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The New Role Of Women Family Formation In Modern Societies
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Routledge
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Routledge
266 Pages
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Routledge
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This is the first book to systematically track postwar changes in family formation in Western Europe and the United States. Cohabitation and motherhood outside of marriage have become more widespread at the same time that women’s social roles are evolving. Women are attaining higher levels of education, marrying at an older age, more frequently working outside the home, and have more reproductive... Read more
Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Changes in the Process of Family Formation and Women’s Growing Economic Independence: A Comparison of Nine Countries -- Country-Specific Studies on the Trends in Family Formation and the New Role of Women -- Sweden -- West Germany -- France -- The Netherlands -- Great Britain -- United States of America -- Italy -- Spain -- Hungary -- Discussion of Results and Conclusions -- Women’s Education and the Costs and Benefits of Marriage -- The Role of Women’s Economic Independence in Marriage Formation: A Skeptic’s Response to Annemette Sørensen’s Remarks -- How the Other Half Lives -- Education, Work, and Family Patterns of Men: The Case of West Germany
Biography
Hans-Peter Blossfeld is professor of sociology at the University of Bremen and External Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute in Florence. He has published in the fields of social stratification, educational sociology, life course research, demography and statistical methods.
