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Family Demography and Inequality
Family Demography and Inequality
Abstract Submissions Closed
Wednesday, 24 February 2021: 09:00-10:30
Location:
RC41 Sociology of Population (host committee)
Language: English
Session Type: Oral
Family is a key social institution for understanding demographic and sociological events and change. It is a unique realm, relating both the private and the public spheres, where decision-making processes on reproduction, health, care, labor supply, and education, among other outcomes take place, significantly influencing population dynamics. It is also a carrier of social inequality reproduction. We highlight the socialization process, family size and composition and inter-generational dynamics as well as family resources and investments in health and education. Family has changed over time. There has been an increase in cohabitation rates in some parts of the world, substantial fertility decline in a number of developing countries and recent increase in some developed countries. In fact, different societies impart distinct values and attitudes towards the family institution and family structure varies according to the life cycle of its members, which engenders specific sets of incentives regarding its priorities and necessities.
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