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Household composition across the new Europe: Where do the new Member States fit in?
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Abstract In this paper we present indicators of household structure for 26 of the 27 countries of the post-enlargement European Union. As well as broad indicators of household type, we present statistics on single-person and extended-family households, and on the households of children and older people. Our ... view more
In this paper we present indicators of household structure for 26 of the 27 countries of the post-enlargement European Union. As well as broad indicators of household type, we present statistics on single-person and extended-family households, and on the households of children and older people. Our main aim is to assess the extent to which household structure differs between the "old" and "new" Member States of the European Union. We find that most of the Eastern European countries may be thought of as lying on the same North-North-Western-Southern continuum defined for the "old" EU Member States, and constituting an "extreme form" of the Southern European model of living arrangements, which we term the "Eastern" model. However, the Baltic states do not fit easily onto this continuum.... view less
Keywords
Europe; EU; EU member state; family; EU expansion; private household; family situation
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Free Keywords
EU-SILC
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 465-490
Journal
Demographic Research, 25 (2011) 14
ISSN
2363-7064
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed