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... Differences between period and cohort indicators are compared separately for each birth order (see Section 6). The indicators were computed for all birth orders specified in the source data, with the last category ... See full document

... Permanent identifiers for the primary subjects under demographic surveillance (in- dividuals and households) are a prerequisite for the generation of consistent and high quality DSS data. The Karonga CRS utilises a ... See full document

... As has been implied, local and global statistics differ in several important respects, most notably that local statistics can take on different values at each location (see Table 1.1 in Fotheringham, Brunsdon, and ... See full document

... substitution effect might only dominate when unemployment is perceived as being truly temporary. Research suggests that displacement is associated with subsequent unemployment, long-term earning losses, and lower job ... See full document

... were 8% for divorced and 4% for men who never married in 2005 (source: individual level data from Statistics Finland, TK-53- ...about 6% from 1991–1995 to 2006–2010 among men and has decreased among women ... See full document

... First union duration. The mean duration of first union varies from 7–8 years in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Russia, and the Netherlands to over 11 years in Belgium and Poland (Table 3). However, dissolved first ... See full document

... A more problematic aspect, however, is that, in spite of improved statistical bulletins and data processing in the late 1970s and early 1980s, there were deficiencies in MNP coverage. An INE survey (1987) revealed the ... See full document

... An alternate strategy for legitimating an out-of-wedlock pregnancy or birth, which began appearing in the 1990s, was to present the baby as a vehicle for personal or familial salvation. Thus, a full-size picture of ... See full document

... parenthood is still at the top of people’s life priorities (Liefbroer and Fokkema 2008). Despite rising instability of partnerships, family life often continues to be strongly valued and idealised (the Czech Republic ... See full document

... The success of the HUw method suggests that even shorter fitting periods may be more advantageous, as found by Booth et al. (2006). The effect of giving greater weight to more recent data is examined by comparison of the ... See full document

... in English and had response rates of about 76% in both years (National Opinion Research Center 2007, Table A.6). We combine the two years when possible to increase the number of individuals in cohabiting and LAT ... See full document

... In all, we reconstructed reproductive histories for 3,119 couples. In the multivariate analyses (see 3.3.) we studied only marriages with at least two children, excluding marriages which were permanently sterile or where ... See full document

... departure of younger birth-cohorts. Moreover, no increases in the status “alone or with others”, as expected by the second demographic transition, can be found. In fact the reversal is true, as the decrease in the period ... See full document

... Table 6 indicates for each work plan chosen in 1957, the percent choosing the various 1964 options. The most significant point visible from this table is that the most common answer for almost all of the ... See full document

... Five objections are discussed: the model does not necessarily lead to a fertility increase; aggressiveness will lead to an imbalance of labor supply and demand, and is likely to confr[r] ... See full document

... In a study on the effect of educational attainment on first, second and third births in Norway, Kravdal (2001) found significantly higher second and third birth rates for women with the [r] ... See full document

... In particular, the changing emphasis on child quality, coupled with the decline in extended family support with respect to childrearing, is promoting the adoption of innovative fertili[r] ... See full document

... Compared to studies of religious denomination and fertility, religiosity has received far less attention in the literature. The findings demonstrated in this research, however, help to address this shortcoming. I find ... See full document

... Considering the partnership career within a given period of time (5 years) after the career started, persons living in cohabitation showed a much lower propensity of becoming a parent [r] ... See full document

... Migration data by sex and single years of age were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006 Census (via its TableBuilder service [ABS 2009]). These data were derived from the following census questions: ... See full document