People, Population Change and Policies

Theoretial Background, Methods and Opportunities for Analyses of the International Population Pocicy Acceptance Study Database (IPPAS).- From Population Policy Acceptance Surveys to the International Database.- Selected Statistical Methods to Analyse IPPAS.- Pathways of Welfare and Population-related Policies.- Attitudes Towards (The Change of) The Family.- Attitudes Towards Forms of Partnership.- Family Transformations in the Post-Communist Countries: Attitudes Toward Changes.- Value of Children.- Motivation to have Children in Europe.- Intergenerational Changes in the Value System in Europe.- Attitudes and Intentions Toward Childlessness in Europe.- Fertility Intentions.- Will we Witness an Upturn in European Fertility in the Near Future?.- Fertility Preferences and Expectations Regarding Old Age.- The Influence of Education and Family Policies on Age at First Birth.- Reconciliation of Work and Family.- Preferences Regarding Reconciliation of Family and Professional Life Versus Reality.- Reconciliation of Work and Family Within Different Institutional Settings.- Work-Family Orientation and Female Labour Market Participation.- Family Related Policies.- Family Policies: Financial or Institutional Measures?.- Anticipated Impact of Family Policies on Fertility Behaviour Among the Childless and Among One-Child Parents.- Preferences Versus Actual Family Policy Measures.

From the reviews:"This publication is a welcome exception to the rule that an international study yields one volume of comparative chapters and another devoted to analysis of the data of each participating country. … The first volume focuses on family change … . The different chapters and consequently, the summary contain a great many novel and thought-provoking observations. … people thinking about policies, or working and writing on Europe’s population issues will, no doubt, find it useful to have these volumes at hand on their desk." (Dirk J. van de Kaa, European Journal of Population, Vol. 25, 2009)