Family Obligations in EuropeThroughout Europe family structures and employment patterns have changed quite dramatically over the past 20 to 30 years. People are marrying later, having smaller families, experiencing marital breakdown, more couples are living together without marriage, more children are being born outside marriage, there are more elderly people, and more people living alone. |
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... expected to rise rapidly in the coming decade . Furthermore the ' very old ' - individuals aged 80 and over - are the fastest growing section of this group , which is expected to increase by over a half by 2020 ( McGlone and Cronin ...
... expected to rise rapidly in the coming decade . Furthermore the ' very old ' - individuals aged 80 and over - are the fastest growing section of this group , which is expected to increase by over a half by 2020 ( McGlone and Cronin ...
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... expected to provide support and the nature of the support they are expected to give . Italy is perhaps the country where the notion of obligations between kin is most evident and this is particularly true in the case of older people ...
... expected to provide support and the nature of the support they are expected to give . Italy is perhaps the country where the notion of obligations between kin is most evident and this is particularly true in the case of older people ...
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... expected to support one another across a broad range of relationships and someone in need is expected to look first to their family for support . Services that exist are mainly for those without family . Cash benefits usually recognise ...
... expected to support one another across a broad range of relationships and someone in need is expected to look first to their family for support . Services that exist are mainly for those without family . Cash benefits usually recognise ...
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adult children analysis Austria authorities autonomy Avebury Belgium Bradshaw carers cash child maintenance child-care cohabiting couples context Council of Europe courts debate defined Denmark dependent adults disabled divorce duties elderly employment European European Commission example expected extended family extent family members family obligations family privacy family support financial support Finland France gender Germany givers Greece guardianship household individuals intervention involved Ireland issues Italy labour market legal obligations legislation levels of provision living lone parents Luxembourg maintenance obligations marriage married couples Millar mothers national regulation needs Netherlands Norway number of countries older organised parents and children partner paternity leave payments pension Portugal rates recent recognised relationship role service provision social assistance schemes social insurance social policy social security Spain spouses subsidiarity survivor's benefits Sweden Table three main Ungerson University of Loughborough unmarried fathers variation Warman welfare women yes discretion 은은