Title: [The stages toward adulthood: toward a new statute for women.The history of the generations born in France between 1941 and 1960]

POPLINE Document Number: 065358

Author(s):

Toulemon L

Source citation:

In: International Population Conference/Congres International de la Population, New Delhi, September/septembre 20-27, 1989. Liege, Belgium, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP], 1989. :247-67.

Abstract:

Changes in the process by which young French women pass from adolescence to adulthood are examined using data from a retrospective survey conducted by INED in 1986. The survey included data on the life course of 2,193 women and 1,886 men born between 1941 and 1964. The primary focus is on changes over time in the age at which young people leave home, are first employed, become part of a couple, and get married. Consideration is also given to the age at which women have their first child. The author concludes that a consequence of these changes has been the development of a status for women apart from their spouses and a diminution of inequality between the sexes.

Keywords:

France
Life Cycle
Women's Status
Employment Status
Marriage Age
Cohort Analysis
First Birth
Europe, Western
Europe
Developed Countries
Family Research
Family and Household
Socioeconomic Factors
Economic Factors
Socioeconomic Status
Marriage Patterns
Marriage
Nuptiality
Research Methodology
Pregnancy History
Fertility Measurements
Fertility
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population