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Peer reviewedHoem, Britta; Hoem, Jan M. – Journal of Family Issues, 1988
Presents an account of some important developments that concern the family in Sweden since the beginning of the 1960s. Interprets data from the Swedish fertility survey conducted by Statistics Sweden in 1981 and official statistics for later years. Contends that the young nonmarital cohabitation that has emerged should be seen as a phenomenon…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Cohabitation, Demography, Divorce
Peer reviewedKiernan, Kathleen E. – Journal of Family Issues, 1988
Notes that significant changes have occurred in recent times to the structure and dynamics of family life in Britain. Examines trends and issues related to marriage, cohabitation, fertility, extramarital births, divorce, one-parent families, remarriage and stepfamilies, children in families, employment, and the future of social policy in Britain.…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Change, Childlessness, Cohabitation
Peer reviewedSgritta, Giovanni B. – Journal of Family Issues, 1988
Discusses the tradition of the Italian family and changes in family life since World War II. Examines socioeconomic differentiation and family forms; family structure and kinship networks; social policies and family solidarity; stability and family dissolution; and innovative processes in family life. Concludes that there is a profound change in…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Change, Demography, Divorce
Download full textCamp, Catherine; And Others – 1980
This report examines the dimensions, causes, and consequences of the dropout problem for California youth aged 12-17. School enrollment data and data from the 1976 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Survey of Income and Education (SIE) were used to assess the current dropout rate. SIE statistics were also used to describe the age, sex,…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Delinquency, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Vanier Inst. of the Family, Ottawa (Ontario). – 2000
Noting that Canadians have witnessed profound demographic, economic, social, cultural, and technological changes over the last century and the need for sound demographic information for future planning, this report is the second to identify significant trends affecting Canada's families. Following an introductory section providing relevant…
Descriptors: Children, Demography, Employed Parents, Family Life
Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
When Canadian parents look back on their own lives and the lives of their parents, they see changes across a generation that have profoundly affected their parenting experience, compared to when they themselves were young children. Supports for today's parents must take into consideration these changes that affect the care and nurturing of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Age Differences, Young Children
