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Family Structure: Main Topics, Key Debates, and Essential Background
A detailed introduction to family structure within demography, covering households, marriage, cohabitation, multigenerational living, union dissolution, inequality, and major debates.
Family Structure: Meaning, Main Questions, and Why It Matters
Family structure refers to the composition and arrangement of family relationships across a household or kin network. In demographic work, the topic matters because who lives together, who depends on whom, and who provides care all shape fertility, poverty, housing demand, mobility, and social support.
How Family Structure Is Studied: Methods, Evidence, and Research
A detailed guide to how family structure is studied, covering household rosters, surveys, longitudinal data, event histories, kin linkage, selection, and comparative methods.
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