Life-table representations of family dynamics in the 21st century

Background: A key resource for cross-national comparative research on family dynamics (Andersson and Philipov 2002) is seriously outdated. Objective: We provide an update of the life-table estimates by Andersson and Philipov (2002) based on data from the Generations and Gender Surveys and other rela...

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Published in:Demographic research 2018-01, Vol.37 (1), p.1081-1230
Main Authors: Andersson, Gunnar, Thomson, Elizabeth, Duntava, Aija
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Belgien
children
Daten
Deutschland
Europe
Familiendynamik
family dissolution
family dynamics
family formation
Family relations
Finnland
Frankreich
Gender
Generation
Generations and Gender Programme (GGP)
Internationaler Vergleich
Italien
Lebenslauf
Lebenszeit
Lettland
life table
life tables
Litauen
Norwegen
Polen
Schweden
Slowenien
Social science research
Spanien
Surveys
Tschechische Republik
Ungarn
Vereinigte Staaten
Vergleichsuntersuchung
Österreich
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Summary:Background: A key resource for cross-national comparative research on family dynamics (Andersson and Philipov 2002) is seriously outdated. Objective: We provide an update of the life-table estimates by Andersson and Philipov (2002) based on data from the Generations and Gender Surveys and other related surveys in 18 countries across Europe and the United States. Results: Life-table estimates of family formation of women and men, union dynamics, and children’s experience of family disruption and family formation demonstrate the degree of variation in family dynamics across countries. Conclusions: Our findings provide the basis for more in-depth research on the causes and consequences of differences in family dynamics across contexts. Contribution: The Appendix of the current manuscript is a new resource for comparative research on family dynamics in the early 21st century. (Orig.).
ISSN:2363-7064
1435-9871
1435-9871
DOI:10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.35