe

Pasteels, I., Lyssens-Danneboom, V., & Mortelmans, D. (2017). Social Indicators Research, 130(2), 799-817 10.1007/s11205-015-1189-x

The increased variability in family types and forms of relationships is the most apparent outcome of family change in recent decades in Europe. One relationship that has emerged and recently become more visible, both in society and in science, is a ‘nonresidential partnership’ termed living apart together (LAT). We explore the meaning and incidence of LAT partnerships across Europe using …

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Moral Beliefs About Filial Support, Work and Gender in Japan: A Latent Class Analysis

Van Den Broek, T. & Morita, M. (2017). In M. Tsai & W. Chen (Eds.), Family, Work and Wellbeing in Asia (pp. 89-106) Singapore: Springer Singapore 10.1007/978-981-10-4313-0_5

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The Impact of Unemployment on the Realization of Fertility Intentions

Pailhé, A. & Régnier-Loilier, A. (2017). In A. Régnier-Loilier (Ed.), A Longitudinal Approach to Family Trajectories in France (pp. 123-146) Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-319-56001-4_7

The sharp rise in unemployment among the under-35s since the start of the crisis in 2008 has not brought down the total fertility rate, which stood at 1.98 children per woman in metropolitan France in 2014, only marginally below its 2008 level (2.01). But this stability does not mean that unemployment does not affect individual behaviours. This chapters shows, first, …

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Partnership histories and the transition to motherhood in later reproductive ages in Europe

Mikolai, J. (2017). Population English Edition, 72(1), 123-154

Changing partnership experiences might accentuate women's fertility postponement and increase the risk of remaining involuntarily childless. Previous research typically focused on current partnership status and a single country when studying the link between partnerships and first birth. We examine how current partnership status and partnership histories of women who were still childless at ages 30 or 35 are linked to …

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Parental breakup and long-term consequences on support behaviour to aging parents in Europe

Cornelia, M. (2017). Social Work Review - Revista de Asistență Socială, XVI(1), 93-105

With rising parental divorce and union instability, proportion of children growing up without their both biological parents increases continuously, and this could generate both weaker filial responsibilities and less actual support given to aging parents. Thus, divorced parents may become more vulnerable in their old age than those from intact families. Adopting a life-course perspective, this study aims to investigate …

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The Transforming Educational Gradient in Marital Disruption in Northern Europe: A Comparative Study Based on GGS Data

Puur, A., Rahnu, L., Maslauskaitė, A., & Stankūnienė, V. (2016). Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 47(1), 87-109 10.3138/jcfs.47.1.87

A substantial body of research has accumulated on the socio-economic correlates of marital instability. Previous studies have shown considerable variation in the association between women’s educational attainment and marital disruption. This article complements existing research by investigating the pattern of this relationship across countries and its change over time. The main geographical focus is on Northern Europe but evidence is …

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The prevalence of single-parent families and stepfamilies in Europe: can the Hajnal line help us to describe regional patterns?

Steinbach, A., Kuhnt, A., & Knüll, M. (2016). The History of the Family, 21(4), 578-595 10.1080/1081602X.2016.1224730

The study’s main objective is to gauge the prevalence of family forms following separation and divorce in Europe. In addition to the comparison of the prevalence of single-parent families and stepfamilies in Europe based on data of the‘Generations and Gender Program’ (GGP), family patterns which draw on marriage and divorce rates on the one hand, and on the incidence of …

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The perplexing links between contraceptive sterilization and (dis)advantage in ten low-fertility countries

Eeckhaut, M. & Sweeney, M. (2016). Population Studies, 70(1), 39-58 10.1080/00324728.2015.1122209

This study investigates the association between sterilization and socioeconomic status in comparative context, using data from the 2006–10 National Survey of Family Growth and the 2004–10 Generations and Gender Surveys. We first confirm that longstanding patterns of association between socioeconomic status and sterilization persist in the contemporary United States. Specifically, female sterilization is associated with economic disadvantage whereas male sterilization …

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The labour market intentions and behaviour of stay-at-home mothers in Western and Eastern Europe

Gauthier, A., Emery, T., & Bartova, A. (2016). Advances in Life Course Research, 30, 1-15 10.1016/j.alcr.2015.12.002

Despite recent increases in female labour force participation across Europe, a non-negligible proportion of women continue to remain out of the labour force for short or longer periods of time. Among the six countries included in this paper, stay-at-home mothers represent on average 33% of all mothers with children under the age of 12. Using two waves of data from …

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The intensity and correlates of the feelings of loneliness in people with psychosis

Chrostek, A., Grygiel, P., Anczewska, M., Wciórka, J., & Świtaj, P. (2016). Comprehensive Psychiatry, 70, 190-199 10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.07.015

Objective: Loneliness is an established risk factor for numerous negative health outcomes. The aims of the present study were to compare the levels of loneliness between patients with psychotic disorders and members of the general population and to identify factors independently associated with loneliness in psychosis. Methods: A total of 207 patients with psychotic disorders recruited between February 2013 and …

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The Importance of a Religious Funeral Ceremony Among Turkish Migrants and Their Descendants in Germany: What Role do Socio-demographic Characteristics Play?

Milewski, N. & Otto, D. (2016). Journal of Intercultural Studies, 37(2), 162-178 10.1080/07256868.2016.1141760

Our paper analyses the attitudes of Turkish migrants and their descendants in Germany regarding the importance of a religious funeral ceremony. Previous research provides competing hypotheses on the intergenerational transmission of religiosity in migrant communities, such as, declines in religiosity due to assimilation versus maintenance of religiosity as a means to ethnic identity formation. Quantitative research however has not yet …

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The Contextual Database of the Generations and Gender Programme: Concept, content, and research examples

Caporali, A., Kluesener, S., Neyer, G., Krapf, S., Grigorieva, O., & Kostova, D. (2016). Demographic Research, 35, 229-252 10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.9

Differences in demographic behaviours across countries and sub-national regions have stimulated interest into the relationships between individual characteristics, and the context in which individuals are embedded. Analytical approaches that include contextual factors into statistical analyses of demographic behaviours require well-documented comparative data at the national, as well as the sub-national regional level. The Contextual Database (CDB) of the Generations and …

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The Age Parameters of the Starting Demographic Events Across Russian Generations

Mitrofanova, E. (2016). Russian Education & Society, 58(9-10), 601-622 10.1080/10609393.2016.1315271

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Social network indices in the Generations and Gender Survey: An appraisal

Dykstra, P., Bühler, C., Fokkema, T., Petrič, G., Platinovšek, R., Kogovšek, T., & Hlebec, V. (2016). Demographic Research, 34, 995-1036 10.4054/DemRes.2016.34.35

BACKGROUND In this contribution we critically appraise the social network indices in the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS). OBJECTIVE After discussing the rationale for including social network indices in the GGS, we provide descriptive information on social network characteristics and an overview of substantive questions that have been addressed using GGS social network data: antecedents and consequences of demographic behaviour, …

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Second Unions Now More Stable than First? A Comparison of Separation Risks by Union Order in France

Beaujouan, É. (2016). European Journal of Population, 32(2), 293-321 10.1007/s10680-016-9376-2

Abstract The frequency of union dissolutions increased sharply over the past 40 years in Western Europe and North America, resulting in a rapid growth in the number of persons living with a second partner. In studies of the 1980s, primarily conducted within the context of marriage, second partnerships were generally found to be less stable than first unions, but more …

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