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Family Structure by Region 2006 (Revised)
This data report from the General Social Survey (cycle 20) examines family structure by province and region.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Statistics Canada
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August 2007
Family Structure by Region 2006
This paper provides data tables from the General Social Survey comparing family structure by region between 2001 and 2006.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Statistics Canada
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June 2007
Education and the Transition to Motherhood: a Comparative Analysis of Western Europe
This paper examines the effect of education on women's transition to motherhood in various European countries.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Vienna Institute of Demography
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2004
Undeserved Trust: Reflections on the ALI's Treatment of De Facto Parents
This chapter from the book Reconceiving the Family: Critical Reflections on the American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution criticizes the American Law Institute's proposal to grant custody rights to legal parents' live-in partners.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Cambridge University Press
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May 2006
The Effect of Step-Children on Childbearing Intentions and Births
This paper looks at how the presence of stepchildren affects parents' fertility and childbearing decisions.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Center for Family Demographic Research
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2000
Union Formation Among Men in the U.S.: Does Having Prior Children Matter?
This paper looks at the relationship between parenthood status and men's union formation in the US.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Center for Family Demographic Research
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2002
Childlessness and Educational Attainment among Swedish Women born in 1955-59
This paper examines the effects of educational attainment and field of study on women's likelihood of remaining childless.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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13 June 2005
Marital Disruption in the Czech Republic: The Role of Personal Characteristics, Individuality, and Premarital Cohabitation
This paper explores possible predictors of divorce in the Czech Republic, a country with very high rates of marital dissolution.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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October 2002
Infecundity: A Result of Postponed Childbearing?
This paper highlights the increased likelihood of infertility among women over the age of thirty and suggests that the increasingly common practice of postponing motherhood until later life may be contributing to higher rates of infertility and involuntary childlessness in the population.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Statistics Netherlands, Division Socioeconomic Statistics, Population Department
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31 August 2000
Childlessness and the Concentration of Reproduction in Austria
This paper examines the distribution of childbearing in Austria and finds evidence of an increasing concentration of reproduction.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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November 2004
Australian Social Trends: Family and Community - Living Arrangements: Changing Families
This document looks at changing family structures and living arrangements in Australia, including the occurrence of multi-family and extended family households, and rises in childless and single-parent homes.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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June 03, 2003
Gender Preferences for Children Revisited: New Evidence from Germany
This paper examines gender preferences for children among parents and childless couples in Germany.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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May 2002
To Concentration of Reproduction in Cohorts of US and European Women
This paper provides a comparative analysis of the concentration of fertility and the proportion of women who remain childless in different European nations and the United States.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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October 2004
The Complexity of Fathers’ Parenting Responsibilities and Involvement with Nonresident Children
This paper examines the complexity of parenting for non-resident fathers, and looks at how the obligations and circumstances of these arrangements affect child support and visitation.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Population Studies Center
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June 2001
Religious Participation Over the Early Life Course: Age and Family Life Cycle Effects on Church Membership
This paper identifies factors which influence church membership among young adults, including age, family formation and attitudes towards marriage and family.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Population Research Center, University of Chicago
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July 1994
Abstract
This paper reviews previous research on the impact of childrearing on maternal employment and income.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Centre for Economic Policy Research
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August 1999
Does a Mother’s Age and Marital Status at Birth Affect the Probability that Her Child Will Have a Juvenile Court Record?
This research paper found that a mother’s age and marital status were significantly related to the probability that her child will receive a juvenile court record.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Washington State Institute for Public Policy
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February 1996
Revisiting the Structure of American Households: 1985-2000
This paper gives an overview of the changes in household composition and family structure between the years 1985 and 2000.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University
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April 2001
Complex Families: Documenting the Prevalence and Correlates of Multi-Partnered Fertility in the United States
This report gives an overview of multi-partnered fertility in the United States and finds that maternal age at birth, parental education, and marital and socioeconomic status are all factors associated with the likelihood of women having children with multiple partners.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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October 2003
The Impact of Gender Role Attitudes on Sterilization Decisions
This paper studies the impact of gender attitudes and roles on the occurrences of sterilization.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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April 2000
The Family Report 2003: Choosing Happiness?
