A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe / edited by Gabriele Doblhammer, Jordi Gumà.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordi Gumà

Contributor:

Doblhammer, Gabriele, Editor.

Gumà, Jordi, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demography.

Public health.

Sociology.

Epidemiology.

Public Health.

Gender Studies.

Local Subjects:

Demography.

Public Health.

Gender Studies.

Epidemiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 303 p. 28 illus., 18 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Springer Nature 2018

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This open access book examines the triangle between family, gender, and health in Europe from a demographic perspective. It helps to understand patterns and trends in each of the three components separately, as well as their interdependencies. It overcomes the widely observable specialization in demographic research, which usually involves researchers studying either family or fertility processes or focusing on health and mortality. Coverage looks at new family and partnership forms among the young and middle-aged, their relationship with health, and the pathways through which they act. Among the old, lifelong family biography and present family situation are explored. Evidence is provided that partners advancing in age start to resemble each other more closely in terms of health, with the health of the partner being a crucial factor of an individual’s own health. Gender-specific health outcomes and pathways are central in the designs of the studies and the discussion of the results. The book compares twelve European countries reflecting different welfare state regimes and offers country-specific studies conducted in Austria, Germany, Italy - all populations which have received less attention in the past - and Sweden. As a result, readers discover the role of different concepts of family and health as well as comparisons within European countries and ethnic groups. It will be an insightful resource for students, academics, policy makers, and researchers that will help define future research in terms of gender and public health.

Contents:

Framework: Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer

Summary and research implications: Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer

Keynote chapters: Families and Health (in Europe): Karsten Hank and Anja Steinbach

The new roles of men and women and implications for families and societies: Livia Sz. Oláh, Irena E. Kotowska and Rudolf Richter

Sex differences in health and survival: Anna Oksuzyan, Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer

Country specific chapters:Gender differences in the relationship between household position and health in twelve European countries: Are they associated with the value climate?: Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer

Similarity of perceived health between household members: The “Mutual influences” hypothesis: Patrizia Giannantoni and Viviana Egidi

Household position, parenthood, and self-reported adult health. Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from the Austrian Generations and Gender Survey: Isabella Buber-Ennser and Doris Hanappi

The Contextual and Household Contribution to Individual Health Status in Germany: What is the Role of Gender and Migration Background?: Daniela Georges, Daniel Kreft and Gabriele Doblhammer

Health-risk behaviour of women and men—differences according to partnership and parenthood. Results of the German Health Update (GEDA) survey 2009–2010: Elena von der Lippe and Petra Rattay

Fertility Histories and Health in Later Life in Italy: Cecilia Tomassini, Giorgio Di Gessa and Viviana Egidi

The Effect of Current Family Situation on Slow Walking Speed at Old Age: Gabriele Doblhammer, Steffen Peters, Debora Rizzuto and Anna-Karin Welmer. .

Notes:

CC BY

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9783319723563

3319723561

OCLC:

1066191957