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Download full textCurrent Population Reports, 1990
The two papers in this report focus on some of the social, demographic, and economic consequences of the increasing entry of women into the workforce. Arthur Norton and Louisa Miller in "The Family Life Cycle: 1985" show trends in the frequency and timing of marriage, divorce, remarriage, and fertility across several generations of…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Divorce, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedvan de Kaa, Dirk J. – Population Bulletin, 1987
By 1985, fertility rates in Europe were below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman in all but Albania, Ireland, Malta, Poland, and Turkey, following a steady decline from a 1965 postwar peak well above 2.5 in Northern, Western, and Southern Europe and an erratic trend from a lower level in Eastern Europe. Natural decrease (fewer births…
Descriptors: Abortions, Birth Rate, Contraception, Demography
Furukawa, Stacy – Current Population Reports, 1994
This report presents findings on children's living arrangements as taken from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The SIPP is unique in that it records how each person is related to everyone else in the household. Detailed information on parent-child relationships is provided, allowing identification of biological, step, foster,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Census Figures, Child Rearing, Children
Ahlburg, Dennis A.; De Vita, Carol J. – Population Bulletin, 1992
This bulletin explores the social, economic, and demographic trends that have contributed to the changing structure of the American family. Sections of the document discuss: (1) definitions of household and family; (2) types of families, including married couples with and without children and single-parent families; (3) living arrangements of…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Demography, Divorce
Arbeiter, Solomon – 1987
Factors that have affected the decline in black college enrollments in the 1980s are explored. Demographics of the teenage cohort during 1973-1983 are reviewed, and attributes of blacks and whites are compared to determine any significant changes among or between the black and white teenage populations that would account for the decline in black…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Attendance, College Bound Students, College Students
Theilheimer, Ish, Ed. – Transition, 1993
This theme issue of the Canadian newsletter "Transitions" in both English and French explores the question of the future of families in a period of broken marriages, difficult times, and an obsession with individual success and materialism. "Families of the Future: New Ways to Do the Same Old Things," summarizes the findings of…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Programs, Demography, Dual Career Family