This paper examines the relationship between happiness and having children in men and women in Britain.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Institute for Public Policy Research, Lever Fabergé
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January 11, 2003
Lowest Low Fertility in an Urban Context: When Migration Plays a Key Role
This paper examines the relationship between economic resources, fertility, and migration in an urban centre with extremely low fertility.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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October 2002
Does Economic Uncertainty Have an Impact on Decisions to Bear Children? Evidence from Eastern Germany
This paper explores the link between economic uncertainty and fertility decisions in an effort to understand the large drop in fertility that occurred in East Germany in the years following the fall of communism and the reunification with West Germany.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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August 2002
Fertility in Times of Discontinuous Societal Change: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe
This paper examines fertility patterns during a period of social and economic upheaval and uncertainty in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of communism.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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June 2002
Bearing Children in Unstable Times: Psychological Traits and Early Parenthood in a Lowest-Low Fertility Context, Rostock 1990 - 1995.
This study examines the extent to which psychological traits can be used to understand and predict individuals' transition into parenthood.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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April 2002
Cohabitation, Marriage, First Birth: The Interrelationship of Family Formation Events in Spain
This paper explores the strong correlation between union formation and first birth in Spain.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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November 2001
Childrearing Responsibility and Stepfamily Fertility in Finland and Austria
This study of childbearing in stepfamilies examines future fertility and the effects of partners having shared children or children from previous unions.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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January 2003
Patterns of Childbearing in Russia 1994 - 1998
This paper examines factors influencing actual and intended fertility in Russia in the 1990s.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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July 2001
Cohort Childbearing Age Patterns in Low-Fertility Countries in the Late 20th Century: Is the Postponement of Births an Inherent Element?
This paper provides an overview and examination of changes in the age patterns of childbearing in low-fertility countries in the latter half of the twentieth century.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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April 2001
Educational Attainment and First Births: East Germany Before and After Unification
This paper demonstrates that the delaying effects of high educational attainment on childbearing are less pronounced in East Germany than in West Germany, both before and after unification.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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December 2000
Association of Late Childbearing with Healthy Longevity among the Oldest-Old in China
This paper provides evidence that childbearing after age 35 or 40 is significantly associated with survival and good health among very old Chinese people, particularly women.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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July 2003
How Premarital Children and Childbearing in Current Marriage Influence Divorce of Swedish Women in their First Marriages
This article demonstrates that couples' childbearing histories have an important influence on their risk of experiencing a divorce.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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August 27, 2002
A Study of Childlessness in Britain
This paper studies trends in childlessness in Britain, and examines the reasons why women are choosing not to have children.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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July 01, 1998
A Look at Poor Dads Who Don't Pay Child Support
This paper examines the socio-economic, employment, and financial characteristics of nonresident fathers and the barriers that they face in paying child support.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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The Urban Institute
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September 01, 2000
A Man's Place in the Home: Fathers and Family in the UK
This report looks at family structure, public policies dealing with fatherhood issues, the importance of fathers and of their role as caregivers and providers, and a variety of barriers to active fatherhood.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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April 01, 2000
Her, His and Their Children: Childbearing Intentions and Births in Stepfamilies
This paper studies the fertility intentions and decisions of stepparents, as well as the factors that influence such decisions, such as family size and parenthood status.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison
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May 29, 2002
Quebec's Baby Bonus: Can Public Policy Raise Fertility?
This paper assesses the impact and effectiveness of Quebec's child incentive program and weighs it against the program costs in order to determine whether or not it is a feasible strategy for the future.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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C.D. Howe Institute
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January 24, 2002
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 ...
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
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June 10, 2003
An Exploratory Analysis of Father Involvement in Low-Income Families
This study profiles low-income, non-resident fathers, and provides information about their level of involvement with their families.
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Category:
Family Structure > Parenthood Status
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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February 01, 2003
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