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Family Life Trajectories and Religiosity in Austria

Berghammer, C. (2012). European Sociological Review, 28(1), 127-144 10.1093/esr/jcq052

A growing body of research documents the persistent relevance of religiosity for partnership and reproductive behaviour in Europe. This study expands the current knowledge by analysing whole union and fertility trajectories—i.e. entering cohabitation versus direct marriage, non-marital childbearing, number of children, divorce—instead of focusing on single events as previous research did. It is based on data from the first wave …

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Estimating Mortality Differences in Developed Countries From Survey Information on Maternal and Paternal Orphanhood

Luy, M. (2012). Demography, 49(2), 607-627 10.1007/s13524-012-0101-4

Abstract In general, the use of indirect methods is limited to developing countries. Developed countries are usually assumed to have no need to apply such methods because detailed demographic data exist. However, the potentialities of demographic analysis with direct methods are limited to the characteristics of available macro data on births, deaths, and migration. For instance, in many Western countries, …

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Employment characteristics and partnership formation among lone mothers in Russia

Zabel, C. (2012). Journal of Family Research, 24(3), 344-359 10.20377/jfr-176

Lone mothers’ poverty rates in Russia were very high in the period following the transition in 1991, and earnings inequalities between women increased. The aim of this paper is to examine to what extent lone mothers’ economic situation may have also influenced their rates of partnership formation. This can add to an understanding of how the influence of growing economic …

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Does children's age impact the division of housework?

Zabel, C. & Heintz-Martin, V. (2012). European Societies 10.1080/14616696.2012.749413

ABSTRACT: In this study, we investigate couples’ division of household tasks by the age of the youngest child, comparing France, eastern Germany, and western Germany. For our analyses, we draw on Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) data. As expected, our findings are that the division of housework is less egalitarian for couples with preschool age children than for childless couples, …

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Divergent Trends in Abortion and Birth Control Practices in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine

Denisov, B., Sakevich, V., & Jasilioniene, A. (2012). PLoS ONE, 7(11), e49986 10.1371/journal.pone.0049986

Context: The last decade witnessed growing differences in abortion dynamics in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine despite demographic, social, and historical similarities of these nations. This paper investigates changes in birth control practices in the three countries and searches for an explanation of the diverging trends in abortion. Methods: Official abortion and contraceptive use statistics, provided by national statistical agencies, were …

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Couple disagreement about short-term fertility desires in Austria: Effects on intentions and contraceptive behaviour

Testa, M. (2012). Demographic Research, 26, 63-98 10.4054/DemRes.2012.26.3

BACKGROUND Because of the dyadic nature of reproduction, the couple is the most suitable context for studying reproductive decision-making. OBJECTIVE I investigate the effects of couple disagreement about short-term childbearing desires on the formulation and implementation of fertility intentions. Do men and women incorporate the perception of a disagreement with the partner about wanting a(nother) child now in their reports …

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Changes in union status during the transition to parenthood in eleven European countries, 1970s to early 2000s

Perelli-Harris, B., Kreyenfeld, M., Sigle-Rushton, W., Keizer, R., Lappegård, T., Jasilioniene, A., Berghammer, C., & Di Giulio, P. (2012). Population Studies, 66(2), 167-182 10.1080/00324728.2012.673004

Couples who have children are increasingly likely to have lived together without being married at some point in their relationship. Some couples begin their unions with cohabitation and marry before first conception, some marry during pregnancy or directly after the first birth, while others remain unmarried 3 years after the first birth. Using union and fertility histories since the 1970s …

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Assessing social support networks in cross-national comparative surveys: Measurement issues

Hlebec, V., Mrzel, M., & Kogovšek, T. (2012). Quality & Quantity, 46(5), 1431-1449 10.1007/s11135-011-9456-7

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A Typology of Work‐Family Arrangements Among Dual‐Earner Couples in Norway

Kitterød, R. & Lappegård, T. (2012). Family Relations, 61(4), 671-685 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00725.x

A symmetrical family model of two workers or caregivers is a political goal in many western European countries. We explore how common this family type is in Norway, a country with high gender‐equality ambitions, by using a multinomial latent class model to develop a typology of dual‐earner couples with children based on the partners' allocations of paid and unpaid work. …

