The Contemporary Family in France

Éditeur : Springer

1. The Generations and Gender Survey in France: From Survey Design to Initial Findings - Arnaud Régnier-Loilier

Part I - Diversification of Family Trajectories

2. Changing Patterns of Transition to Adulthood - Pascal Sebille
3. Diverse Forms of Union and the “Gender Order” - Wilfried Rault and Muriel Letrait
4. The Birth of the First Child - Arnaud Régnier - Loilier and Zoé Perron
5. Family Behaviours and Religious Practice in France - Arnaud Régnier-Loilier and France Prioux
6. Stability of Successive Unions: Do People Learn from Their Past Partnership? - Eva Beaujouan
7. When Fathers Lose Touch with Their Children After Separation - Arnaud Régnier-Loilier

Part II Gender Relations Within the Couple

8. How Are Household Chores Divided? Responses Vary with the Respondent’s Gender and the Partner’s Presence or Absence During the Interview - Arnaud Régnier-Loilier
9. The Division of Household and Childcare Tasks Between Partners - Denise Bauer
10. Fathers’ and Mothers’ Involvement in Parental Tasks: An Unequal Division - Carole Brugeilles and Pascal Sebille
11. Union History and Division of Domestic Work Between Partners - Anne Solaz
12. Do Couples Share HouseholdTasks Differently after the Birth of a Child? - Arnaud Régnier-Loilier

Conjugal and family life has changed radically in Europe over recent decades. To develop new insights into these recent changes, the Population Activities Unit of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) initiated a Europe-wide set of surveys, known as the Generations and Gender Surveys (GGS), that have so far been conducted in around 20 countries.  

France was one of the first countries to run this survey. This book provides a general overview of recent changes in conjugal behaviour in France: What changes have occurred in the transition to adulthood? Are couples developing new forms of union? What conditions must be met before having a child? What are the factors that determine union stability? How does religion influence conjugal and family behaviours? How are domestic and parenting tasks shared within the couple? How does the division of tasks change after the birth of a child?

Denise Bauer 

Eva Beaujouan

Carole Brugeilles

Muriel Letrait

Zoé Perron

France Prioux

Wilfried Rault

Arnaud Régnier-Loilier

Pascal Sebille

Anne Solaz