A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe

A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe edited by Gabriele Doblhammer, Jordi Gumà.

This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This open access book examines the triangle between family, gender, and health in Europe from a demographic perspective. It helps to understand patterns and trends in each of the three components separately, as well as their interdependen...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Doblhammer, Gabriele (Editor), Gumà, Jordi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Demography.
Public health.
Sociology.
Epidemiology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Framework: Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer
  • Summary and research implications: Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer
  • Keynote chapters: Families and Health (in Europe): Karsten Hank and Anja Steinbach
  • The new roles of men and women and implications for families and societies: Livia Sz. Oláh, Irena E. Kotowska and Rudolf Richter
  • Sex differences in health and survival: Anna Oksuzyan, Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer
  • Country specific chapters:Gender differences in the relationship between household position and health in twelve European countries: Are they associated with the value climate?: Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer
  • Similarity of perceived health between household members: The “Mutual influences” hypothesis: Patrizia Giannantoni and Viviana Egidi
  • Household position, parenthood, and self-reported adult health. Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from the Austrian Generations and Gender Survey: Isabella Buber-Ennser and Doris Hanappi
  • The Contextual and Household Contribution to Individual Health Status in Germany: What is the Role of Gender and Migration Background?: Daniela Georges, Daniel Kreft and Gabriele Doblhammer
  • Health-risk behaviour of women and men—differences according to partnership and parenthood. Results of the German Health Update (GEDA) survey 2009–2010: Elena von der Lippe and Petra Rattay
  • Fertility Histories and Health in Later Life in Italy: Cecilia Tomassini, Giorgio Di Gessa and Viviana Egidi
  • The Effect of Current Family Situation on Slow Walking Speed at Old Age: Gabriele Doblhammer, Steffen Peters, Debora Rizzuto and Anna-Karin Welmer. .

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