Fertility, living arrangements, care and mobility / edited by John Stillwell, Ernestina Coast and Dylan Kneale.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stillwell, John C. H. (John Charles Harold), 1952-

Coast, Ernestina

Kneale, Dylan

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Understanding population trends and processes ; vol. 1.

Understanding population trends and processes, 1878-5271 ; vol. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family demography.

Social sciences.

Early childhood education.

Family Characteristics.

Medical Subjects:

Family Characteristics.

Physical Description:

xiv, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, [2009]

Summary:

Many parts of the world are experiencing rapid demographic restructuring, resulting in an ageing population with increasingly significant work and care pressures on cohorts less able or willing to provide support. This book examines some of the important trends that have underpinned reductions in fertility, including delayed child-bearing and increased childlessness. It demonstrates how relationship between partners have resulted in new living arrangements with changing attitudes from marriage to co-habitation as the social norm, and it considers the health and well-being for particular at risk groups such as the elderly and stepparents as well as aspects of mobility such as household migration and commuting to school.

The book brings together a series of studies that all involve quantitative analyses of secondary data from censuses, surveys or administrative records. The trends and patterns reported provide new and interesting insights into behaviour of the household and the roles of adults and children, and point to questions of critical importance for practitioners and policy makers.

"This book is the first volume on 'Understanding Population Trends and Processes'. Volume 2 will report the findings of research on a further set of dimensions including population change, deprivation, educational attainment, employment, health and well-being, identity, religiosity, social values and trust, whilst Volume 3 will have a more specific focus on ethnicity and integration.'

Contents:

1 Fertility, Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility / Dylan Kneale, Ernestina Coast, John Stillwell 1

2 Delayed Childbearing and Childlessness / Roona Simpson 23

3 Women's Education and Childbearing: A Growing Divide / Sarah Smith, Anita Ratcliffe 41

4 The Timing of Motherhood, Mothers' Employment and Child Outcomes / Kirstine Hansen, Denise Hawkes, Heather Joshi 59

5 Early Parenthood: Definition and Prediction in Two British Cohorts / Dylan Kneale 81

6 Currently Cohabiting: Relationship Attitudes, Expectations and Outcomes / Ernestina Coast 105

7 Living Arrangements, Health and Well-Being / Harriet Young, Emily Grundy 127

8 Stepparenting and Mental Health / Peteke Feijten, Paul Boyle, Zhiqiang Feng, Vernon Gayle, Elspeth Graham 151

9 Grandparents and the Care of Their Grandchildren / Alison Smith Koslowski 171

10 Internal Migration and Inter-household Relationships / Oliver Duke-Williams 191

11 Exploring Dimensions of School Change During Primary Education in England / Joan Wilson 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781402096815

140209681X

9781402096822

1402096828

OCLC:

297148504