Family configurations and the life course

IP208 (former IP8)

The nuclear family, particularly within marriage, has been regarded for a long time as a resilient group against expectations, constraints and hazards stemming from the social context. The pluralisation of life courses has, however, made families change, becoming more diverse and less predictable. IP8 in the first phase of the NCCR LIVES focused on the impact of non-normative events on conjugal quality and conjugal permanence.

During the second phase (2015-2018), IP208 expands the research issues by doing research on family ambivalence and family conflicts as life stressors in their own right, and by considering family forms beyond couples living and parenting together. Because the diversity of family and personal configurations needs to be understood in a comparative perspective across countries, IP208 will support the development of new tools and data collections worldwide.

In order to analyse non-standard family forms and their link to vulnerability, IP208 uses data from the Survey on families and generations, which the Swiss Federal Statistical Office conducted in 2013.

During Phase 1 (2011-2014), this project was entitled "Critical events and family configurations" (IP8)

Team:
Prof. Laura Bernardi, Prof. Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Prof. Dominique Joye, Prof. Eric Widmer
Dr. Gaëlle Aeby, Dr. Boris Cheval, Dr. Olga Ganjour, Dr. Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Dr. Myriam Girardin, Dr. Eva Nada, Dr. Gina Potarca, Dr. Marlène Sapin, Dr. Gil Viry, Dr. Marieke Voorpostel

Doctoral students:
Dorian Kessler, Ornella Larenza, Sabrina Roduit

Research assistants:
Aude Michel, Stefan Sieber, Martina von Arx, Marie-Eve Zufferey, Kevin Roulin

Etudiante PAT:
Natalia Tikhonov Sigrist

News published on IP208

Publications

Selected publications

Burton-Jeangros, C., Cullati, S., Sacker, A., & Blane, D. (Eds.). (2015). A life course perspective on health trajectories and transitions. Heidelberg & New York: Springer.

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Castrén, A. - M., & Widmer, E.. (2015). Insiders and outsiders in stepfamilies: Adults' and children's views on family boundaries. Current Sociology, 63(1), 35-56. doi:10.1177/0011392114551650

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Other publications

Burkimsher, M., Rossier, C., & Wanner, P.. (2018). Who Has More Children in Switzerland: Swiss Or Foreign Women? - Why The TFR is a Misleading Measure. LIVES Working Paper, 73, 1-41. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.12682/lives.2296-1658.2018.73

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Widmer, E., Viry, G., & Ganjour, O.. (2018). The intricacies of space and inclusiveness in family and personal networks. In O. Kapella, Schneider, N., & Rost, H. (Eds.), Familie – Bildung – Migration. Familienforschung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Wissenschaft, Politik und Praxis. Leverkusen, Deutschland: Verlag Barbara Budrich.

Girardin, M., Widmer, E., Connidis, I. Arnet, Castrén, A. - M., Gouveia, R., & Masotti, B.. (2018). Ambivalence in later-life family networks: Beyond intergenerational dyads. Journal of Marriage and Family, 80, 768–784. doi:10.1111/jomf.12469

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Tillmann, R., Voorpostel, M., & Farago, P.. (2018). Social dynamics in Swiss society: empirical studies based on the Swiss household panel (Vol. 9). New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89557-4

Rossier, C., Soura, A. Bassiahi, Lankoandé, B., & Millogo, R. Modeste. (2016). Health disparities on the periphery of Ouagadougou. In D. Ramiro Farinas & Oris, M. (Eds.), New Approaches to Death in Cities during the Health Transition (pp. 217–241). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43002-7_12

Cullati, S., Burton-Jeangros, C., & Abel, T.. (2018). Vulnerability in Health Trajectories: Life Course Perspectives. Swiss Journal of Sociology, 44, 203–215. doi:10.1515/sjs-2018-0009

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Potarca, G., & Bernardi, L.. (2018). Mixed marriages in Switzerland: A test of the segmented assimilation hypothesis. Demographic Research, 38, 1457–1494. doi:10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.48

