TY - JOUR
T1 - Kinship patterns and household composition
T2 - Older unmarried Hungarian women, 1984
AU - Wolf, Douglas A.
PY - 1988/12
Y1 - 1988/12
N2 - Household composition of older unmarried women in Hungary is analyzed using data from the 1984 microcensus. The principal determinants of household composition investigated are kin availability - the number of living children, siblings, and parents - health status, marital status, age, and income. A multinomial logit model distinguishing among five household types reveals that number of children, severe disabilities, age and income are all strongly related to household composition. Trends in fertility and mortality patterns suggest that kinship patterns will change in coming years; these results imply that household composition will, in turn, change as well.
AB - Household composition of older unmarried women in Hungary is analyzed using data from the 1984 microcensus. The principal determinants of household composition investigated are kin availability - the number of living children, siblings, and parents - health status, marital status, age, and income. A multinomial logit model distinguishing among five household types reveals that number of children, severe disabilities, age and income are all strongly related to household composition. Trends in fertility and mortality patterns suggest that kinship patterns will change in coming years; these results imply that household composition will, in turn, change as well.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF01797132
DO - 10.1007/BF01797132
M3 - Article
C2 - 12159004
AN - SCOPUS:0024149948
SN - 0168-6577
VL - 4
SP - 315
EP - 337
JO - European Journal of Population
JF - European Journal of Population
IS - 4
ER -