Family, demography and labour relations

Hofmeester, Karin; Meerkerk, Elise van Nederveen

doi:10.1080/1081602x.2016.1271993

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“…But there is a growing concern that this trend may spill over to developing countries. At present, the global research in family and wellbeing is concerned with investigating behaviors, attitudes, and norms related to marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, childbearing, adaptation, gender roles, intergenerational relations, and kinship interactions and individuality and the impact on the family economy, security and members health (Bianchi, 2014;Crosnoe & Wildsmith, 2011;Gray et al, 2006;Haub, 2013;Hofmeester & van Nederveen Meerkerk, 2017;Kennedy & Bumpass, 2008;Klüsener et al, 2013;Ruggles, 2012;Wildsmith et al, 2011).…”

Section: The Socio-economic Relevance Of the Changes In The Familymentioning

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Family Demography in India: Emerging Patterns and Its Challenges

2021

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Family has always been an important unit of analysis in an effort to improve and understand human development. Studying the changes in the institution of family and households keeping in view the demographic, social, and economic transitions also becomes imperative. So far, in our knowledge, there are very few studies based in India have investigated the household size and family formation patterns, while a few of them have looked into its possible causes or associations and demographic, economic, and social repercussions. In particular, as per our knowledge, there is no evidence on who is losing and who is gaining among family members due to the unprecedented transition in family forms in India. This paper serves a twofold purpose as first it seeks to explore and enrich the field of family demography in India by studying the existing evidence in the field as well as allied fields to understand how family serves as the nuclei directing individuals and communities toward certain behaviors and choices which consequently translate into larger social, economic and demographic transitions. Second, it also discusses the missing links and scope in the field of family demography in India as compared to the developed societies to provide future research prospects in this area.

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Section: The Socio-economic Relevance Of the Changes In The Familymentioning

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Family Demography in India: Emerging Patterns and Its Challenges

2021

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“…This analysis provides a new window onto the social history of the household economy. This topic has been fruitfully examined by historians investigating the gendered division of labour but comment has tended to be restricted to studies of waged workers (Burnette, 2008;Hofmeester and Meerkerk, 2017). However, the household was of vital importance to many businesses in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.…”

Section: Households and Entrepreneurship In England And Wales 1851-1911mentioning

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