Family and Career. Future plans for university students. Ed. Ágnes Engler.

Although a number of researchers from the classics of sociology to today’s health sociologists have argued that social capital available in the family is more effective than many other types of capital, the proportion of young people committed to family is in steep decline. Ágnes Engler and her research group are looking for answers to their question: how today’s students view starting a family. The cover of the book depicts the conflicts of the modern man between happy family life and career with fun, cartoon-like interpretations that encourages the potential reader. The book was published in the Education Research Library series which intends to publish the latest CHERD research findings. The studies illustrate students' futures, perceptions of relationships and family formation, as well as the relationship between post-graduate career plans and family life, and the relationship between labour market expectations and career breaks. It also included the beliefs about paternal roles, using charts and tables, and the new roles of higher education in creating a family-friendly institutional atmosphere.