Familienstrukturen und soziale Bildungsreproduktion
Titelübersetzung:Family structures and social reproduction in education
Autor/in:
Hillmert, Steffen
Quelle: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Sonderheft, (2012) H. 52, S. 325-345
Inhalt: "Bildungschancen von Kindern hängen entscheidend vom familiären Hintergrund ab, insbesondere vom Bildungsniveau der Eltern. Darüber hinaus ist deren Bildungsniveau mit Prozessen der Partnerschaftsformierung und Familienbildung eng verbunden. Diese Prozesse sind dem Bildungserwerb der Kinder vorgelagert. Bedeutsam ist hier insbesondere das Phänomen der sozialen Homogamie, also die Tatsache, dass Individuen mit ähnlichem (Bildungs-)Hintergrund als Partner zusammenfinden. Bildungsgruppen unterscheiden sich darüber hinaus hinsichtlich ihrer Fertilitätsmuster, d.h. in der Häufigkeit und den Zeitpunkten der Elternschaft. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht das Zusammenwirken dieser Prozesse im Hinblick auf die intergenerationale Reproduktion des Bildungsverhaltens. Die empirische Grundlage bilden Kohortendaten der Westdeutschen Lebensverlaufsstudie. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich ein großer Teil der beobachteten Bildungsreproduktion zwischen Eltern und Kindern auf soziodemografische Prozesse zurückführen lässt, die im Wesentlichen außerhalb des Bildungssystems liegen." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "Children's chances of education depend strongly on their family background, particularly on their parents' levels of education. Their levels of education are also associated with processes of partnership and family formation. These processes precede the children's educational attainment. Particularly relevant is the phenomenon of social homogamy, i.e. the fact that individuals with similar (educational) background tend to form unions. Moreover, educational groups differ in their fertility behavior, i.e. the frequency and the timing of parenthood. This paper analyses the combined impact of these processes on the inter-generational reproduction of educational behavior. Empirical analyses draw upon data from the West German Life History Study. The results indicate that a large part of the observed educational reproduction between parents and children can be attributed to socio-demographic processes, which are located mostly outside the educational system." (author's abstract)
Eignet sich das Mikrozensus-Panel für familiensoziologische Fragestellungen? : Untersuchung am Beispiel der Frage nach den ökonomischen Determinanten der Familiengründung
Titelübersetzung:Can we use the micro-census panel for studying family dynamics? : first applications on the economic determinants of family formation
Quelle: Zeitschrift für Familienforschung : Beiträge zu Haushalt, Verwandtschaft und Lebenslauf, Jg. 21 (2009) H. 3, S. 264-285
Inhalt: "Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, das Analysepotential des Mikrozensus-Panels für familiensoziologische Fragestellungen darzustellen. Dazu wird zum einen aufgezeigt, wie die Daten in Episodenformat aufgearbeitet werden können, um ereignisanalytische Modelle des Geburtenverhaltens zu schätzen. Des Weiteren wird ein Modell zu den ökonomischen Determinanten des Übergangs zur Erstelternschaft vorgestellt. In einer Sensitivitätsanalyse wird geprüft, inwiefern der Ausfall der räumlich mobilen Personen die Ergebnisse verzerrt. Der Beitrag schließt mit einer kritischen Reflektion über die Grenzen und Möglichkeiten des Mikrozensus-Panels für Fertilitätsanalysen." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "This paper discusses whether the German microcensus panel can be used for investigations in the field of family dynamics. We show how data can be set up as spell data so that event history techniques can be applied. Furthermore, a model on the economic determinants of first birth risks is estimated. A sensitivity analysis addresses the question whether panel attrition biases the investigations. The paper concludes with a critical discussion on the scope and limits of the microcensus panel for fertility investigations." (author's abstract)
Germany: family diversity with low actual and desired fertility
Titelübersetzung:Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Familienvielfalt mit niedriger aktueller und erwünschter Fruchtbarkeit
Autor/in:
Dorbritz, Jürgen
Quelle: Demographic Research, Vol. 19 (2008) , S. 557-598
Inhalt: "Germany is a low-fertility country with a rapidly ageing population, and will remain so for the foreseeable future. There are several reasons for this trend. Germany is among the countries with the highest rates of childlessness in the world, and childlessness has become widely accepted. This is illustrated by changes in living arrangements. A broad range of living arrangements has been added to the basic model of marriage with children; namely, single living, non-marital cohabitation, lone parenthood, patchwork families and living apart together. A culture of individualism has spread in Germany which forms the basis for widespread decisions against family formation. The desired number of children has become low and family policy is considered to be a failure in terms of its influence on fertility. German family policy has had a traditional orientation centred on monetary support to families and on the promotion of the male breadwinner model. Women have been largely forced to choose between family and work, and leave the labour market when a child is born. The still prevailing concept of family policy does not help to reduce the pressure to choose between work and family life, and thus makes it easier to decide not to have children, especially for highly educated women. A change in family policy is needed which will enable couples to choose between the breadwinner-housewife and the reconciliation model. Gradually, this change is starting to take place." (author's abstract)
Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) : towards a better understanding of relationships and processes in the life course
Titelübersetzung:Generations- und Gendersurvey (GGS) : für ein besseres Verständnis der Beziehungen und Prozesse im Lebenslauf
Autor/in:
Vikat, Andres; Spéder, Zsolt; Beets, Gijs; Billari, Francesco C.; Bühler, Christoph; Désesquelles, Aline; Fokkema, Tineke; Hoem, Jan M.; MacDonald, Alphonse; Neyer, Gerda; Pailhé, Ariane; Pinnelli, Antonella; Solaz, Anne
Quelle: Demographic Research, Vol. 17 (2007) Art. 14, S. 389-440
Inhalt: "The Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) is one of the two pillars of the Generations and Gender Programme designed to improve understanding of demographic and social development and of the factors that influence these developments. This article describes how the theoretical perspectives applied in the survey, the survey design and the questionnaire are related to this objective. The key features of the survey include panel design, multidisciplinarity, comparability, context-sensitivity, inter-generational and gender relationships. The survey applies the life course approach, focussing on the processes of childbearing, partnership dynamics, home leaving, and retiring. The selection of topics for data collection mainly follows the criterion of theoretically grounded relevance to explaining one or more of the mentioned processes. A large portion of the survey deals with economic aspects of life, such as economic activity, income, and economic well-being; a comparably large section is devoted to values and attitudes. Other domains covered by the survey include gender relationships, household composition and housing, residential mobility, social networks and private transfers, education, health, and public transfers. The third chapter of the article describes the motivations for their inclusion. The GGS questionnaire is designed for a face-to-face interview. It includes the core that each participating country needs to implement in full, and four optional sub-modules on nationality and ethnicity, on previous partners, on intentions of breaking up, and on housing, respectively. The participating countries are encouraged to include also the optional sub-modules to facilitate comparative research on these topics." (author's abstract)