Stillwell, John, Coast, Ernestina 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8703-307X and Kneale, Dylan
(2009)
Fertility, living arrangements care and mobility: Understanding population trends and processes.
Understanding population trends and processes.
, Vol. 1
Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
ISBN 9781402096815
Abstract
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 relationships 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.
| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.springerpub.com/ |
| Divisions: | Social Policy LSE Health |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 15 May 2009 14:23 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2024 08:42 |
| Projects: | http://www.uptap.net/ |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/23985 |
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