title: [Demographic and ideational change in the European Community].
abstract: "It is argued in this article that family formation is conditioned not only by economic factors (more particularly changes in opportunity structures for the two sexes), but also by ideational trends.  The economic factors could be seen as responsible for period fluctuations that are superimposed on a long term ideationally driven trend with marked cohort contrasts.  Value orientations are explored and compared across countries and age groups using the international data set of the European Values Studies. The analysis identifies a scale for the degree of tolerance towards non-conformism (e.g.  divorce, abortion, one-parent family, rejection of marriage as an institution...) and the meaning of parenthood.  Both are related to a set of other scales (religiosity, morality, leftism, nationalism, materialism, etc.).  Theoretical links are also established with the theories of, respectively, Easterlin and Simons concerning the reasons for the recent fertility decline in the West." (SUMMARY IN ENG AND FRE)
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lesthaeghe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meekers
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001290:Attitude; D001519:Behavior; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005298:Fertility; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012942:Social Sciences; D012945:Social Values; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Age Factors; Attitude; Behavior; Cohort Analysis; Comparative Studies; Cross-cultural Comparisons; Demographic Factors; Demography; Developed Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; Europe; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Fertility; Macroeconomic Factors; Period Analysis; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Theory; Psychological Factors; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Theoretical Studies; Value Orientation