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.