A Demographic Perspective on Family Change

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12927240
AutoresSuzanne M Bianchi (University of California, Los Angeles, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen6
Número1
Páginas35-44
Fecha de publicación2014-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Family Theory & Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1756-2570 • E-ISSN: 1756-2589
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jftr.12029
PMID26078785
PMCIDPMC4465124
OpenAlexW1901579545
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas27
Referencias citadas31

Demographic analysis seeks to understand how individual microlevel decisions about child-bearing, marriage and partnering, geographic mobility, and behaviors that influence health and longevity aggregate to macrolevel population trends and differentials in fertility, mortality and migration. In this review, I first discuss theoretical perspectives-classic demographic transition theory, the perspective of the "second demographic transition," the spread of developmental idealism-that inform demographers' understanding of macrolevel population change. Then, I turn to a discussion of the role that demographically informed data collection has played in illuminating family change since the mid-20th century in the United States. Finally, I discuss ways in which demographic theory and data collection might inform future areas of family research, particularly in the area of intergenerational family relationships and new and emerging family forms

Demographic analysis · Demographic change · Demographic transition · Economic geography · Fertility · Geography · Perspective (graphical · Population · Sociology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving