BACKGROUND The fields of demography, sociology, and socio-psychology have been
increasingly drawing on social network theories, which posit that individual fertility decision …

Some 20 years after reunification, the contrast between East and West Germany offers a
natural experiment for studying the degree of persistence of Communist‐era family patterns …

The present study investigates the change of gender role attitudes in Germany between
1982 and 2016. Nine waves of the German General Social Survey are used (N= 26,389). In …

BACKGROUND Eastern Germany is a region with one of the world's highest percentages of
non-marital births. Marriage and childbearing seem to be decoupled. This brings into …

BACKGROUND A growing body of literature acknowledges the importance of social
interaction and ideational factors for generative behavior. Building on this research, the …

This study investigated the association between childhood living arrangements and early
family formation in Germany. Drawing on persisting sociocultural differences between East …

Building on a thick strand of the literature on the determinants of higher-order births, this
study uses a gender and class perspective to analyse second birth progression rates in …

Es ist an der Zeit, erneut den Unterschieden und Gemeinsamkeiten in der Partnerschaftsund
Familienentwicklung in Ost-und Westdeutschland nachzugehen. Mehr als zwei Jahrzehnte …

It is often assumed that cohabitation is much less stable than marriage. If cohabitation
becomes more common among parents, children may be increasingly exposed to …

BACKGROUND Since the 1960s the inclination to get married has been declining in almost
all western industrialised countries. Partnership arrangements have become more diverse …