Education, Work and Family Events in Women's Lives : Long-Term Developments and Recent Trends in East and West Germany （2020. 250 p. 21 cm）

Blossfeld, Gwendolin J.

VERLAG BARBARA BUDRICH（2020/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 250 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783863887728

Full Description

This book investigates how educational expansion, the trend towards the service society and the German unification affect East and West German women's life courses and family lives. It focuses on educational enrolment, educational attainment level, labour force participation, career resources, social origin, the educational match among partners as well as historical periods, and examines their consequences on women's entry into first motherhood as well as partnership formation and dissolution processes.

Contents

The Long-Term Developments of Women's Roles in Germany and Changes in Family Formation and Dissolution; Living Arrangements and the Birth of a First Child in the Early Life Course: A Description Based on the NEPS; Entry into First Cohabitation or First Marriage: A Longitudinal Analysis; The Transition from Cohabitation to Marriage: Does the Meaning of Cohabitation Differ in East and West Germany?; Educational Homophily and Educational Homogamy: The Impact of Mother's Role Models on Daughter's Cohabitation and Marriage; What Influences the Rate of Entry into First Motherhood for Women Enrolled in Full-Time Education?; How Does Women's Educational Enrolment, Educational Attainment Level, Labour Force Participation and Career Advancement Affect the Rate of Entry into First Motherhood?; Educational Assortative Mating and Divorce