title: [The changing family contexts of children in the United States].
abstract: "This paper reviews the roles of divorce, nonmarital childbearing, and cohabitation in the changing family contexts of children, and then provides new estimates of current family composition which incorporate cohabitation. The underlying process is viewed in terms of the declining significance of marriage linked to long-term trends in individuation. Half of all children in the U.S. will spend some time in a single-parent family, and nonmarital childbearing is an important factor creating these families. At the same time, increased cohabitation requires that family definitions which are based on marital status in the U.S. be replaced with those that include cohabitation. A sixth of traditionally defined ¿mother-only' families are cohabiting two-parent families, and the one-fourth of current stepfamilies that are cohabiting are missed by marriage-based definitions." (SUMMARY IN ENG AND SPA)
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004243:Divorce; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005298:Fertility; D005843:Geography; D007086:Illegitimacy; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012847:Single Person; D012940:Social Problems; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States
keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Child; Consensual Union; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Divorce; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Fertility; Geographic Factors; Illegitimacy; Living Arrangements; Marital Status; Marriage; Marriage Patterns--changes; North America; Northern America; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Social Problems; Spatial Distribution; Terminology; United States; Unmarried; Youth
vernacular_title: L'enfant et les transformations du milieu familial aux Etats-Unis.