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Signs of a Stable or Provisional Recovery in Fertility. Reflections on Developments in Estonia

Puur, A. & Klesment, M. (2012). Demografiá English Edition, 54(5), 31–55

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Contraceptive behavior in European Countries

Tretyakova, V. (2012). Socialinė Teorija, Empirija, Politika ir Praktika, 6

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The Determinants of Household Labor Supply in Georgia, France and Romania: A Comparative Study

Berulava, G. & Chikava, G. (2012). Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics, 9, 141

"This paper aims to shed light on the determinants of household labor supply by conducting comparative study and by applying the collective labor supply model. On the basis of data from Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) we tested parametric restrictions imposed by two alternative (unitary and collective) household labor supply models on Georgian, French and Romanian data sets. Our comparison …

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Things change: Women’s and men’s marital disruption dynamics in Italy during a time of social transformations, 1970-2003

Salvini, S. & Vignoli, D. (2011). Demographic Research, 24, 145-174 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.5

We study women’s and men’s marital disruption in Italy between 1970 and 2003. By applying an event-history analysis to the 2003 Italian variant of the Generations and Gender Survey we found that the spread of marital disruption started among middlehighly educated women. Then in recent years it appears that less educated women have also been able to dissolve their unhappy …

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The Total Marital Fertility Rate and Its Extensions

Hoem, J. & Mureşan, C. (2011). European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie, 27(3), 295-312 10.1007/s10680-011-9237-y

Abstract What we will call the age-based TMFR is computed conventionally by adding up age-specific marital fertility rates in the hope of estimating the number of children ever born to a woman who is married throughout her childbearing years. Demographers have long been strongly skeptical about this quantity because it normally indicates implausibly many children. Our analysis of data from …

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The health status of first- and second-generation Turkish immigrants in Germany

Wengler, A. (2011). International Journal of Public Health, 56(5), 493-501 10.1007/s00038-011-0254-8

Objectives Since previous research on immigrants’ health status is rare, this study focuses on Turkish immigrants currently living in Germany and evaluates their subjective health status using relatively new data from the Generations and Gender Survey (2005/2006). Methods The cross-sectional study includes around 10,000 German natives and 4,000 Turkish immigrants. Logistic regression models are estimated to compare the health of …

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The effects of social capital and social pressure on the intention to have a second or third child in France, Germany, and Bulgaria, 2004–05

Balbo, N. & Mills, M. (2011). Population Studies, 65(3), 335-351 10.1080/00324728.2011.579148

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Second-Union Fertility in France: Partners' Age and Other Factors

Beaujouan, É. & Wiles-Portier, E. (2011). Population (english edition), 66(2), 239 10.3917/pope.1102.0239

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Self-reported activity limitations among the population aged 20-79 in Estonia: a cross-sectional study

Altmets, K., Puur, A., Uuskula, A., Saava, A., Sakkeus, L., & Katus, K. (2011). The European Journal of Public Health, 21(1), 49-55 10.1093/eurpub/ckp239

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On the links between employment, partnership quality, and the desire to have a first child: The case of West Germany

Berninger, I., Weiß, B., & Wagner, M. (2011). Demographic Research, 24, 579-610 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.24

We examine the impact of precarious work (low income and job security satisfaction) on the intention to have a first child. We consider a direct and an indirect effect; the latter is mediated by partners’ conflict behaviour, conflict level, and partnership quality. We assume that a satisfactory partnership is positively associated with the intention to have a first child. The …

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Nonmarital Childbearing in Russia: Second Demographic Transition or Pattern of Disadvantage?

Perelli-Harris, B. & Gerber, T. (2011). Demography, 48(1), 317-342 10.1007/s13524-010-0001-4

Abstract Using retrospective union, birth, and education histories that span 1980–2003, this study investigates nonmarital childbearing in contemporary Russia. We employ a combination of methods to decompose fertility rates by union status and analyze the processes that lead to a nonmarital birth. We find that the increase in the percentage of nonmarital births was driven mainly by the growing proportion …

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