title: [Marriages, divorces, and number of children:  life tables on the family life cycle in Austria].
abstract: A multistate life table approach to the analysis of the family life cycle is outlined.  "After calculating one-dimensional nuptiality and divorce tables and presenting a recently developed model of a fertility table based on parity, a multi-state model is described in which the cells represent all possible combinations of marital status and parity."  The model is applied to data from the 1976 and 1981 micro-censuses of Austria.  Findings regarding marriage, divorce, fertility, and fertility differentials by education are discussed.  (summary in ENG)
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lutz
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004243:Divorce; D004522:Educational Status; D005060:Europe; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D015993:Life Tables; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D008722:Methods; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010298:Parity; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research
keywords: Austria; Demographic Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Differential Fertility; Divorce; Educational Status; Europe; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Life Cycle; Family Research; Family Size; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Life Table Method; Marital Status; Marriage; Marriage Patterns; Mathematical Model; Methodological Studies; Models, Theoretical; Nuptiality; Parity; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Research Report; Western Europe