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Changing families and their lifestyles Mansholt publication series - Volume 5 edited by: Hester Moerbeek Anke Niehof Johan van Ophem WWaaggeenniinnggeenn AAccaaddeemmiicc PPPP uuuu bbbbb llll iiii ssssss hhhh eeeeee rrrr ssssss Changing families and their lifestyles Changing families and their lifestyles edited by: Hester Moerbeek Anke Niehof Johan van Ophem Mansholt publication series - Volume 5 WWaaggeenniinnggeenn AAccaaddeemmiicc PPPP uuuu bbbbb llll iiii ssssss hhhh eeeeee rrrr ssssss This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned. Nothing from this publication may be translated, reproduced, stored in a computerised system or published in ISBN: 978-90-8686-051-7 any form or in any manner, including e-ISBN: 978-90-8686-624-3 electronic, mechanical, reprographic DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-624-3 or photographic, without prior written permission from the publisher, Wageningen Academic ISSN 1871-9309 Publishers, P.O. Box 220, 6700 AE Wageningen, the Netherlands, www.WageningenAcademic.com Illustration cover: Hans Borkent, The individual contributions in this Nusanet / East West Graphics publication and any liabilities arising from them remain the responsibility of the authors. First published, 2007 The publisher is not responsible for possible damages, which could be © Wageningen Academic Publishers a result of content derived from this The Netherlands, 2007 publication. Mansholt Publication Series The Mansholt Publication Series (MPS) contains peer-reviewed textbooks, conference proceedings and thematic publications focussing on social changes and control processes in rural areas and (agri)food chains as well as the institutional contexts in which these changes and processes take place. MPS provides a platform for researchers and educators who would like to increase the quality, status and international exposure of their teaching materials or of their research output. The Series is named after Sicco Mansholt (1908-1995), who was Minister of Agriculture in The Netherlands from 1945 until 1958. From 1958 until 1972 he was Commissioner of Agriculture and Vice-President of the European Commission. MPS is supported by the Mansholt Graduate School of Social Sciences (MG3S) and CERES Research School for Resource Studies for Development. The quality and contents of the Series is monitored by an interdisciplinary editorial board. MPS is published and marketed internationally by Wageningen Academic Publishers. The Mansholt Publication Series editors are: Prof. Wim Heijman Prof. Kees de Hoog Dr. Arjen E.J. Wals Prof. Leontien Visser Contents General introduction 15 Hester Moerbeek, Anke Niehof and Johan van Ophem 1. Formation and dissolution of families 16 2. Stratification and inequality 17 3. Consumer and household behaviour 19 4. Leisure time 20 5. Hygiene, health and society 21 References 22 Formation and dissolution of families Are the effects of different family forms on children’s educational performance related to the demographic characteristics and family policies of modern societies? 27 Geetha Garib, Teresa Martin Garcia and Jaap Dronkers Abstract 27 1. Introduction 27 2. Relevant literature 29 3. Conceptual framework 30 4. Selection of countries for comparison 32 5. Method 32 6. Results 36 7. Conclusion and discussion 46 References 48 Appendix 50 Farmer looking for a wife: marital behaviour of the farming population in nineteenth-century Netherlands 51 Frans van Poppel, Peter Ekamper and Hanna van Solinge Abstract 51 1. Introduction 51 2. Marriage patterns and behaviour of historical populations: an overview of the literature 53 3. Methods 57 4. Results 61 5. Conclusion and discussion 72 References 73 Changing families and their lifestyles 7 Families, divorce and social class: the position of children, mothers, and fathers 77 Ed Spruijt Abstract 77 1. Introduction 77 2. Divorce (after marriage or cohabitation) figures in the Netherlands 78 3. Number of children of divorce 79 4. Legislation regarding divorce 79 5. Consequences of the law of January first, 1998 80 6. The research project Youth and Families 2006 81 7. Divorce and social class 81 8. Involving children in the divorce process 84 9. Play and talk group CIDS (Children In Divorce Situation) 85 10. Conclusions 86 11. Recommendations 87 References 88 Stratification and inequality Status symbols, distinction and difference: a contribution to the sociology of household consumption 93 Ynte K. van Dam Abstract 93 1. Introduction 93 2. Historical notions on status and symbols 94 3. Class and caste 95 4. Distinction and status 96 5. Empirical research 97 6. Results 98 7. Conclusion 103 8. Discussion 104 Acknowledgements 105 References 105 8 Changing families and their lifestyles Welfare, income and socio-economic benchmarking 107 Wim Heijman Abstract 107 1. Introduction 107 2. The world in your pocket 108 3. World income distribution 109 4. The theory 110 5. Testing the hypothesis that GDP per head determines the level of consumption of the composite goods 112 6. Results of benchmarking 116 7. Conclusion and discussion 117 Acknowledgements 118 References 118 Appendix 1: from h to g. 119 Appendix 2: The utility maximising model 120 Diversity among the elderly, diversity in approach 123 Katrien Luijkx and Carolien de Blok Abstract 123 1. Introduction 123 2. Research methods 125 3. Needs in the domains of housing, welfare, and care 128 4. Who takes care 132 5. Lifestyle 134 6. Diversity among elderly 135 7. Diversity in approach 136 References 138 The family as social capital: the influence of parents’ friends on occupational prestige 141 Hester Moerbeek Abstract 141 1. Introduction 141 2. The remaining influence of family background: are we a society in transition or is it part of the life cycle? 143 3. Data and operationalisations 145 4. Influence of friends of the family versus own friends 146 5. Conclusions and discussion 149 References 150 Changing families and their lifestyles 9
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