Research has examined the effect of family changes on housing transitions and childbearing patterns within various housing types. Although most research has investigated how an event in one domain of family life depends on the current state in another domain, the interplay between them has been...

Previous studies have shown that the risk of divorce is low during the first months of marriage; it then increases, reaches a maximum, and thereafter begins to decline. Some researchers consider this pattern consistent with the notion of a “seven-year itch,” while others argue that the...

K<sc>ulu</sc> H. Why do fertility levels vary between urban and rural areas?, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This study examines the causes of fertility variation across settlements. It uses rich longitudinal data from Finland and applies event history analysis. Analysis shows that fertility levels are the highest in...

Previous research shows low mortality for most immigrants compared to natives in host countries. This advantage is often attributed to health selection processes in migration and to protective health behaviours. Little research has examined the role of data quality, especially the registration...

Cette recherche examine l’effet d’un mariage mixte entre immigrant(e) et partenaire natif(ve) d’Allemagne sur le divorce. Les données longitudinales du panel socio-économique allemand ont été utilisées ainsi que des techniques d’analyse des biographies pour étudier les risques de...

This paper reviews recent research on family dynamics among immigrants and their descendants in Europe. While there is a large body of literature on various aspects of immigrant lives in Europe, research on family dynamics has emerged only in the last decade. Studies based on individual-level...