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Do co-residence and intentions make a difference? Relationship satisfaction in married, cohabiting, and living apart together couples in four countries

Tai, T., Baxter, J., & Hewitt, B. (2014). Demographic Research, 31, 71-104 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.3

BACKGROUND A large body of research has compared relationship satisfaction and quality in cohabiting versus married relationships. Despite increased recognition of couples in living apart together (LAT) relationships, very little research has examined the experiences of couples in LAT relationships compared to co-residential unions. OBJECTIVE Our aim is to develop knowledge about the experiences of different union types by investigating …

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Desperate Housework: Relative Resources, Time Availability, Economic Dependency, and Gender Ideology Across Europe

Aassve, A., Fuochi, G., & Mencarini, L. (2014). Journal of Family Issues, 35(8), 1000-1022 10.1177/0192513X14522248

This article investigates cross-national patterns in the gender division of housework in coresident couples. By using Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) data, we assess four key hypotheses proposed in the literature: namely, the relative resources approach (the partner who earns less does more housework), the time availability perspective (the partner who spends less time doing paid work does more housework), …

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Childlessness and Support Networks in Later Life: New Pressures on Familistic Welfare States?

Albertini, M. & Mencarini, L. (2014). Journal of Family Issues, 35(3), 331-357 10.1177/0192513X12462537

Childlessness is an increasingly common condition in many European societies. The consequences that this demographic phenomenon might have on welfare systems—and long-term care policies in particular—are widespread. This is particularly the case for the familistic welfare states of Southern Europe. Using data from the 2003 Italian GGS, the article explores the relation between the absence of children and support received …

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Caractéristiques récentes de la fécondité des couples mariés et non mariés en Roumanie:

Hoem, J., Mureşan, C., & Hărăguş, M. (2014). Population, Vol. 68(4), 667-695 10.3917/popu.1304.0667

Jusqu’à la fin des années 1980, l’union libre était rare en Roumanie. Après la chute du régime socialiste, cette proportion a progressivement augmenté pour atteindre environ 10 % en 2005, évolution qui a eu des conséquences sur la fécondité. Cet article présente certaines caractéristiques de la fécondité des couples mariés et non mariés entre 1985 et 2005 à partir des …

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Attrition in the Austrian Generations and Gender Survey: Is there a bias by fertility-relevant aspects?

Buber-Ennser, I. (2014). Demographic Research, 31, 459-496 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.16

BACKGROUND In longitudinal research the loss of sample members between waves is a possible source of bias. It is therefore crucial to analyse attrition. OBJECTIVE This paper analyses attrition in a longitudinal study on family and fertility, by distinguishing between attrition due to non-contact and attrition due to non-cooperation. METHODS Based on the first two waves of the Austrian Generations …

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Are caring fathers caring sons? Gender equality at home and help to ageing parents

Katharina Herlofson, E. (2014). Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning(3), 322-346

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Assessing the Household’s Financial Situation, Alone with the Interviewer or in the Partner’s Presence

Festy, P., Dutreuilh, C., Gaymu,, J., & Thévenin, M. (2014). Population, 69(1), 81-101 10.3917/pope.1401.0081

When conducting sociodemographic surveys, considerable efforts are required to establish a representative sample, to reach the selected persons and convince them to take part, and to obtain exact – or at least consistent – answers to the questions asked. This last requirement is fulfilled if two conditions are met, i.e. the questions are understood and accepted in the same way …

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Fertility intentions of university graduates

Buber-Ennser, I., Panova, R., & Dorbritz, J. (2014). Demografia, 56(5), 5-34

Increasing numbers of young people enter university-level programmes and the share of university graduates among today’s young adults is expected to be around 40 per cent in OECD countries. Education-specific studies reveal differences in fertility behaviour. Childlessness is a particularly widespread phenomenon among female university graduates in Western Germany4 and Austria, and highly educated women are less likely to have …

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Counting how many children people want: The influence of question filters and pre-codes

Beaujouan, E. (2014). Demografia, 56(5), 35-61

The Generation and Gender Surveys (GSS) are now widely used to study family, notably fertility, partnerships and fertility intentions, as evidenced by the number of recent papers using the data. The quality of the fertility and partnership histories has been evaluated and found reasonable in a majority of European countries. However, the quality and cross-country comparability of fertility intentions across …

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Two Is Best? The Persistence of a Two‐Child Family Ideal in Europe.

