The aim of this article is to articulate the concepts of familialism and defamilialization as well as their indicators to assess whether and how welfare states, or regimes, differ not only in the degree to which they are defamilialized but also in the specific familialism form. In other words,...

In this report, we investigate the situation of workers who also care for an elderly parent in Germany. The study is based on qualitative, in depth interviews with care givers who are at least part time employed. The interviews aimed at detecting constrains and resources available to workers...

This report explores the importance of family support, social contacts and overall work-life balance for individual quality of life. The findings are based on the Foundation's First European Quality of Life Survey which was carried out across 28 countries: the EU25, two acceding countries -...