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Thomas, N., & Stoecklin, D.. (2018). Recognition and Capability: A New Way to Understand How Children Can Achieve Their Rights?. In C. Baraldi & Cockburn, T. (Eds.), Theorising Childhood (pp. 73–94). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-72673-1_4

Stoecklin, D., & Fattore, T.. (2018). Children’s multidimensional agency: Insights into the structuration of choice. Childhood, 25, 47–62. doi:10.1177/0907568217743557

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Stoecklin, D. (2019). Freely Expressed Views: Methodological Challenges for the Right of the Child to be Heard. Child Indicators Research, 12, 569–588. doi:10.1007/s12187-018-9527-6

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P. Streatfield, K., Khan, W. A., Bhuiya, A., Hanifi, S. M. A., Alam, N., Bagagnan, C. H., et al.. (2014). Adult non-communicable disease mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites. Global Health Action, 7. doi:10.3402/gha.v7.25365

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P. Streatfield, K., Khan, W. A., Bhuiya, A., Hanifi, S. M. A., Alam, N., Millogo, O., et al.. (2014). HIV/AIDS-related mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites. Global Health Action, 7. doi:10.3402/gha.v7.25370

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Rossier, C., Soura, A., Duthé, G., Lankoandé, B., & Millogo, R.. (2014). Are the urban poor really worse off? Socieconomic differentials in adult cause specific mortality at the periphery of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Quetelet, 2, 61–80. doi:10.14428/rqj2014.02.02.03

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Rossier, C., Soura, A. Bassiahi, Duthé, G., & Findley, S.. (2014). Non-communicable disease mortality and risk factors in formal and informal neighborhoods, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Evidence from a health and demographic surveillance system. PLoS ONE, 9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113780

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Lankoandé, B., Soura, A., Millogo, R., Compaoré, Y., & Rossier, C.. (2016). Surmortalité des enfants dans les quartiers informels de Ouagadougou: effet de composition ou effet de contexte ?. African Population Studies, 30, 2192–2202. doi:10.11564/30-1-800

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Sedgh, G., Bearak, J., Singh, S., Bankole, A., Popinchalk, A., Ganatra, B., et al.. (2016). Abortion incidence between 1990 and 2014: global, regional, and subregional levels and trends. The Lancet, 388, 258–267. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30380-4

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Duthé, G., Rossier, C., Bonnet, D., Soura, A. Bassiahi, & Corker, J.. (2016). Mental health and urban living in sub-Saharan Africa: major depressive episodes among the urban poor in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Population Health Metrics, 14. doi:10.1186/s12963-016-0084-2

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Rossier, C., & Corker, J.. (2017). Contemporary use of traditional contraception in sub-Saharan Africa. Population and Development Review, 43, 192–215. doi:10.1111/padr.12008

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Rossier, C. (2019). Introduction. In C. Rossier, Soura, A., & Duthé, G. (Eds.), Inégalités de santé à Ouagadougou. Résultats d’un observatoire de population urbain au Burkina Faso (INED., Vol. 9, pp. 11–36). Paris, France: INED. Retrieved from https://www.ined.fr/fr/actualites/presse/inegalites-de-sante-a-ouagadougou-resultats-dun-observatoire-de-population-urbaine-au-burkina-faso/

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Potarca, G., & Bernardi, L.. (2018). The (un)healthy migrant effect. The role of legal status and naturalization timing. In R. Tillman, Voorpostel, M., & Farago, P. (Eds.), Social Dynamics in Swiss Society (Springer., pp. 79–93). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89557-4_6

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Ganatra, B., Gerdts, C., Rossier, C., Johnson, B. Ronald, Tunçalp, Ö., Assifi, A., et al.. (2017). Global, regional, and subregional classification of abortions by safety, 2010–14: estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model. The Lancet, 390, 2372–2381. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31794-4

