Family Change in Global Perspective: How and Why Family Systems Change
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marriage and cohabitation
class differences in family structure
transition to adulthood
Family, Life Course, and Society
Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Changes in family systems that have occurred over the past half century throughout the Western world are now spreading across the globe to nations that are experiencing economic development, technological change, and shifts in cultural beliefs. Traditional family systems are adapting in different ways to a series of conditions that forced shifts in all Western nations. In this paper, I examine the causes and consequences of global family change, introducing a recently funded project using the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and U.S. Census Bureau data to chart the pace and pattern of changes in marriage and family systems in low- and middle-income nations.
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Recommended Citation: Furstenberg, Frank. 2019. "Family Change in Global Perspective: How and Why Family Systems Change." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2019-22. https://repository.upenn.edu/psc_publications/22. This working paper was published in a journal: Furstenberg, Frank. 2019. "Family Change in Global Perspective: How and Why Family Systems Change." Family Relations 68(3), 326-341. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12361