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Changes in family and kinship networks consequent on the demographic transitions in England and Wales

Murphy, Michael J. (2010) Changes in family and kinship networks consequent on the demographic transitions in England and Wales. Continuity and Change, 25. pp. 109-136. ISSN 0268-4160

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Identification Number: 10.1017/S026841601000007X

Abstract

The SOCSIM micro-simulation model is used to investigate how kinship and family patterns in Britain changed as people passed through the ‘First Demographic Transition’, starting in the late nineteenth century, and the ‘Second Demographic Transition’, from the 1960s. Certain types of kin, such as former partners, became more common, and others, such as ever-born siblings, less so. An ageing of generational relationships is observed: events that formerly occurred early in life, such as the experience of one's parents' deaths, are being postponed. Patterns of re-partnering are leading to more partial relationships involving step- and supplanted parents, half-siblings, former partners and stepchildren.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna...
Additional Information: © 2010 Cambridge University Press
Divisions: Social Policy
LSE Health
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Date Deposited: 23 Jul 2010 15:38
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2024 23:40
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/28783

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