Challenges for European family and fertility research

Peter McDonald

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Challenges for European family and fertility research

Peter McDonald

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This chapter deals with challenges for fertility and family research in Europe. It discusses five major areas in which enhanced research efforts could make considerable contributions to the understanding of present and future fertility and family development: the development of more accurate measurements of fertility, the inclusion of institutions and institutional changes in micro-level fertility and family research, a more nuanced approach to values and cultural aspects in demographic investigations, and the need for theory development. The contribution also calls for better longitudinal, cross-national surveys, more qualitative research, and the development of better in-depth indicators grasping decision making processes and factors influencing them.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Demography of Europe
Editors	Neyer, G.; Andersson, G.; Kulu, H.; Bernardi, L.; BÃ¼hler, C.
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Publisher	Springer
Pages	15-27
Volume	1
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9789048189786
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8978-6_2
Publication status	Published - 2013

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