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Kapp, N., Blanchard, K., Coast, E., Ganatra, B., Harries, J., Footman, K., et al.. (2018). Developing a forward-looking agenda and methodologies for research of self-use of medical abortion. Contraception, 97, 184–188. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2017.09.007

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Daniele, M., Ganaba, R., Sarrassat, S., Cousens, S., Rossier, C., Drabo, S., et al.. (2018). Involving male partners in maternity care in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 96, 450–461. doi:10.2471/BLT.17.206466

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Struffolino, E., Bernardi, L., & Larenza, O.. (2018). Lone parenthood and employment trajectories: A longitudinal mixed-method study. Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES (NCCR LIVES), 67, 1-33. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.12682/lives.2296-1658.2018.67

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Recksiedler, C., & Bernardi, L.. (2019). Lone Mothers’ Repartnering Trajectories and Health: Does the Welfare Context Matter?. Journal of Family Issues, 66, 1-23. doi:10.12682/lives.2296-1658.2018.66

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Potarca, G., & Bernardi, L.. (2017). Educational sorting in mixed marriages in Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Sociology, 43. doi:10.1515/sjs-2017-0026

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Bernardi, L., & Mortelmans, D. (Eds.). (2018). Lone Parenthood in the Life Course. Life Course Research and Social Policies (Vol. 8, p. 338). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63295-7

Bochatay, N., Bajwa, N., Cullati, S., Muller-Juge, V., Blondon, K., Perron, N. Junod, et al.. (2017). A multilevel analysis of professional conflicts in health care teams: Insight for future training. Academic Medicine, 92, 84–92. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000001912

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Viry, G., Ganjour, O., Gauthier, J. - A., Ravalet, E., & Widmer, E.. (2017). Analysing the role of social visits on migrants’ social capital: A personal network approach. Social Inclusion, 5(4), 209–220. doi:10.17645/si.v5i4.1164

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Bernardi, L., Struffolino, E., & Milewski, N.. (2018). Migrant status and lone motherhood-Risk factors or female labour force participation in Switzerland. In L. Bernardi & Mortelmans, D. (Eds.), Lone parenthood in the life course (pp. 141–163). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

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Sandoval, J. Luis, Theler, J. - M., Cullati, S., Bouchardy, C., Manor, O., Gaspoz, J. - M., & Guessous, I.. (2017). Introduction of an organised programme and social inequalities in mammography screening: A 22-year population-based study in Geneva, Switzerland. Preventive Medicine, 103, 49–55. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.07.025

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Sandoval, J. Luis, Leão, T., Cullati, S., Theler, J. - M., Joost, S., Humair, J. - P., et al.. (2018). Public smoking ban and socioeconomic inequalities in smoking prevalence and cessation: a cross-sectional population-based study in Geneva, Switzerland (1995–2014). Tobacco Control. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-053986

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Kessler, D. (2017). The Influence of educational expansion on partnership stability: A cohort study of first partnerships in Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Sociology, 43(3), 543-565. doi:10.1515/sjs-2017-0027

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Wall, K., Widmer, E., Gauthier, J. - A., Cesnuityté, V., & Gouveia, R. (Eds.). (2018). Families and personal networks - An international comparative perspective. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life (1st ed., p. 254). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95263-2

Bernardi, L., & Larenza, O.. (2018). Variety of transitions into lone parenthood. In L. Bernardi & Mortelmans, D. (Eds.), Lone parenthood in the life course (pp. 93–108). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-63295-7#about

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Bernardi, L., Mortelmans, D., & Larenza, O.. (2018). Changing lone parents, changing life courses. In L. Bernardi & Mortelmans, D. (Eds.), Lone parenthood in the life course (pp. 1–26). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-63295-7

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Cheval, B., Sieber, S., Guessous, I., Orsholits, D., Courvoisier, D., Kliegel, M., et al.. (2018). Effect of early- and adult-life socioeconomic circumstances on physical inactivity. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 50(3), 476–485. doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000001472

