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Family growth and family planning: Responses to a family-planning action program in a rural district of Thailand

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Amos H. Hawley, Visid Prachuabmoh
Demography (1966) 3 (2): 319–331.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060161
Published: 01 June 1966
...Amos H. Hawley; Visid Prachuabmoh Summary A resurvey of a rural district in Thailand, of about 70,000 population, was conducted after a family-planning program had been in operation for eight months in order to ascertain indications of effectiveness of the program. Both the “before” and “after...
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Family Trajectories Across Time and Space: Increasing Complexity in Family Life Courses in Europe?

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Zachary Van Winkle
Demography (2018) 55 (1): 135–164.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-017-0628-5
Published: 18 December 2017
...Zachary Van Winkle Abstract Family life courses are thought to have become more complex in Europe. This study uses SHARELIFE data from 14 European countries to analyze the family life courses of individuals born in 1924–1956 from ages 15 to 50. A new methodological approach, combining complexity...
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Proportion of children experiencing stable family structures and family structure transitions from birth to age 9, by family structure at the child’s birth. Computed from weighted data from 10 imputed data sets from FFCW

Proportion of children experiencing stable family structures and family str...

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in Family Structure Experiences and Child Socioemotional Development During the First Nine Years of Life: Examining Heterogeneity by Family Structure at Birth > Demography
Published: 15 March 2017
Fig. 1 Proportion of children experiencing stable family structures and family structure transitions from birth to age 9, by family structure at the child’s birth. Computed from weighted data from 10 imputed data sets from FFCW More
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Proportion of children experiencing stable family structures and family structure transitions between ages 3 and 9 by family structure at age 3. Computed from weighted data from 10 imputed data sets from FFCW. Estimates total to more than 1 because the transition categories are not mutually exclusive, given that children may have experienced more than one type of transition

Proportion of children experiencing stable family structures and family str...

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in Family Structure Experiences and Child Socioemotional Development During the First Nine Years of Life: Examining Heterogeneity by Family Structure at Birth > Demography
Published: 15 March 2017
Fig. 2 Proportion of children experiencing stable family structures and family structure transitions between ages 3 and 9 by family structure at age 3. Computed from weighted data from 10 imputed data sets from FFCW. Estimates total to more than 1 because the transition categories More
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Parental (origin) family income quintile distribution by childhood family structure: NLSY79 data. Robust standard errors are shown in parentheses below point estimates

Parental (origin) family income quintile distribution by childhood family s...

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in Childhood Family Structure and Intergenerational Income Mobility in the United States > Demography
Published: 17 March 2017
Fig. 1 Parental (origin) family income quintile distribution by childhood family structure: NLSY79 data. Robust standard errors are shown in parentheses below point estimates More
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Intergenerational family income elasticities by number of childhood family structure transitions: NLSY79 data. Point estimates are shown in black, with 95 % confidence intervals based on robust standard errors shown in gray

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in Childhood Family Structure and Intergenerational Income Mobility in the United States > Demography
Published: 17 March 2017
Fig. 2 Intergenerational family income elasticities by number of childhood family structure transitions: NLSY79 data. Point estimates are shown in black, with 95 % confidence intervals based on robust standard errors shown in gray More
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A comment on samuel preston’s “family sizes of children and family sizes of women”

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Gregory Spencer
Demography (1977) 14 (3): 369–373.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060793
Published: 01 August 1977
...Gregory Spencer 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1977 1977 Family Size White Male Baby Boom Survival Ratio Large Family Size References Jacobson , P. H. ( 1964 ). Cohort Survival for Generations Since 1840 . Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly , 42...
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Family sizes of children and family sizes of women

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Samuel H. Preston
Demography (1976) 13 (1): 105–114.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060423
Published: 01 February 1976
...Samuel H. Preston Abstract This paper demonstrates the relation that obtains between the average family size of women and the average family size of offspring of those women. It estimates the value of these two measures for cohorts of American women aged 45–49 in various years from 1890 to 1970...
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Family boundary ambiguity and the measurement of family structure: the significance of cohabitation

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Susan L. Brown, Wendy D. Manning
Demography (2009) 46 (1): 85–101.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0043
Published: 01 February 2009
...Susan L. Brown; Wendy D. Manning Abstract We used data from the first wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine family boundary ambiguity in adolescent and mother reports of family structure and found that the greater the family complexity, the more likely adolescent...
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Family dissolution, family reconstitution, and children’s educational careers: Recent evidence for Sweden

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Jan O. Jonsson, Michael Gähler
Demography (1997) 34 (2): 277–293.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061705
Published: 01 May 1997
...Jan O. Jonsson; Michael Gähler Abstract Both longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses on a large and recent Swedish data set demonstrate that, compared to children in intact families, children who have experienced family dissolution or reconstitution show lower educational attainment at age 16...
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State distributions of family life course groups by age and family life course group. The online version of this article displays the figure in color, where colors reference different states depending on the channel (marital or fertility). The vertical axis of each plot displays the cumulative state distribution in that family life course group and channel. The horizontal axis displays age from 18 to 50

State distributions of family life course groups by age and family life cou...

