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Research Handbook on the Sociology of the Family

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ID23136221
EditorsNorbert F Schneider, Michaela Kreyenfeld (0000-0001-9420-3818)
Year2021
Publication date2021-06-11
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueResearch Handbook on the Sociology of the Family (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4337/9781788975544
OpenAlexW3174303693
ISBN9781788975544
LanguageEN
Citations received53
References cited57

Exploring how family life has radically changed in recent decades, this comprehensive Research Handbook tracks the latest developments and trends in scholarly work on the family. With a particular focus on the European context, it addresses current debates and offers insights into key topics including: the division of housework, family forms and living arrangements, intergenerational relationships, partner choice, divorce and fertility behaviour.

Sociology · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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  • Families formed through assisted reproductive technology

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  • Subjective household poverty as a moderator for the association between employment precariousness and mental health across five european welfare state types

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  • Parenting in refugee families

    Open Access•Manuela Westphal, Franziska Korn et al.•Families Relationships and…•2025

  • Ideal features of post-divorce co-parenting

    Marja Leena Böök, Johanna Terävä et al.•Families Relationships and…•2025

  • Family Research and Demographic Analysis (FReDA)

    Open Access•Norbert F Schneider, Norbert Schneider et al.•Comparative Population Studies•2021

  • Assessment of the Development of Poverty in EU Countries

    Open Access•Agnieszka Sompolska‐Rzechuła, Agnieszka Kurdyś-Kujawska•International Journal of…•2022

  • I Kiss the Screen, But It Is Not the Same' - Grandparenting in Geographically Dispersed Families

    Open Access•W Kloc-Nowak, L Ryan•Global Networks•2025

  • Should we be concerned about low fertility? A discussion of six possible arguments

    Open Access•Øystein Kravdal•Demographic Research•2025

  • Cohort fertility of immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union

    Open Access•Gustavo Shifris, Barbara S Okun•Demographic Research•2024

  • The role of social transfers in reducing the poverty risk for larger families in the European Union

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  • The families in households typology

    Open Access•Alzbeta Bartova, Max Thaning et al.•Community Work & Family•2025

  • Continuities, changes, and critical moments

    Johanna Närvi, Petteri Eerola et al.•Journal of Family Studies•2025

  • Are we falling apart?’

    Open Access•Dilvin Dilara Usta•Journal of Family Studies•2023

  • Becoming an ‘almost normal family’

    Paul Scheibelhofer•Journal of Family Studies•2025

  • Problematising Sharenting of Supermoms in a Neoliberal Context

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  • Reimagining maternity

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  • Re-imagining 'the patient

    Open Access•Weller, Kate Lyle et al.•Social Science & Medicine•2022

  • Five decades of marital sorting in France and the United States – The role of educational expansion and the changing gender imbalance in education

    Open Access•Julia Leesch, J Skopek•Research in Social Stratification…•2025

  • Family networks of lesbian and gay people in Switzerland

    Open Access•Olga Ganjour, E D Widmer et al.•Family Relations•2025

  • Who is involved in child protection investigations? The relationship between gender, ethnicity/migration background, and contacts between parents and caseworkers during investigations and assessments

    Open Access•Floor Middel, Mónica López López et al.•Children and Youth Services Review•2024

  • Partnership Dynamics of LGB People and Heterosexuals

    Open Access•Jeanette Bohr, Andrea Lengerer•European Journal of Population /…•2024

  • Self-Perceived Infertility is Not Always Associated with Having Fewer Children

    Open Access•Arthur L Greil, Desmond D Wallace et al.•European Journal of Population /…•2024

  • Separation and Savings in Tax-Favored Retirement Accounts Among Canadian Men and Women

    Open Access•Maude Pugliese, David Pelletier et al.•Population Research and Policy…•2023

  • Infertility and Seeking Medical Help to Have a Child Vary Across Migrant Origin Groups in Germany

    Open Access•N Milewski, Jasmin Passet-Wittig et al.•Population Research and Policy…•2025

  • Realization of Short-Term Fertility Intentions in a Comparative Perspective

    Open Access•Zsolt Spéder, Lajos Bálint•Population Research and Policy…•2024

  • Ethical Sourcing and Decision Making in the Fashion Industry

    Open Access•Anushree Tandon, Amandeep Dhir et al.•Journal of Business Ethics•2025

  • Who receives most? Gendered consequences of divorce on public pension income in West Germany and Sweden

