TY - BOOK AU - AU - AU - ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Genders in the Life Course T2 - The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, SN - 9781402060021 AV - Libro electrónico U1 - 304.6 23 PY - 2007/// CY - Dordrecht PB - Springer Netherlands KW - Social sciences KW - Sociology KW - Demography KW - Developmental psychology KW - Social Sciences KW - Gender Studies KW - Family Relations KW - Social Sciences, general N1 - ZDB-2-SHU N2 - This book treats the topic of gender and demographic behaviour during the life course in a comprehensive fashion. It covers a lot of ground, from the age at first intercourse over union formation and dissolution, fertility, migration, ageing, to excess male mortality, comparing genders behaviour and its determinants. It reports new findings of empirical research, mostly based on data from a number of European countries, making a good use of the Family and Fertility surveys and other international data base. This book is of particular interest to demographers, social scientists, academic scholars and private/ public-sector operators, particularly those who are interested in the roles of men and women, and the factors of possible asymmetries and disadvantages, with direct connections to the population policies UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6002-1 ER -