Families in Australia : a socio-demographic perspective / Peter McDonald
- Bib ID:
- 2141665
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McDonald, Peter F. (Peter Francis), 1946-
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Australian Institute of Family Studies, 1995
- 65 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0642224269 (paperback)
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Defining families
- Describing our own families
- Intersecting families
- Families change over time
- Criteria for defining families
- 3. Families in different cultures
- Aboriginal families
- History of the family in England
- Family systems in different parts of the world
- What determines family systems?
- 4. The family beyond the household
- Idealised family morality
- Extended family as a unit of cooperation and exchange
- 5. Households in Australia
- Couple families
- Married and de facto couples
- One-parent families
- Natural parents and step-parents
- Transitions in family households
- The way ahead
- 6. Leaving the parents' home
- Leaving home: changing patterns
- Staying longer in education
- The way ahead
- 7. Forming relationships
- De facto relationships
- The proportion who never marry
- Marriage ages
- Delayed marriage and living together
- The way ahead
- 8. Families and the labour force
- Married women in the labour force
- Full-time and part-time work
- Women with dependent children
- Couples with dependent children
- One-parent families
- The individual perspective
- The way ahead
- 9. Having children
- Being childless
- Numbers of children
- Larger families
- The total fertility rate
- Ages of mothers
- Births to unmarried women
- International trends
- The way ahead
- 10. Ending relationships and repartnering
- Widowhood and divorce: 100 years ago and today
- The empty nest
- The modern rise in divorce
- Length of marriages ending in divorce
- Children's experiences of divorce
- Second marriages and de facto relationships
- Interntional levels of divorce
- Repartnering
- The way ahead
- 11. Ageing
- Implications of ageing
- Income and services
- Families and their aged members
- Housing for the aged
- 12. Can the family survive?, confidential
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Copyright:
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- Until 2045 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1995
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