    Open Access•Sarah Schmauk, L Kridahl•Ageing and Society•2025

  • The intergenerational transmission of financial disadvantage across Europe

    Open Access•C Dewilde•Social Policy and Administration•2024

  • Gender, union formation, and assortative mating among older women

    Open Access•D T Lichter, Z Qian et al.•Social Science Research•2022

  • Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples' Divorce Risks

    Open Access•Maria Ponkilainen, Elina Einiö et al.•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2025

  • Mapping modern kinship networks

    Open Access•T Leopold, M Raab et al.•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2025

  • Who Remains Single? Educational Gradients in Long-Term Singlehood Across Ethnic Groups

    Open Access•K Dederichs, Evelina T Akimova et al.•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2025

  • Economic development, gender-egalitarianism, and the transfer of status from fathers and mothers to sons and daughters in Europe in the second half of the 20th century

    Jorge Rodríguez-Menés•International Journal of Sociology•2025

  • Family Representation in Contemporary Turkish Cinema

    Open Access•Defne Tüzün, Fuat Doğa Erten et al.•Sociology Lens•2026

  • Migration and Home

    Open Access•Mastoureh Fathi, C N Laoire•Migration and Home•2024

  • Introduction to the BJS Special Issue, 2026, Families and Wealth

    Open Access•Céline Bessière, K Higgins et al.•British Journal of Sociology•2026

  • Doing Family Before the State. Does Recognition of De Facto Families Lead to More Inclusive Migration Law Practices

    Open Access•Bonjour, Saskia Bonjour et al.•Social Politics International…•2024

  • Intersectional analysis of gender employment gaps in multilingual wealthy regions

    Open Access•Alexandra Tomaselli•Cogent Social Sciences•2025

  • Türkiye’de Aile Odaklı Sosyal Politikaların Toplumsal Refaha Katkısı

    Open Access•Recep Fedai•Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Sosyal…•2026

  • Praca zdalna w czasie pandemii i jej implikacje dla rodzin z dziećmi – badanie jakościowe

    Open Access•Piotr Binder•Przeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej•2022

  • Choreographien des Familie-Machens jenseits der Pluralisierungsdebatte. Sammelrezension

    Open Access•Andreas Lange•Soziologische Revue•2024

  • A háztartási munka nemek szerinti megoszlása Dél-Koreában a XXI. században

    Open Access•Alexandra Urbán•Távol-keleti Tanulmányok•2025

  • Facing disabilities in children with prenatal alcohol exposure

    Open Access•L Simmat-Durand, Stéphanie Toutain•Frontiers in Sociology•2025

  • Redistribution policies towards poor families in Europe

    Open Access•Patricia Frericks, Martin Gurín•Journal of International and…•2024

  • Service Difficulties, Internal Resolution Mechanisms, and the Needs of Social Services in Hungary—The Baseline of a Development Problem Map

    Open Access•Zoltán Csizmadia, Krisztina Kóbor et al.•Social Sciences•2025

  • Family and social networks among older people in selected European countries

    Anita Abramowska-Kmon•Journal of Family Studies•2025

  • Mapping redistribution in terms of family

    Open Access•Patricia Frericks, Martin Gurín et al.•International Sociology•2023

  • On the Timing of Marriage and Childbearing

    Open Access•J Lacroix, Júlia Mikolai et al.•European Journal of Population /…•2024

  • Union Instability and Fertility

    Open Access•Ana Fostik, Mariana Fernández Soto et al.•European Journal of Population /…•2023

  • A new data infrastructure for family research and demographic analysis

    Open Access•Karsten Hank, Tobias Gummer et al.•European Sociological Review•2025

  • Motherhood and money

    Open Access•Anne Angsten Clark, Hayley James•The Sociological Review•2025

  • Intimacy

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  • Sibling Relationships Across the Life Span

    Open Access•Victor G Cicirelli, Victor Cicirelli•Sibling Relationships Across the…•1995

  • Structural Holes

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  • Family and social network

    Elizabeth Bott•Family and social network: roles,…•1971

  • Social networks in urban situations

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  • Relational Sociology, Culture, and Agency

    Ann Mische•The Sage Handbook Of Social…•2014

  • Rethinking Family Practices

    Open Access•D Morgan, David Hj Morgan et al.•Rethinking Family Practices•2011

  • Social Capital

    Open Access•Nan Lin, Bonnie Erickson•Social Capital•2001

  • Economic Action and Social Structure

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  • Family contexts as cognitive networks

    Open Access•E D Widmer•Personal Relationships•1999

  • Cognitive social structures

    Open Access•D Krackhardt•Social Networks•1987

  • Evolutions of personal networks and life events

    Open Access•Claire Bidart, Daniel Lavenu•Social Networks•2005

  • Residential mobility and the spatial dispersion of personal networks

    Open Access•G Viry•Social Networks•2012

  • Personal support networks of immigrants to Spain

    Open Access•Verónica De Miguel Luken, M Tranmer•Social Networks•2010

  • Informant accuracy in social network data IV

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  • Relational constitution of social support in migrants’ transnational personal communities

