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Dispensing with marriage: Marital and partnership trends in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 2000-2006 [PDF]
This paper describes marriage and partnership patterns and trends in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 2000-2006. The study is based on longitudinal, population-based data collected by the Africa Centre demographic surveillance system.
Nuala McGrath +2 more
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Religiosity and spatial demographic differences in the Netherlands [PDF]
This paper investigates whether current differences in religiosity between the Dutch regions are also manifested in spatial demographic patterns. We use cluster analysis to distinguish relatively homogeneous clusters of regions, specified by religious ...
Adigüzel, Feray, Sobotka, Tomás
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Fertility and Public Policies - Evidence from Norway and Finland [PDF]
The relatively high and rising fertility rates of Nordic countries in the late 1980s and early 1990s sparked a renewed research interest in the possible pronatalistic effects of generous family policy programs.
Marit Rønsen
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Sexual orientation and family law [PDF]
, 2001 On 29th March 2000 the Scottish Parliament passed its fifth piece of legislation, the Adults with Incapacities (Scotland) Act 2000. One small provision tucked away in this important legislation amends the definition of "nearest relative" in the Mental ...
Norrie, Kenneth McK.
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Is moving to the countryside a credible commitment device for couples? We investigate whether lowering the arrival rate of potential alternative partners by moving to a less populated area lowers the dissolution risk for a sample of Danish couples.
Coen N. Teulings +2 more
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Effects of Child Health on Parents' Relationship Status [PDF]
We use data from the national longitudinal Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to estimate the effect of poor child health on father presence. We look at whether parents live in the same household 12-18 months after the child's birth and also at ...
Hope Corman +2 more
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Differences in mental health between adults in stepfamilies and 'first families' [PDF]
, 2011 This study used longitudinal data from the UK National Child Development Study (N = 5844) to examine whether mental health measured at age 42 was associated with living in a stepfamily.
Boyle, Paul +3 more
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Love and Addiction: The Importance of Commitment [PDF]
The bilaterally monopolistic nature of relationships between part- ners, combined with the addictive nature of love, which represents the emotion people feel during the course of a relationship, results in love growth when re- lationships are based on ...
Steven F. Koch
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Children’s experience of family disruption and family formation: evidence from 16 FFS countries [PDF]
In this paper, we present a number of descriptive measures on children’s experiences of family disruption and family formation. We use data from the Fertility and Family Surveys of 15 European countries and corresponding data from the USA in order to ...
Gunnar Andersson
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Trends in Irish Fertility Rates in Comparative Perspective [PDF]
This paper examines trends in Irish fertility rates over the past four decades in the context of fertility trends in developed countries generally. Irish fertility rates have stabilised at the upper edge of the European range in the 1990s.
Tony Fahey
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