Assortative mating fundamentally shapes the characteristics of families and the reproduction
of populations. It organizes people into families and determines the characteristics of …

One of the most important considerations in psychological and educational assessment is
the extent to which a test is free of bias and fair for groups with diverse backgrounds …

Why are 20-somethings delaying adulthood? The media have flooded us with negative
headlines about this generation, from their sense of entitlement to their immaturity. Drawing …

In the mid-nineteenth century, almost 70 percent of persons age 65 or older resided with
their adult children; by the end of the twentieth century, fewer than 15 percent did so. Many …

Der Übergang in das Erwachsenenalter gilt als Lebensphase, in der Tendenzen der De-
Standardisierung und Individualisierung des Lebensverlaufs besonders weit …

An explosion of new data sources describing historical family composition is opening
unprecedented opportunities for discovery and analysis. The new data will allow …

A close-up examination and exploration, How We Live Now challenges our old concepts of
what it means to be a family and have a home, opening the door to the many diverse and …

Current approaches to the link between family and housing tend not to closely examine
cultural change. This paper attempts to provide a theoretical framework, rooted in symbolic …

Auszug Das Hauptziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war die Analyse der Einmündungsverläufe in
das Erwachsenenalter in Europa. Auf Basis der theoretischen Diskussion des …

Leaving home is a key life event in the transition to adulthood, but it has been relatively less
explored in demographic studies of contemporary Japan. This paper examines the …