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Randall, Sara; Coast, Ernestina; Compaore, Natacha; … - In: Demographic Research 28 (2013) 27, pp. 763-792

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Vikat, Andres; Spéder, Zsolt; Beets, Gijs; Billari, … - In: Demographic Research 17 (2007) 14, pp. 389-440

values and attitudes. Other domains covered by the survey include gender relationships, household composition and housing …

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Interconnections among changing family structure, childrearing and fertility behaviour among the Ogu, Southwestern Nigeria

Wusu, Onipede; Isiugo-Abanihe, Uche - In: Demographic Research 14 (2006) 8, pp. 139-156

The interconnections of family transformation, childrearing and fertility behaviour are explored. Data were generated through nine focus groups organized among the Ogu and content analyzed. The analysis reveals that although the family system is still largely dominated by extended structure, the...

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Population aging and the extended family in Taiwan

Mason, Andrew; Lee, Sang-Hyop - In: Demographic Research 10 (2004) 8, pp. 197-230

Population aging produces changes in the availability of kin with uncertain implications for extended living arrangements. We propose a highly stylized model that can be used to analyze and project age-specific proportions of adults living in extended and nuclear households. The model is applied...

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A comparative analysis of leaving home in the United States, the Netherlands and West Germany

Mulder, Clara; Clark, William A.V.; Wagner, Michael - In: Demographic Research 7 (2002) 17, pp. 565-592

We investigate how leaving the parental home differs between three countries with different welfare-state and housing systems: the USA, the Netherlands and West Germany. Using longitudinal survey data, we examine the transitions of leaving home to live with and without a partner. We find that,...

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Estimating time-varying sex-age-specific o/e rates of marital status transitions in family household projection or simulation

Zeng, Yi; Stallard, Eric; Wang, Zhenglian - In: Demographic Research 11 (2004) 10, pp. 263-304

marriage/union formation and dissolution in the future years in the two-sex family household projection model is proposed. The … procedures proposed in this article are practically useful and can be applied in both macro and micro models for family household …

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Household composition across the new Europe: Where do the new Member States fit in?

Iacovou, Maria; Skew, Alexandra J. - In: Demographic Research 25 (2011) 14, pp. 465-490

In this paper we present indicators of household structure for 26 of the 27 countries of the post-enlargement European … Union. As well as broad indicators of household type, we present statistics on single-person and extended-family households …, and on the households of children and older people. Our main aim is to assess the extent to which household structure …

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Demographic responses to short-term stress in a 19th century Tuscan population: The case of household out-migration

Breschi, Marco; Fornasin, Alessio; Manfredini, Matteo - In: Demographic Research 25 (2011) 15, pp. 491-512

This paper deals with the relationship between household emigration and short-term crisis in a rural community of mid …-19th century Tuscany. Based on a detailed reconstruction of individual and household life-histories, the paper shows the … close relationship between household emigration and different kinds of short-term stresses, either economic, epidemiologic …

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An application of the variable-r method to subpopulation growth rates in a 19th century agricultural population

Sparks, Corey - In: Demographic Research 21 (2009) 2, pp. 23-64

This paper presents an analysis of the differential growth rates of the farming and non-farming segments of a rural Scottish community during the 19th and early 20th centuries using the variable-r method allowing for net migration. Using this method, I find that the farming population of Orkney,...

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Dispensing with marriage: Marital and partnership trends in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 2000-2006

Hosegood, Victoria; McGrath, Nuala; Moultrie, Tom - In: Demographic Research 20 (2009) 13, pp. 279-312

This paper describes marriage and partnership patterns and trends in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 2000-2006. The study is based on longitudinal, population-based data collected by the Africa Centre demographic surveillance system. We consider whether the high rates of non-marriage...

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