The New Zealand Family from 1840 : a Demographic History.

An authoritative demographic history of the New Zealand family from 1840?2005, this reference is a collection of statistics that interprets the changing role of the family and its members. Using detailed research spanning 165 years, the authors chart the move from the large family of the 19th centur...

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Main Author: Pool, D. Ian
Other Authors: Dharmalingam, Arunachalam, Sceats, Janet
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Auckland University Press, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One: Setting the Scene; Chapter One: The Ideal Family and Its Enemies From 1840; 1.1 Roles, Responsibilities and Restraints; 1.2 Family Vulnerability and Moral Panics; 1.3 An Overarching Theme: Family Change and Family Vulnerability; 1.4 Origins of New Zealand Family Behaviours: Outsourced or In-house?; 1.5 Where Do We Go From Here?; Chapter Two: Mapping Changes in the New Zealand Family From 1840; 2.1 The Evolution of the New Zealand Family.
  • 2.2 A Family Transition Model2.3 Interpreting and Explaining Family Change; 2.4 What is Known about the New Zealand Family?; 2.5 The Results of Family Research: Do they Reflect Family Realities?; 2.6 Ethnic and Cultural Differences in Family Life; 2.7 Key Concepts; 2.8 Conclusion; Part Two: Trends in the New Zealand Family; Chapter Three: The Large Family of Yesteryear, Trends 1840-1945; 3.1 The Genesis of Nostalgia about the Large Families of Yesteryear; 3.2 Changes in Family Morphologies until 1945; 3.3 Maori Family Morphologies; 3.4 Pakeha Family Morphologies: British Antecedents.
  • 3.5 Early Colonial Pakeha Family Morphologies: Trends3.6 Early Colonial Pakeha Family Morphologies: Significance; 3.7 Pakeha Family Morphologies, 1900s-1940s; 3.8 Summary and Conclusion: New Zealand Families until 1945; Chapter Four: The Large Family of Yesteryear: Factors Underlying Change; 4.1 Changes Over the Period 1840-1945; 4.2 The Impacts of Family Size Changes on Societal Attitudes; 4.3 Factors Having an Impact on Family Sizes, 1840-1945; 4.4 The Socio-economic Context of Family Life, 1840-1945; 4.5 The Family Size Transition: Decreasing Levels, Increasing Variance.
  • 4.6 Pakeha, Other Differentials4.7 Policy Responses to Family Change and Family Needs; 4.8 Conclusion: The Roots of the Contemporary New Zealand Family; Chapter Five: The Baby Boom Era, 1945-1973; 5.1 Delineating and Documenting the New Zealand Baby Boom; 5.2 Changes in Family Morphologies, 1945-1973; 5.3 Factors Driving Change; 5.4 Impact on Family Functioning; 5.5 Impact of Changes in Family Morphologies on the Wider Society; 5.6 Conclusion; Chapter Six: Redefinition of the Nuclear Family, 1970S to the 1990S: Trends; 6.1 The End of our Golden Age; 6.2 Overall Changes in Family Morphologies.
  • 6.3 Changes in Family Forms: The Shift from Marriage to Cohabitation6.4 Changes in Forms: Divorce, Union Dissolution, Remarriage; 6.5 Changes in Family Formation, Family Sizes and the Age-Profiles of 'Nuclear' Families; 6.6 Changes in Living Arrangements: Shift-Shares in Household Forms; 6.7 Changes in Living Arrangements: Sole-Parent Households; 6.8 Ethnic Differentials in Family Morphologies in the Baby Bust Period; 6.9 Socio-economic Differences in Trends; 6.10 Summary: A Period of Radical Change; Chapter Seven: Redefinition of the Nuclear Family, 1970s to the 1990s: Explanations.