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Gender Life Course Transitions from the Nuclear Family in England and Wales 1981-2001

Author(s) -

Ware Lawrence,

Maconachie Moira,

Williams Malcolm,

Chandler Joan,

Dodgeon Brian

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

sociological research online

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593

H-Index - 49

ISSN - 1360-7804

DOI - 10.5153/sro.1544

Subject(s) - census , life course approach , continuance , nuclear family , politics , longitudinal data , family life , population , historical demography , sociology , demographic economics , geography , demography , political science , gender studies , research methodology , psychology , law , economics , social psychology , anthropology

In recent years there has been much political debate in the popular media aboutthe fate of the nuclear family in the UK. Very little work has been done, usingpopulation data, to actually demonstrate the decline, or indeed continuance ofthis type of household formation. In this paper we use Office for NationalStatistics (ONS) longitudinal census data, from England and Wales, to explorethe formation, dissolution and continuance of the nuclear family household overa twenty year period (1981- 2001). Our findings indicate a continuing importanceof this household arrangement, however routes into and trajectories from nuclearfamily households take different forms for men and women across the lifecourse.

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