Sobotka, T. & Beaujouan, É. (2014). Population and Development Review, 40(3), 391-419

We assembled data from cross-sectional surveys conducted since 1979, especially drawing from the World Values Survey (WVS), the European Values Study (EVS), the International Social Survey (ISSP), and the Eurobarometer (EB) surveys. We analyzed complementary datasets for selected countries and years, specifically data from several surveys conducted in France, the Swiss Household Panel Survey (SHP), and the Generations and Gender …

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The educational gradient of childlessness and cohort parity progression in 14 low fertility countries

Wood, J., Neels, K., & Kil, T. (2014). Demographic Research, 31(46), 1365-1416

BACKGROUND Although the association between fertility and education is central to several theories of fertility behaviour and is frequently explored in empirical work, educational differentials in childlessness and cohort parity progression have been scarcely documented and few cross-country comparisons have been made. OBJECTIVES This article explores educational gradients with respect to entry into parenthood and parity progression for cohorts born …

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What Would Your Parents Say? The Impact of Cohabitation Among Young People on Their Relationships with Their Parents

Baranowska-Rataj, A. (2013). Journal of Happiness Studies, 15(6), 1313-1332 10.1007/s10902-013-9477-0

Most European countries have seen a retreat from marriage, which is increasingly preceded or replaced by cohabitation. A question that arises in light of this trend is how the diffusion of non-marital cohabitation may affect the quality of family relations. This article investigates how cohabitation among young people affects their level of satisfaction with their relationship with their parents. We …

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Unter welchen Bedingungen bekommen Eltern weitere Kinder? Ein Vergleich zwischen Deutschen und Türken unter besonderer Berücksichtigung ökonomischer Abwägungen

Naderi, R. (2013). Journal of Family Research, 25(1), 75-95 10.20377/jfr-164

The article examines the question of how the selfreported financial situation has an effect on the actual birth of additional children in regard to generational support and migration background. The hypotheses to be tested are based on economic theories and research on the importance of economic uncertainty for fertility. Based on multivariate analyses of the two waves of the German …

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Turbulenzen im Kinderleben. Mütterliche Partnerschaftsbiographien und multiple Übergänge nach elterlicher Trennung

Zartler, U. & Berghammer, C. (2013). Journal of Family Research, 25(3), 286-308 10.20377/jfr-142

Experiencing multiple transitions after a parental separation was identified as an important risk factor for children. We investigate for the first time for Austria, how many transitions (i.e. changes in maternal partnership arrangements) children experience and what determines their number. The analyses are based on the Austrian Fertility and Family Survey 1995/96 and the Generations and Gender Survey 2008/09 using …

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Transmission of fertility pattern in mother-daughter relation – Bayesian view (a case study of Austria)

Osiewalska, B. (2013). Studia Demograficzne(1(163)), 3-35 10.33119/SD.2013.1.1

The connection between fertility of parents and their children has been investigated many times over the past century. It seems to be insignificant among pre-transitional populations, but becomes more important over time, especially in developed countries. Following Pearson’s example, it was widely adopted to use simple correlation analyses in such studies. In this study we will present how to use …

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The psychological effects of providing personal care to a partner: a multidimensional perspective

Hansen, T. & Slagsvold, B. (2013). Health Psychology Research, 1(2), 25 10.4081/hpr.2013.743

The expected increasing demand for informal care in aging societies underscores the importance of understanding the psychological implications of caregiving. This study explores the effect of providing regular help with personal care to a partner on different aspects of psychological well-being. We use cross-sectional data from the Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation study (n. ~15,000; age 40-84) and two-wave …

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The Gendered Division of Paid and Unpaid Work in Different Institutional Regimes: Comparing West Germany, East Germany and Bulgaria

Hofacker, D., Stoilova, R., & Riebling, J. (2013). European Sociological Review, 29(2), 192-209 10.1093/esr/jcr055

Abstract: The division of paid and unpaid work between spouses is essential for the placement of women within paid work, and hence implies several consequences—for the returns, which women receive for their education, for women’s employment status in the active age, for women’s horizontal and vertical labour segregation, and for their amount of pensions after retirement. Previous findings suggest that …

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The German Generations and Gender Survey: Some Critical Reflections on the Validity of Fertility Histories

Kreyenfeld, M., Hornung, A., & Kubisch, K. (2013). Comparative Population Studies, 38(1) 10.12765/CPoS-2013-02

This paper validates the fertility histories of the German Generations and Gender Survey (GGS). Focusing on the cohorts 1930-69 of West German women, the total number of children, the parity distribution and the parity progression ratios are compared to external sources. One major result from this validation is that the German GGS understates the fertility for the older cohorts and …

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The effect of education on second births in Hungary: A test of the time-squeeze, self-selection and partner-effect hypotheses

Bartus, T., Murinkó, L., Szalma, I., & Szél, B. (2013). Demographic Research, 28, 1-32 10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.1

BACKGROUND In recent years, several studies have reported a positive effect of women’s education on the transition to second births. This finding contradicts the economic theory of fertility. Three explanations were proposed: the selection, the time-squeeze, and the partner effect hypotheses. OBJECTIVE We propose a modification of the economic theory to account for the positive educational gradient with regard to …

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The Effect of Children on Men's and Women's Chances of Re-partnering in a European Context

Ivanova, K., Kalmijn, M., & Uunk, W. (2013). European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie, 0, 1-28 10.1007/s10680-013-9294-5

Abstract This work examines what role children play in the re-partnering process in five European countries (Norway, France, Germany, Romania, and the Russian Federation) by addressing the following research questions: (1) To what extent do men and women differ in their re-partnering chances?; (2) Can gender differences in re-partnering be explained by the presence of children?; (3) How do the …

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