    Open Access•Andreas Herz•Social Networks•2014

  • Longitudinal analysis of personal networks. The case of Argentinean migrants in Spain

    Open Access•M J Lubbers, J L Molina et al.•Social Networks•2010

  • Shared friendship networks and the life course

    Open Access•M Kalmijn•Social Networks•2003

  • Who benefits from network analysis

    Open Access•Charles Kadushin•Social Networks•2005

  • Re-evaluating the Community Question from a German perspective

    Open Access•Marina Hennig•Social Networks•2007

  • From support to overload

    Open Access•M Sapin, E D Widmer et al.•Social Networks•2016

  • Diversity in social support by role relations

    Open Access•F Agneessens, Hans Waege et al.•Social Networks•2006

  • Analysing the Role of Social Visits on Migrants’ Social Capital

    Open Access•G Viry, Olga Ganjour et al.•Social Inclusion•2017

  • Family, Friends, and Personal Communities

    Open Access•R E Pahl, Liz Spencer•Journal of Family Theory & Review•2010

  • Social Network Typologies and Mental Health Among Older Adults

    Katherine L Fiori, Toni C Antonucci et al.•The Journals of Gerontology…•2006

  • Just Like Family

    Marieke Voorpostel•The Journals of Gerontology…•2013

  • Social Networks and Well-being

    Howard Litwin•The Journals of Gerontology…•2009

  • Couple Involvement and Network Structure

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  • Stability and change in the intergenerational family

    Open Access•Toni C Antonucci, Kira S Birditt et al.•Ageing and Society•2011

  • What good is legislation--or planning--if we can't make it work? The need for a comprehensive approach to health and welfare

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  • Multilevel analysis of personal networks as dependent variables

    Open Access•Marijtje Van Duijn, Jooske T Van Busschbach et al.•Social Networks•1999

  • Family Configurations

    Open Access•Susan Mcdaniel, Susan H Mcdaniel•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•2012

  • Coming Out to Parents

    Lisa K Waldner, Brian Magrader•Journal of Homosexuality•1999

  • Migrants' Social Networks and Weak Ties

    Open Access•Louise Ryan•The Sociological Review•2011

  • Social Network Analysis

    Open Access•Alan C Acock, Jeanne S Hurlbert•Journal of Social and Personal…•1990

  • Types of social networks and the transition to parenthood

    Open Access•Daniel Lois•Demographic Research•2016

  • Brothers' Keepers

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  • No Couple Is an Island

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  • Defining and Measuring Transnational Social Structures

    Open Access•J L Molina, Sören Petermann et al.•CAM•2015

  • Simplifying the Personal Network Name Generator

    Open Access•A Marin, Keith N Hampton•CAM•2007

  • Family Networks

    Open Access•E D Widmer, Linda-Ann La Farga•CAM•2000

  • Balance in Family Triads

    Open Access•De Bel, M Kalmijn et al.•Journal of Family Issues•2019

  • How Americans Enact the Grandparent Role Across the Family Life Course

    Open Access•Merril Silverstein, Anne Marenco et al.•Journal of Family Issues•2001

  • Gendered Occupational Shifts in the Transition to Parenthood

    Open Access•Francesco Giudici, E D Widmer et al.•Sociology•2017

  • Displaying Families

    Open Access•Janet Finch•Sociology•2007

  • Contextualizing 'networked individualism

    Open Access•V Chua•Current Sociology•2013

  • Ambivalence in Later-Life Family Networks

    Open Access•M Girardin, E D Widmer et al.•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2018

  • The Analysis of Duocentric Social Networks

    Open Access•David P Kennedy, Grace L Jackson et al.•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2015

  • A Mixed-Methods Social Networks Study Design for Research on Transnational Families

    Open Access•L Bernardi•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2011

  • Structural and Supportive Changes in Couples' Family and Friendship Networks Across the Transition to Parenthood

    Open Access•Kelly K Bost, Martha J Cox et al.•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2002

  • Social Network Dynamics and Biographical Disruption

    Brea L Perry, Bernice A Pescosolido•American Journal of Sociology•2012

  • What Is Agency

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  • Network Analysis, Culture, and the Problem of Agency

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  • Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital

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  • The Community Question

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  • The Strength of Weak Ties

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Unique citing works53
Citations per year10,6
Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 17

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