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People, Population Change and Policies

Lessons from the Population Policy Acceptance Study Vol. 1: Family Change

  • International comparative analysis of surveys on demographic change based on about 34000 interviews in 14 European countries

  • Lessons drown on what future will demographic trends bring and what will be the consequences for the family, children, equal opportunities and the ageing of the population

Part of the book series: European Studies of Population (ESPO, volume 16/1)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Charlotte Höhn
      Pages 1-15
  3. Theoretial Background, Methods and Opportunities for Analyses of the International Population Pocicy Acceptance Study Database (IPPAS)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
  4. Attitudes Towards (The Change of) The Family

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
    2. Attitudes Towards Forms of Partnership

      • Marietta Pongracz, Zsolt Spéder
      Pages 93-112
    3. Family Transformations in the Post-Communist Countries: Attitudes Toward Changes

      • Vlada Stankuniene, Ausra Maslauskaite
      Pages 113-138
  5. Value of Children

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
    2. Motivation to have Children in Europe

      • Tineke Fokkema, Ingrid Esveldt
      Pages 141-155
    3. Intergenerational Changes in the Value System in Europe

      • Irena Kowalska, Wiktoria Wróblewska
      Pages 157-175
    4. Attitudes and Intentions Toward Childlessness in Europe

      • Tomáš Sobotka, Maria Rita Testa
      Pages 177-211
  6. Fertility Intentions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
    2. Will we Witness an Upturn in European Fertility in the Near Future?

      • Christine Van Peer, Ladislav Rabušic
      Pages 215-241
    3. Fertility Preferences and Expectations Regarding Old Age

      • Kalev Katus, Allan Puur, Asta Pöldma
      Pages 243-257
  7. Reconciliation of Work and Family

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 277-277

About this book

This two-volume work presents social cohesion and demographic challenges that are associated with low birth rates and population ageing. It does so from the perspective of citizens and key policy actors. The work analyses peoples’ attitudes about demographic trends and expectations towards private networks and public policies. It places these in the societal context of national specificities in the fourteen countries and regards them as part of the dynamics of the European integration process.
Volume 1 focuses on research findings related to family issues. Its main topics are: attitudes towards family and family change, value of children, fertility intentions, and views on work-family-balance. Particular attention is given to the acceptance of and expectations about family-policies. Additionally, the reader finds methodological and theoretical chapters and learns about the background of the DIALOG project.
This book is the outcome of the DIALOG research project, funded by the European Commission under the 5th Framework Programme.

Keywords

  • Ageing
  • Childlessness
  • Demographic Change
  • Demography
  • Fertility and Family
  • Population Ageing
  • Population related policies
  • Reconciliation of work and family
  • Social Sciences
  • education

Reviews

From the reviews:

"This publication is a welcome exception to the rule that an international study yields one volume of comparative chapters and another devoted to analysis of the data of each participating country. … The first volume focuses on family change … . The different chapters and consequently, the summary contain a great many novel and thought-provoking observations. … people thinking about policies, or working and writing on Europe’s population issues will, no doubt, find it useful to have these volumes at hand on their desk." (Dirk J. van de Kaa, European Journal of Population, Vol. 25, 2009)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany

    Charlotte Höhn

  • Population and Social Policy Consultants (PSPC), Brussels, Belgium

    Dragana Avramov

  • Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland

    Irena E. Kotowska

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4020-6609-2
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  • Readable on all devices
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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