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in The Family Life Course and Health: Partnership, Fertility Histories, and Later-Life Physical Health Trajectories in Australia > Demography
Published: 17 May 2016
Fig. 2 State distributions of family life course groups by age and family life course group. The online version of this article displays the figure in color, where colors reference different states depending on the channel (marital or fertility). The vertical axis of each plot displays More
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State distributions of family life course groups by age and family life course group. The online version of this article displays the figure in color, where colors reference different states depending on the channel (marital or fertility). The vertical axis of each plot displays the cumulative state distribution in that family life course group and channel. The horizontal axis displays age from 18 to 50

State distributions of family life course groups by age and family life cou...

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in The Family Life Course and Health: Partnership, Fertility Histories, and Later-Life Physical Health Trajectories in Australia > Demography
Published: 17 May 2016
Fig. 2 State distributions of family life course groups by age and family life course group. The online version of this article displays the figure in color, where colors reference different states depending on the channel (marital or fertility). The vertical axis of each plot displays More
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Interaction and family planning in the French Urban Family

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Andrée Michel
Demography (1967) 4 (2): 615–625.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060303
Published: 01 June 1967
... in the couple has been conducted among 550 urban families in France by the National Center for Scientific Research, with the assistance of the United States Public Health Service. The data given here are relative to the importance of the couple’s interaction in the realization of family planning goals...
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Health of Immigrant Children: The Role of Immigrant Generation, Exogamous Family Setting, and Family Material and Social Resources

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Silvia Loi, Joonas Pitkänen, Heta Moustgaard, Mikko Myrskylä, Pekka Martikainen
Demography (2021) 58 (5): 1655–1685.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9411326
Published: 01 October 2021
...Silvia Loi; Joonas Pitkänen; Heta Moustgaard; Mikko Myrskylä; Pekka Martikainen Abstract Although the children of first-generation immigrants tend to have better health than the native population, the health advantage of the children of immigrant families deteriorates over generations...
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Family Influences on Family Size Preferences

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William G. Axinn, Marin E. Clarkberg, Arland Thornton
Demography (1994) 31 (1): 65–79.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061908
Published: 01 February 1994
...William G. Axinn; Marin E. Clarkberg; Arland Thornton Abstract Several studies have demonstrated important effects of parents’ childbearing behavior on their children’s childbearing preferences and behavior. The study described here advances our understanding of these family influences by expanding...
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Attitudes toward family size and family planning in Nairobi

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Thomas E. Dow, Jr.
Demography (1967) 4 (2): 780–797.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060317
Published: 01 June 1967
... la aprobación, preceden generalmente al uso. Summary In Nairobi, 352 married African adults, 152 men and 200 women, were interviewed on their attitudes toward family size and family planning. The respondents had, on the average, slightly less than three children at the time of interview and hoped...
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Family Structure Experiences and Child Socioemotional Development During the First Nine Years of Life: Examining Heterogeneity by Family Structure at Birth

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Sharon H. Bzostek, Lawrence M. Berger
Demography (2017) 54 (2): 513–540.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-017-0563-5
Published: 15 March 2017
...Fig. 1 Proportion of children experiencing stable family structures and family structure transitions from birth to age 9, by family structure at the child’s birth. Computed from weighted data from 10 imputed data sets from FFCW ...
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Family Change and Changing Family Demography

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Judith A. Seltzer
Demography (2019) 56 (2): 405–426.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-019-00766-6
Published: 05 March 2019
...Judith A. Seltzer Abstract Increases in life expectancy, high rates of movement into and out of couple relationships, and increasing exposure to stepfamilies raise new questions about who is in a family, the distinction between who lives together and who is a family member, and the extent to which...
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Family relationships and family units. Lines connecting individuals indicate family relationships

Family relationships and family units. Lines connecting individuals indicat...

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in Family Change and Changing Family Demography > Demography
Published: 05 March 2019
Fig. 1 Family relationships and family units. Lines connecting individuals indicate family relationships More
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Length of time spent on family chores, by family living arrangements. The figure shows time spent on domestic activities by the mother, paternal grandmother, and other household members in coresiding andnoncoresiding households. The light gray bars represent the time contributed by paternal grandmothers, which counts for a large portion of the total time spent on each of the family chores. Source: China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data.

Length of time spent on family chores, by family living arrangements. The f...

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in Boys, Girls, and Grandparents: The Impact of the Sex of Preschool-Aged Children on Family Living Arrangements and Maternal Labor Supply > Demography
Published: 13 May 2019
Fig. 2 Length of time spent on family chores, by family living arrangements. The figure shows time spent on domestic activities by the mother, paternal grandmother, and other household members in coresiding andnoncoresiding households. The light gray bars represent the time contributed More