Canada's Changing Families : : Implications for Individuals and Society /

Canada's Changing Families : : Implications for Individuals and Society / / ed. by Kevin McQuillan, Zenaida R Ravanera.

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In recent years, two significant trends have had a substantial impact on Canadian families. First, Canadian families have been dramatically altered by high rates of separation and divorce, declining fertility, greater popularity of alternative family arrangements such as cohabitation, and increasing...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Beaujot, Roderic,
Bourdais, Céline Le,
Con, Karen Mac,
Kerr, Don,
Lapierre-Adamcyk, Evelyne,
Lapierreadamcyk, Évelyne,
Marcil-Gratton, Nicole,
Marcilgratton, Nicole,
Mcquillan, Kevin,
Meilleur, Nancy,
Muhammad, Ali,
Provencher, Claudine,
Rajulton, Fernando,
Rapoport, Benoît,
Ravanera, Zenaida R.,
HerausgeberIn:
McQuillan, Kevin,
Ravanera, Zenaida R,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2006
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • 1. Introduction
  • PART ONE. Changes in Families: Childbearing, Work Patterns, and Life Course Transitions
  • 2. Transformed Families and the Basis for Childbearing
  • 3. A Balancing Act: Parents' Work Arrangements and Family Time
  • 4. Parental Time, Work Schedules, and Changing Gender Roles
  • 5. Delayed Life Transitions: Trends and Implications
  • PART TWO. Family Transformation and Investment in Children
  • 6. The Evolving Family Living Arrangements of Canada's Children: Consequences for Child Poverty and Child Outcomes
  • 7. The Impact of Family Context on Adolescent Emotional Health during the Transition to High School
  • 8. Intergenerational Transfer: The Impact of Parental Separation on Young Adults' Conjugal Behaviour
  • 9. Single Parenthood and Labour Force Participation: The Effect of Social Policies
  • PART THREE. Family Solidarity and Social Integration
  • 10. Family Solidarity in Canada: An Exploration with the General Social Survey on Family and Community Support
  • 11. Social Integration over the Life Course: Influences of Individual, Family, and Community Characteristics
  • 12. Conclusion: Family Change and the Challenge for Social Policy

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