Social Background and the Demographic Life Course : : Cross-National Comparisons.

• Author: Liefbroer, Aart C.
• TeilnehmendeR: Zoutewelle-Terovan, Mioara.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 pages)

Table of Contents

Social Background and the Demographic Life Course: Cross-National Comparisons -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Social Background and Adult Socio-Demographic Outcomes in a Cross-National Comparative Perspective: An Introduction -- 1.1 A Shift in Narratives: From a Focus on Individualism to a Focus on Social Inequality -- 1.2 Studying Social Inequality in Socio-Demographic Outcomes in Comparative Perspective -- 1.3 Outline of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Cross-National Variation in the Link Between Parental Socio-Economic Status and Union Formation and Dissolution Processes -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Family of Origin and Adult Family Dynamics -- 2.3 Cross-National Variation Explained Through the Second Demographic Transition (SDT) Theory -- 2.4 Results on Family (Dis)Advantage, Union Dynamics and Cross-National Differences -- 2.4.1 Family (Dis)Advantage and Union Formation -- 2.4.2 Family (Dis)Advantage and Union Dissolution -- 2.5 Conclusions and Discussion -- References -- Chapter 3: Nonmarital Fertility in Europe and North-America: What Is the Role of Parental SES and Own SES? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Background -- 3.2.1 Influence of Parental SES on Nonmarital Fertility Through Socialization -- 3.2.2 Influence of Parental SES on Nonmarital Fertility Through the Availability of Resources -- 3.2.3 Influence of Parental SES on Nonmarital Fertility Through the Transmission of SES -- 3.3 Data and Method -- 3.3.1 Data -- 3.3.2 Variables -- 3.3.3 Analytical Approach -- 3.4 Results -- 3.4.1 First Births in Marriage -- 3.4.2 First Births in Cohabitation -- 3.4.3 First Births While Being Single -- 3.5 Discussion -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 4: The Persistent Influence of Socio-Economic Background on Family Formation Pathways and Disadvantage in Young Adulthood -- 4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Socio-Economic Background and Family Formation Over Time -- 4.3 The Influence of Socio-economic Background Over the Young Adult Life-Course -- 4.4 Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Chapter 5: Adding Well-Being to Ageing: Family Transitions as Determinants of Later-Life Socio-Emotional and Economic Well-Being -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Family Transitions and Well-Being in a Life-Course Perspective -- 5.3 Family-Related Events and Later-Life Loneliness -- 5.4 Women's Family-Related Events and Later-Life Labor Market Outcomes -- 5.5 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 6: Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression: An Alternative to Multilevel Analysis When the Number of Countries Is Small -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Unreliability of Estimates in Multilevel Models with a Small Level-2 Sample Size -- 6.3 Common Solutions for Modeling Nested Data with Few Level-2 Units -- 6.4 An Alternative Stepwise Approach for Testing Individual, Country and Cross-Level Effects -- 6.4.1 The 2-Step Meta-Analytical Approach -- 6.4.2 Example: The Relationship Between Parental Education and Teenage Parenthood Across 15 European Countries -- 6.4.2.1 Example for Continuous Outcomes -- 6.4.2.2 Example for Binary Outcomes -- 6.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Modeling the Genesis of Life Courses -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Methods for Life-Course Analysis -- 7.3 The Nomological Net as a Testing Environment -- 7.4 Modelling Family Formation and HMM: An Application -- 7.5 Linked Trajectories - Linked HMMs -- 7.6 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Understanding the Mechanisms of Intergenerational Social Inequality in Demographic Behavior -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Economic and Cultural Perspectives on Intergenerational Transmission Processes of Social Inequality -- 8.2.1 The Economic Perspective -- 8.2.2 The Cultural Perspective.

8.3 Childhood (Dis)Advantage and Young Adult Demographic Behavior -- 8.4 The Long Arm of Childhood (Dis)Advantage -- 8.5 Cross-National Variation in the Transmission of Social Inequality -- 8.6 Some Suggestions for Future Research -- References -- Chapter 9: Explaining Cross-National Differences in Social Background Effects: What Have We Learned? -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Theoretical Explanations for Cross-National Differences in Family Background Effects -- 9.3 Methodological Challenges in Testing the Contexts of Opportunity Hypothesis -- 9.4 A Summary of Key Results of the CONOPP Project -- 9.5 Contexts of Opportunity? An Assessment of Results and Future Outlook -- References.