Analytical Family Demography. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert Schoen, editor.
• Editors: Schoen, Robert
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; References; Part I Analyzing Theories of Family Demography; 2 Reformulating Second Demographic Transition Theory; 2.1 First Change: Independent Variation of SDT Outcomes; 2.2 Second Change: Patterns of Advantage and Disadvantage; 2.3 Reformulated SDT Theory Applied to Sweden; 2.3.1 Retreat from Marriage; 2.3.2 Dispersion of Childbearing Outside Marriage; 2.3.3 Opposite Trends for Different SDT Indicators; 2.4 Discussion: Individualization as a Theoretical Foundation; 2.5 Conclusion; References 3 Do People Have Reproductive Goals? Constructive Preferences and the Discovery of Desired Family Size3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Background; 3.1.2 Concepts; 3.2 The Prevalence of and Basis for Uncertainty; 3.2.1 Are People Really Uncertain About Their Future Fertility?; 3.2.2 Uncertainty in the Context of Preferences; 3.2.2.1 Indifference, Weak or Unclear Preferences; 3.2.2.2 Clear Positive Preferences; 3.2.2.3 Clear Negative Preferences; 3.2.3 Further Evidence That Uncertainty Is Genuine; 3.2.4 Summary; 3.3 An Alternative Theoretical Approach to Fertility Preferences and Intentions 3.3.1 Preference Construction Theory3.3.2 Fertility Intentions and Preferences as Constructed; 3.3.2.1 Effective Preferences; 3.3.2.2 Stated Preferences: Responses to Survey Questions; 3.4 Discussion; References; 4 Consensual Union and Marriage in Brazil, 1970-2010. Gender Equality, Legal Issues and Social Context; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Background; 4.2.1 Consensual Union in Latin America; 4.2.2 Social and Cultural Aspects of Consensual Union and Marriage in Brazil; 4.2.3 Legal Aspects of Consensual Union in Brazil; 4.2.4 Gender Equality, Independence, Consensual Union and Marriage 4.3 Objectives and Hypotheses4.3.1 Age and Education; 4.3.2 Period; 4.3.3 Within-Couple Gender Equality; 4.3.4 Similarity and Difference; 4.3.5 Other Factors to Be Controlled; 4.4 Data and Model; 4.4.1 Model; 4.5 Results; 4.5.1 Descriptive; 4.5.2 Models; 4.6 Discussion; 4.7 Conclusion; References; Part II At the Analytical Frontier; 5 Sequence Analysis as a Tool for Family Demography; 5.1 Family Change Over Time; 5.2 A Formal Representation for Life Course Trajectories; 5.3 Measuring Dissimilarity in Life Course Trajectories; 5.4 Sequence Analysis for Family Demography 5.5 An Application of Sequence Analysis to 23 Countries5.5.1 Data; 5.5.2 Identifying Typical Trajectories of Family Formation; 5.5.3 Differences Across Countries and Birth Cohorts; 5.6 Discussion and Conclusion; References; 6 Agent-Based Modeling of Family Formation and Dissolution; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Three Examples of ABC Modeling; 6.2.1 The Reversal of the Gender Gap in Educational Attainment and Assortative Mating; 6.2.1.1 The Model; 6.2.1.2 Simulation Experiments and Results; 6.2.2 The Cliff in Women's and Men's Relative Incomes; 6.2.2.1 The Models
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 304.632; Social sciences; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography; Demography; Fertility -- Population; Fertility, Human; Families -- Methodology; Social Science -- Statistics; Mathematics -- Applied; Social research & statistics; Maths for scientists; Statistics; Social Science -- Demography; Population & demography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319932279; 3319932276
• Related ISBNs: 9783319932262; 3319932268
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed September 19, 2018).
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