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Wall, K., Cesnuityté, V., Widmer, E., & Gauthier, J. - A.. (2018). Conclusions. In K. Wall, Widmer, E., Gauthier, J. - A., Cesnuityté, V., & Gouveia, R. (Eds.), Families and personal networks: An international comparative perspective (pp. 225–238). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349952625#

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Widmer, E., Gouveia, R., Aeby, G., & Cesnuityté, V.. (2018). Understanding personal networks as social capital. In K. Wall, Widmer, E., Gauthier, J. - A., Cesnuityté, V., & Gouveia, R. (Eds.), Families and personal networks: An international comparative perspective (pp. 167–186). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349952625

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Gauthier, J. - A., Aeby, G., Ramos, V., & Cesnuityté, V.. (2018). Linking family trajectories and personal networks. In K. Wall, Widmer, E., Gauthier, J. - A., Cesnuityté, V., & Gouveia, R. (Eds.), Families and personal network: An international comparative perspective (pp. 187–223). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349952625

Aeby, G., Widmer, E., Cesnuityté, V., & Gouveia, R.. (2018). Mapping the plurality of personal configurations. In K. Wall, Widmer, E., Gauthier, J. - A., Cesnuityté, V., & Gouveia, R. (Eds.), Families and personal networks: an international perspective (pp. 131–166). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349952625

Wall, K., Gouveia, R., Aeby, G., & Cesnuityté, V.. (2018). Changing meanings of family in personal relationships: a comparative perspective. In K. Wall, Gouveia, R., Cesnuityté, V., Widmer, E., & Gauthier, J. - A. (Eds.), Families and personal networks: an international comparative perspective (pp. 99–130). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349952625#

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Gouveia, R., Aeby, G., & Cesnuityté, V.. (2018). A first portrait of personal networks in a comparative perspective. In R. Gouveia, Cesnuityté, V., Wall, K., Widmer, E., & Gauthier, J. - A. (Eds.), Families and personal networks: An international comparative perspective (pp. 61–97). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95263-2_3

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Ramos, V., Cesnuityté, V., Wall, K., & Joye, D.. (2018). Contextualising personal networks across birth cohorts and countries. In K. Wall, Widmer, E., Gauthier, J. - A., Cesnuityté, V., & Gouveia, R. (Eds.), Families and personal networks : An international comparative perspective (pp. 19-60). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349952625#

Widmer, E., Gauthier, J. - A., Wall, K., Cesnuityté, V., & Gouveia, R.. (2018). Introduction. In E. Widmer, Gauthier, J. - A., Wall, K., Cesnuityté, V., & Gouveia, R. (Eds.), Families and personal networks (pp. 1–18). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781349952625

Gauthier, J. - A., & Valarino, I.. (2016). Approche séquentielle multidimensionnelle de l'activation du statut-maître sexué lors de la transition à la parentalité. In Devenir parent, devenir inégaux, transition à la parentalité et inégalités de genre (First., pp. 48-73). Zurich, Switzerland: Seismo.

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Aeby, G., Gauthier, J. - A., Gouveia, R., Ramos, V., & Wall, K.. (2017). The impact of co-residence trajectories on personal networks in the transition to adulthood: A comparative perspective. In V. Cesnuityté, Lück, D., & Widmer, E. (Eds.), Family continuity and change: Contemporary European perspectives (First., pp. 211-242). Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave.

Wall, K., Widmer, E., Gauthier, J. - A., Cesnuityté, V., & Gouveia, R. (Eds.). (2018). Families and personal networks: An international comparative perspective. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave McMillan. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95263-2

Burton-Jeangros, C., Cullati, S., Manor, O., Courvoisier, D., Bouchardy, C., & Guessous, I.. (2016). Cervical cancer screening in Switzerland: cross-sectional trends (1992–2012) in social inequalities. European Journal of Public Health, 27(1), 167-173. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckw113

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Gouveia, R. (2016). Redes pessoais em Portugal na perspectiva do percurso de vida. Sociologia, 133-151.

