Pathways to stepfamily formation in Europe: results from the FFS

Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Andres Vikat, Dimiter Philipov and Henriette Engelhardt
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Andres Vikat: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Dimiter Philipov: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Henriette Engelhardt: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

No WP-2002-046, MPIDR Working Papers from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

Abstract: Increasing proportions of couples are making childbearing decisions in stepfamilies but there has been no general comparative picture across European countries on stepfamily formation. The present paper aims to fill this gap and provides a comparison of European countries using macro-level indicators that describe union formation and dissolution and childbearing. We use the individual-level data files (standard recode files) of Fertility and Family Surveys from 19 European countries. Our results highlight the different pathways to a stepfamily in Europe, and show that in most European countries a considerable proportion of women form a stepfamily in childbearing ages, which needs to be considered in studies of fertility.

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Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2002-046

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