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How Does Cohabitation Change People’s Attitudes toward Family Dissolution?

Kreidl, M. & Žilinčíková, Z. (2021). European Sociological Review, 37(4), 541-554 10.1093/esr/jcaa073

Abstract We study if (and how) transitioning into and living in an unmarried cohabitation makes people more accepting of family dissolution. We explore if cohabitation and marriage associate with a different change in attitudes across a set of nine European countries. Using comparative two-wave panel data and within-person attitude change models, we show that time spent in an unmarried cohabitation …

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Having a child within a cohabiting union in Europe and North America: What is the role of parents' socio‐economic status?

Koops, J., Liefbroer, A., & Gauthier, A. (2021). Population, Space and Place, 27(6) 10.1002/psp.2434

The link between parental socio-economic status (SES) and the likelihood of having a birth in cohabitation or in marriage varies considerably across countries. Previous studies have referred to the pattern of disadvantage perspective and the second demographic transition theory to explain this cross-national variation. Yet no study has directly tested the explanatory power of both theories in this context. In …

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Fathers' Involvement in the Family, Fertility, and Maternal Employment: Evidence From Central and Eastern Europe

Fanelli, E. & Profeta, P. (2021). Demography, 58(5), 1931-1954 10.1215/00703370-9411306

Abstract For a sample of Central and Eastern European countries, characterized by historically high female labor force participation and currently low fertility rates, we analyze whether fathers' increased involvement in the family (housework and childcare) has the potential of increasing both fertility and maternal employment. Using two waves of the Generations and Gender Survey, we show that more paternal involvement …

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Family Forerunners? Parental Separation and Partnership Formation in 16 Countries

Harkonen, J., Brons, A., & Dronkers, J. (2021). Journal of Marriage and Family, 83(1), 119-136 10.1111/jomf.12682

Objective: To analyze the relationships between parental separation and partnership formation patterns across 16 countries and over time, and how the relationships are shaped by contextual factors. Background: Several studies have found that parental separation predicts higher rates of cohabitation and lower rates of marriage. Few studies have analyzed these relationships over time or across countries, and none have systematically …

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Familie in der Stadt und am Land: Zur Bedeutung des regionalen Kontextes für die Realisierung des Kinderwunsches in Österreich

Riederer, B. & Buber-Ennser, I. (2021). Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 46(1), 69-91 10.1007/s11614-020-00437-6

Zusammenfassung Es ist seit Langem bekannt, dass sich Fertilitätsraten zwischen ländlichen und urbanen Regionen unterscheiden. Stadt-Land-Unterschiede bei der Realisierung bestehender Kinderwünsche wurden jedoch bisher kaum untersucht. Der vorliegende Aufsatz untersucht die Verwirklichung bestehender Kinderwünsche in Österreich, wobei ländliche und urbane Gebiete mit der Hauptstadt Wien als einziger Millionenstadt verglichen werden. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Kinderwünsche in Wien seltener realisiert werden …

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Elder care and paid work: gender differences in the relationship between unpaid elder care work and employment in Bulgaria

Meurs, M. & Giddings, L. (2021). Journal of European Social Policy, 31(2), 223-238 10.1177/0958928720974181

Care of elderly family members affects the welfare of the elderly and caregivers and has macroeconomic implications. In Eastern Europe, aging populations combined with under-developed care policy increase family care burdens, but the impact of care on labour force participation is understudied in this context. Using two waves of the Generations and Gender survey, we estimate the impact of care …

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Educational Differences in Cohort Fertility Across Sub-national Regions in Europe

Nisén, J., Klüsener, S., Dahlberg, J., Dommermuth, L., Jasilioniene, A., Kreyenfeld, M., Lappegård, T., Li, P., Martikainen, P., Neels, K., Riederer, B., Te Riele, S., Szabó, L., Trimarchi, A., Viciana, F., Wilson, B., & Myrskylä, M. (2021). European Journal of Population, 37(1), 263-295 10.1007/s10680-020-09562-0

Abstract Educational differences in female cohort fertility vary strongly across high-income countries and over time, but knowledge about how educational fertility differentials play out at the sub-national regional level is limited. Examining these sub-national regional patterns might improve our understanding of national patterns, as regionally varying contextual conditions may affect fertility. This study provides for the first time for a …

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Does the Birth of a Child Still Prompt a Marriage? A Comparison of Austria, France, Germany and Hungary

Groepler, N., Huinink, J., & Peter, T. (2021). European Societies, 23(3), 333-359 10.1080/14616696.2021.1922930

Austria, France, Germany, and Hungary are four neighbouring European societies all with conservative welfare regimes, yet with distinct institutional and structural features. We investigate how these differences shape a particular example of culturally contingent behaviour: cohabiting couples’ marriage behaviour when they have a child. Based on a discussion of relevant differences in family policy, legal frames and normative contexts, we …

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Do costs and benefits of children matter for religious people? Perceived consequences of parenthood and fertility intentions in Poland

Bein, C., Mynarska, M., & Gauthier, A. (2021). Journal of Biosocial Science, 53(3), 419-435 10.1017/S0021932020000280

Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the positive relationship between religiosity and fertility from the perspective of perceived consequences of parenthood. Previous studies in Germany have found that highly religious people ascribe higher benefits and lower costs to having children. Furthermore, the impact of costs and benefits on fertility is less pronounced among the highly religious. This …

