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Pakhomova, E. I. – Russian Education and Society, 2009
The urgent demographic situation has led to an acute awareness of the necessity of far-reaching decisions to strengthen the family and implement radical measures of family policy. Many experts are talking about the crisis of the institution of the family, about the loss of the importance of family values among a substantial portion of Russians,…
Descriptors: Divorce, Family Life, Marriage, Foreign Countries
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Hoem, 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
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Kiernan, 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
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Sgritta, 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
Canadian Council on Children and Youth, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1985
This document presents quantitative data on Canadian children from birth through 14 years of age. The information is drawn from readily available federal government sources. The overview provided is not intended to be comprehensive and while many subjects are addressed, the amount of information varies for each topic. The variation does not relate…
Descriptors: Abortions, Adolescents, Birth Rate, Children
Vanier Inst. of the Family, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1996
This report contains tabular presentations of trends in national and provincial statistics on Canadian families. Included are: (1) changes in demographic characteristics from the 1970s to the 1990s; (2) population by age group; (3) ethnic heritage; (4) mother tongue; (5) religion; (6) rural/urban living arrangements; (7) living alone or living in…
Descriptors: Births to Single Women, Demography, Divorce, Employment Patterns
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