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Widmer, E., & Viry, G.. (2017). Family inclusiveness and spatial dispersion: The spatial consequences of having large and diversified family configurations. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 5, 350-367. doi:10.4236/jss.2017.55024

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Lebert, F., & Voorpostel, M.. (2016). Turnover as a strategy to escape job insecurity: The role of family determinants in dual-earner couples. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 37(3), 407-421. doi:10.1007/s10834-016-9498-z

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Roeters, A., Mandemakers, J. J., & Voorpostel, M.. (2016). Parenthood and well-being: The moderating role of leisure and paid work. European Journal of Population, 32(3), 381-401. doi:10.1007/s10680-016-9391-3

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Struffolino, E., & Bernardi, L.. (2017). Vulnerabilität alleinerziehender Mütter im Laufe des Lebens in der Schweiz. Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation, 2(37), 123-141.

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Sauvain-Dugerdil, C., & Koncilja-Sartorius, B.. (2016). Nouveaux parents: Quelle égalité face au temps?. In J. - M. Le Goff & Levy, R. (Eds.), Devenir parent, devenir inégaux (pp. 130-163). Zurich, Switzerland: Seismo.

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Ramos, V., Gouveia, R., & Wall, K.. (2016). Co-residence as a mechanism of relational proximity: The impact of household trajectories on the diversification of personal networks. In Family Continuity and Change (pp. 187-210). Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave.

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Fargnoli, V. (2016). Apprendre à "Vivre avec le VIH": processus de légitimité et de redéfinition de soi. In L. Demailly & Garnoussi, N. (Eds.), Aller mieux - Approches sociologiques (First., pp. 97-110). Lille, France: Presses Universitaires du Septentrion.

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Sapin, M., & Widmer, E.. (2016). La transformation des réseaux personnels des femmes et des hommes durant la transition à la parentalité: Contraction des liens et gestation d'inégalités. In J. - M. Le Goff & Levy, R. (Eds.), Devenir parents, devenir inégaux. Transition à la parentalité et inégalités de genre (pp. 164-182). Zurich and Geneva, Switzerland: Seismo.

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Hanappi, D., Ryser, V. - A., Bernardi, L., & Le Goff, J. - M.. (2017). Changes in employment uncertainty and the fertility intention-realization link: An analysis based on the Swiss household panel. European Journal of Population, 33(3), 381-407. doi:10.1007/s10680-016-9408-y

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Bernardi, L., & Keim, S.. (2017). Childless at age 30: A qualitative study of the life course plans of working women in East and West Germany. In Childlessness in Europe: Contexts, causes, and consequences (pp. 253-267). Berlin, Allemagne: Springer.

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Bernardi, L. (2017). The intergenerational transmission of fertility. In Emerging trends in the social and behavioral sciences (pp. 01-16). Etats-Unis, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons.

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Ganjour, O., & Widmer, E.. (2017). Family salience across nations: Configurations of morphological conditions. In Family continuity and change (First., pp. 33-59). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Cesnuityté, V., Lück, D., & Widmer, E.. (2017). Conclusion. In Family continuity and change (First., pp. 27-31). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Widmer, E., Cesnuityté, V., & Lück, D.. (2017). Introduction. In Family continuity and change (First., pp. 1-5). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Widmer, E., Cesnuityté, V., & Lück, D. (Eds.). (2017). Family continuity and change (First.). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Bernardi, L., Bollmann, G., Potarca, G., & Rossier, J.. (2017). Multidimensionality of well-being and spillover effects across life domains: How do parenthood and personality affect changes in domain-specific satisfaction?. Research in Human Development, 14(1), 26–51. doi:10.1080/15427609.2016.1268893

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Rossier, C., Bradley, S., Ross, J., & Winfred, W.. (2015). Reassessing unmet need for family planning in the postpartum period. Studies in Family Planning, 46(4), 355-367.