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Didn’t Plan One but got One: Unintended and sooner-than-intended Parents in the East and the West of Europe

Brzozowska, Z., Buber-Ennser, I., & Riederer, B. (2021). European Journal of Population, 37(3), 727-767 10.1007/s10680-021-09584-2

Abstract The realisation rates of short-term childbearing intentions are known to be consistently lower in post-socialist countries than in the rest of Europe. However, the East–West differences in the outcomes of intentions to postpone or forego (further) childbearing have not been previously examined. We employ two panel waves of the Generations and Gender Survey in six countries (three from Eastern …

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Children’s Living Arrangements after Marital and Cohabitation Dissolution in Europe

Zilincikova, Z. (2021). Journal of Family Issues, 42(2), 345-373 10.1177/0192513X20923721

The rapid increase of the number of children being born in cohabitation appears to have an important impact on their lives, since they face a higher risk of parental breakup than children born in wedlock. This article aims to provide a cross-national overview of the living arrangements of children following breakup of cohabiting unions and to investigate whether the post-dissolution …

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Are mothers and daughters most important? How gender, childhood family dissolution and parents’ current living arrangements affect the personal care of parents

Kridahl, L. & Duvander, A. (2021). Social Sciences, 10(5), 160 10.3390/socsci10050160

This study examines adult children’s propensity to provide personal care to older mothers and fathers. The theory of intergenerational solidarity facilitates the understanding of commitment and support between adult children and parents. Solidarity may depend on childhood events as well as the current situation, and we therefore focus on whether there was a parental breakup in childhood and the parent’s …

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Assessing Short-Term Fertility Intentions and Their Realisation Using the Generations and Gender Survey: Pitfalls and Challenges

Brzozowska, Z. & Beaujouan, E. (2021). European Journal of Population, 37(2), 405-416 10.1007/s10680-020-09573-x

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A New Look at the Separation Surge in Europe: Contrasting Adult and Child Perspectives

Kalmijn, M. & Leopold, T. (2021). American Sociological Review, 86(1), 1-34 10.1177/0003122420973982

This study contrasts adult and child perspectives on divorce and separation. Based on harmonized retrospective life history data from eight European countries, we study the risk of divorce and separation from the perspective of adult unions and the perspective of children born into these unions. The analysis connects adult and child perspectives, focusing on union cohort changes (1945 to 2005) …

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Life Course as an Identity Component of the Last Soviet Generation in Lithuania

Kraniauskien, S. (2021). Soviet and Post-Soviet Lithuania Generational Experiences Routledge

This chapter addresses the ways in which certain social and demographic processes describe the last Lithuanian Soviet generation (born in the late 1960s and 1970s). The primary focus is directed to the analysis of the demographic changes that took place in the life course of this generation during the period of transition to adulthood. It is essential to identify how …

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Nonmarital Fertility in Europe and North-America: What Is the Role of Parental SES and Own SES?

Koops, J. (2021). In A. Liefbroer & M. Zoutewelle-Terovan (Eds.), Social Background and the Demographic Life Course: Cross-National Comparisons (pp. 35-59) Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-67345-1_3

Abstract Previous research has shown that parental as well as own socio-economic status (SES) influence nonmarital fertility. This chapter examines to what extent the effect of parental SES on partner status at first birth is mediated through own SES. Data from the Generations and Gender Survey, British Understanding Society Survey, Dutch Survey on Family Formation, American National Survey on Family …

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Cross-National Variation in the Link Between Parental Socio-Economic Status and Union Formation and Dissolution Processes

Brons, M. (2021). In A. Liefbroer & M. Zoutewelle-Terovan (Eds.), Social Background and the Demographic Life Course: Cross-National Comparisons (pp. 17-34) Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-67345-1_2

Abstract The main objective of this chapter is to understand the link between parental socio-economic status (SES) and union formation and dissolution processes from a cross-national comparative perspective. According to the Second Demographic Transition (SDT) theory, it can be expected that the impact of parental background on these union dynamics differs across societal contexts. Integrated results from prior studies using …

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More frequent separation and repartnering among people aged 50 and over.

Solaz, A. (2021). Population & Societies, 2(2), 1-4

Divorces and union dissolutions have become much more frequent in the last half-century, as has repartnering. What about people aged 50 and over? Using several data sources, Anne Solaz explains that these people have also been affected by this phenomenon, and examines differences in partnership trajectories between cohorts and between men and women in France.

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Application of the theory of planned behaviour for explaining childbearing intentions–assessment of operationalization and measurement

Mynarska, M. (2021). Studia Psychologica: Theoria et praxis.(Special), 21–36

The article aims to evaluate how well the theory of planned behaviour (TPB; Ajzen, 1991) has been operationalized within the Generation and Gender Programme. In this project, the TPB has been applied as a theoretical framework for investigating childbearing intentions. According to the model, childbearing intentions are determined by attitudes towards having children, subjective norms concerning childbearing and perceived behavioural …

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Validation of the Short Forms of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale in Georgia

Ackert, M., Maglakelidze, E., Badurashvili, I., & Huber, S. (2020). Religions, 11(2), 57 10.3390/rel11020057

This study presents the validation of the short forms of Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) in Georgia. This country offers a unique Christian orthodox context with a long-lasting religious tradition and strong affiliation to churches. Translated short forms were administered in the years 2012 (CRS-5) and 2018 (CRSi-7). Participants reported on ideological, intellectual, and experiential aspects of their faith and …

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