Overview: Provides state-of-the-art research on the dramatic transformations reshaping the family.An accessible resource for advanced techniques in analyzing family demography.Incisive research on a broad range.This book provides an up-to-date survey on the nature, causes, and patterns of family change. The traditional nuclear family has been replaced by a multiplicity of other forms, as widespread cohabitation, high levels of divorce and union dissolution, rising childlessness, and far below replacement fertility have emerged to an extent never before seen. Theoretical perspectives on this “S
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