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Joye, D., Sapin, M., Wolf, C., Bain, Y., Andersen, J., Carkoglu, A., et al.. (2016). ISSP 2017 module on social network and social ressources: Reasoning report for the draft source questionnaire. Report for the ISSP by the Drafting group.

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Struffolino, E., Bernardi, L., & Voorpostel, M.. (2016). Self-reported health among lone mothers in Switzerland: Do employment and education matter?. Population-E, 71(2), 187-214.

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Burton-Jeangros, C. (2016). Trajectoires de santé, inégalités sociales et parcours de vie. Berne: Académie suisse des sciences humaines et sociales.

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Tillmann, R., Voorpostel, M., Antal, E., Kuhn, U., Lebert, F., Ryser, V. - A., et al.. (2016). The Swiss Household Panel study: Observing social change since 1999. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 7(1), 64-78. doi:10.14301/llcs.v7i1.360

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Yemtim, A., Soubeiga, A., & Rossier, C.. (2015). Handicap féminin, risques en sexualité : approche compréhensive auprès de 32 femmes ayant des incapacités physiques et visuelles à Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Journal of Human Development, Disability, and Social Change, 21(2), 61-73.

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Rossier, C. (2015). Le nombre d'avortements provoqués augmente quand on libéralise cette pratique. In V. Ridde & Ouattara, F. (Eds.), Des idées reçues en santé mondiale (First., pp. 78-81). Montréal: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal.

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Widmer, E., & Ganjour, O.. (2017). Family salience across nations: Configurations of morphological conditions. In V. Cesnuityté, Lück, D., & Widmer, E. (Eds.), Family continuity and change: Contemporary European perspectives (pp. 33-59). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave.

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Lück, D., Widmer, E., & Cesnuityté, V.. (2017). Conclusions: Changes and continuities in European family lives. In V. Cesnuityté, Lück, D., & Widmer, E. (Eds.), Family continuity and change: Contemporary European perspectives (pp. 313-328). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave.

Blieszner, R., & Voorpostel, M.. (2016). Families and aging: Toward an interdisciplinary family-level approach. In V. L. Bengtson & Settersten, R. (Eds.), Handbook of theories of aging (Third., pp. 327-348). New York, USA: Springer.

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Bernardi, L., Mynarska, M., & Rossier, C.. (2015). Uncertain, changing and situated fertility intentions: A qualitative analysis. In D. Philipov, Liefbroer, A., & Klobas, J. (Eds.), Reproductive Decision-Making in a Macro-Micro Environment (pp. 113-139). Deutschland: Springer.

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Rothenbühler, M., & Voorpostel, M.. (2016). Attrition in the Swiss Household Panel: Are vulnerable groups more affected than others?. In M. Oris, Roberts, C., Joye, D., & Ernst Stähli, M. (Eds.), Surveying human vulnerabilities across the life course (pp. 221-242). New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24157-9_10

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Ganjour, O., & Widmer, E.. (2016). Patterns of family salience and welfare state regimes: sociability practices and support norms in a comparative perspective. European Societies, 18(3), 201-220. doi:10.1080/14616696.2016.1158846

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Girardin, M., & Widmer, E.. (2015). Lay definitions of family and social capital in later life. Personal Relationships, 22, 712-737.

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Brandalesi, V. (2015). Charlotte Debest. Le choix d'une vie sans enfant. Compte rendu. Nouvelles Questions Féministes (NQF), 34(2), 127-131. Retrieved from http://www.cairn.info/revue-nouvelles-questions-feministes-2015-2-page-127.htm

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Favez, N., Widmer, E., Doan, M. - T., & Tissot, H.. (2015). Coparenting in stepfamilies: Maternal promotion of family cohesiveness with partner and with father. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 14(11), 3268-3278. doi:10.1007/s10826-015-013-x

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Widmer, E., & Girardin, M.. (2016). Actively generating one's family: How elders shape their family configurations. In E. Scabini & Rossi, G. (Eds.), L'allungamento della vita. Une risorsa per la famiglia, un'opportunità per la società (Vol. 28, pp. 85-104). Milan, Italie: Vita E Pensiero.

