Family Formation Trends and Analysis U.S. Overview 2007: Children
This report examines family trends in the United States with regard to children.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• Focus on the Family • 2007

Love, Marriage, and the Baby Carriage: Revisiting the Channelling Function of Family Law
This paper examines how the law has responded to changes in the traditional social sequence of love, marriage and procreation.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• SSRN Electronic Paper Collection • April 4, 2007

Family Portrait: Continuity and Change in Canadian Families and Households in 2006, 2006 Census
This report based on data from the 2006 census examines family structure including marital status, household and living arrangements across Canada.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• Statistics Canada • September 2007

Family Structure by Region 2006 (Revised)
This data report from the General Social Survey (cycle 20) examines family structure by province and region.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• Statistics Canada • August 2007

The Role of the Family in Democracy: Obstacle or Necessity?
This paper discusses democracy and the family, and looks at how these two roads intersect in terms of parental authority, educational autonomy and definition of family.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• Centre for Cultural Renewal • 1997

Profile of Canadian Families and Households: Diversification Continues
This report on the Canadian census from 2001 highlights changes in Canadian households over the past two decades.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• Statistics Canada • October 22, 2002

Canadian Attitudes on the Family
This survey asked a broad range of questions dealing with all aspects of the attitudes of Canadians toward marital and family satisfaction, work/family balance, taxation, family size, the impacts of cohabitation, divorce, same-sex marriage, parenting and the impact of children on marital satisfaction, and the significance of religion.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• Focus on the Family (Canada) • June 01, 2002

Why Marriage Matters: The Case for Normal Marriage
This is the testimony of Maggie Gallagher before the U.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary • September 4, 2003

Major Trends Affecting Families in the Gulf Countries
This report describes recent trends in urbanization, family structure, family functions and values, female employment, marriage and divorce patterns, globalization, the AIDS pandemic, and aging as they have affected families and the institution of the family in the Gulf countries.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • May 2003

Trends Affecting Families: El Mashrek El Araby
This report describes major trends in family structure, migration, demographic aging, the AIDS pandemic, and globalization as they affect families and the institution of the family in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 2003

Major Trends Affecting Families in Sub-Saharan Africa
This report describes major trends in family structure, migration, demographic aging, the AIDS pandemic, and globalization that are affecting families in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 2003

Family in The New Millineum: Major Trends Affecting Families in North Africa
This report describes major trends in family structure, migration, demographic aging, the AIDS pandemic, and globalization that are affecting families in Arab North Africa.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • September 2003

Major Trends Affecting Families: South America in Perspective
This report examines changes in family structure, household composition, fertility, relationship formation, aging, and household size as they affect the institution of the family in South America.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • April 2003

Major Trends Affecting Families in East and Southeast Asia
This report discusses trends relating to family structure, demography, migration, AIDS/HIV, and globalization as they affect families in East and Southeast Asia.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • March 31, 2003

Demographic and Social Trends Affecting Families in the South and Central Asian Region
This book chapter describes major social and demographic trends in South and Central Asia, including changing family structures, increased mobility and migration, an aging population, the AIDS pandemic, and globalization.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 2003

Major Trends Affecting Families in Central and Eastern Europe
This paper examines changes in family structure, fertility, and household composition in Central and Eastern Europe, and examines factors such as increased mobility, an aging population, globalization, and the AIDS pandemic that have contributed to these trends.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 2003

Major Trends Affecting Families in the New Millenium: Western Europe and North America
This book chapter describes recent changes to the family in Europe and North America, with an emphasis on family structure and relationship formation, reproductive behaviour, and the living conditions of older adults.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 2003

The Changing Character of Stepfamilies: Implications of Cohabitation and Nonmarital Childbearing
This study discusses the definition of family in the context of stepfamily formation.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• Center for Demograpgy and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison • March 1994

The Declining Significance of Marriage: Changing Family Life in the United States
This paper looks at the impact of divorce, nonmarital childbearing, and cohabitation on the living arrangements of children in the US.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison • 1995

Strengths in Families: Accentuating the Positive
This paper explores the definition, state, structure, and function of the family, as well as variations on the traditional family unit, including a discussion of stepfamilies, marriage relationships, and homosexual parenting.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • 1998

Documenting Changing Family Patterns in South Africa: Are Censis Data of any Value?
This article reviews the strengths and weaknesses of research about changing family patterns in South Africa.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa • 2001

Exploring Variations in Men's Family Roles
This paper studies popular attitudes towards gender roles, specifically in regard to popular attitudes towards gender roles and family structure.
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • June 01, 1996

Halpern et al v. Attorney General of Canada et al
This document states the judicial decision on whether the exclusion of same-sex couples from the traditional and common law definition of marriage breaches ss. 2(a) or 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of ...
• Category: Family Structure > Definition of Family
• COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO • June 10, 2003