2011
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2011.25.14
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Household composition across the new Europe: Where do the new Member States fit in?

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“…There are also important differences in gender, age and marital status of older persons living alone (United Nations 2005). In the context of Europe, though there are large inter-country variations, living alone was much more pronounced at older ages and for women (Iacovou and Skew 2011). In much of Asia, intergenerational co-residence was traditionally valued, and children provided security in old age (Chui 2007).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are also important differences in gender, age and marital status of older persons living alone (United Nations 2005). In the context of Europe, though there are large inter-country variations, living alone was much more pronounced at older ages and for women (Iacovou and Skew 2011). In much of Asia, intergenerational co-residence was traditionally valued, and children provided security in old age (Chui 2007).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are quite a lot of analyses and studies on material deprivation and poverty of older generations (Jehoel-Gijbers and Vrooman 2008;Zaidi 2010;Fusco et al 2010, Fusco et al 2011Atkinson 2010;Iacovou, Skew 2010;Goedemé 2010). The EU's definition is often invoked: "material deprivation can be defined as the inability to possess the goods and services and/or engage in activities that are ordinary in the society or that are socially perceived as »necessities«" (Fusco et al 2010: 7).…”
Section: Materials Deprivation and Other Poverty Indicators In The Actmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…adults living with their parents) favours the exchange of support, economic and otherwise (see Heylen et al 2012 in this special collection). In their contribution, using data from round 2 of the European Social Survey, Jappens and Van Bavel (2012) show large variations across Europe in the rate of intergenerational co-residence, reflecting historical, cultural and socio-political differences (Billari 2004;Iacovou and Skew 2011). More than 48% of the 55-plus live with adult children in Ireland, parts of Spain, Italy, Hungary, and Poland, but less than 15% of the 55-plus do so in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark and most of Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain and the Netherlands.…”
Section: East-west Differences In Intergenerational Family Patterns Amentioning
confidence: 99%