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Hanappi, D., Ryser, V. - A., & Bernardi, L.. (2016). The role of attitudes towards maternal employment in the relationship between job quality and fertility intentions. Journal of Research in Gender Studies, 6(1), 192-219.

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Joye, D., Sapin, M., Wolf, C., Bain, Y., Andersen, J., Carkoglu, A., et al.. (2015). ISSP 2017 on social network and social resources: Reasoning report on the pretest questionnaire in 2015. Report for the ISSP by the Drafting Group.

Riom, L., Hummel, C., Kimber, L., & Burton-Jeangros, C.. (2015). Plus on est vieux, plus on se protège: le sentiment de sécurité chez les personnes âgées. Retraite et société, 71, 57-74.

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Fargnoli, V., Petignat, P., & Burton-Jeangros, C.. (2015). To what extent will women accept HPV self-scanning for cervical cancer screening? A qualitative study conducted in Switzerland. International Journal of Women's Health, 7, 883-888. doi:10.2147/IJWH.S90772

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Fedewa, S., Cullati, S., Bouchardy, C., Welle, I., Burton-Jeangros, C., Courvoisier, D., & Quessous, I.. (2015). Colorectal cancer screening in Switzerland: Cross-sectional trends (2007-2012) in socioeconomic disparities. PLoS ONE, 10, 1-14. doi:10.137111/journal.pone.0131205

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Guessous, I., Cullati, S., Fedewa, S., Burton-Jeangros, C., Courvoisier, D., Manor, O., & Bouchardy, C.. (2016). Prostate cancer screening in Switzerland: 20-year trends and socioeconomic disparities. Preventive Medicine, 82, 83-91. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.

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Schmidt, R., Cullati, S., Mostofsky, E., Haller, G., Agoritsas, T., Mittleman, M., et al.. (2015). Healthcare-related regret among nurses and physicians is associated with self-rated insomnia severity: A cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE, 1-12. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139770

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Sapin, M., Widmer, E., & Iglesias, K.. (2016). From support to overload: Patterns of positive and negative family relationships of adults with mental illness over time. Social Networks, 47, 59-72. doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2016.04.002

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Widmer, E., Roduit, S., & Bersier, M. - E. Zufferey. (2016). Les familles de milieu populaire dans une commune genevoise. Intégration sociale et soutien à la parentalité (p. 85). Université de Genève, sociograph.

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Widmer, E. (2016). La pluralisation des manières d'être en couple en Suisse. In Ehe und Partnerschaft zwischen Norm und Realität / Le mariage et le partenariat entre norme et réalité (First., Vol. 11, pp. 10-21). Bern: Akademien der wissenschaften Schweiz.

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Perelli-Harris, B., & Bernardi, L.. (2015). Exploring social norms around cohabitation: The life course, individualization, and culture. Demographic Research, 33(25), 701-732. doi:10.4054/DemRes.2015.33.25

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Perelli-Harris, B., & Bernardi, L. (Eds.). (2015). Focus on Partnerships: Discourses on cohabitation and marriage throughout Europe and Australia. Demographic Research, Special Collection (Vol. 17). Retrieved from http://demographic-research.org/special/17/default.htm

Giudici, F., & Widmer, E.. (2017). Gendered occupational shifts in the transition to parenthood: The influence of personal networks. Sociology, 51(2), 429-449. doi:10.1177/0038038515601857

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Struffolino, E., Bernardi, L., & Voorpostel, M.. (2015). Self-reported health among lone mothers: Do employment and education matter?. LIVES Working Papers, 2015(44), 1-28. doi:10.12682/lives.2296-1658.2015.44

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Milardo, R. M., Helms, H., Widmer, E., & Marks, S.. (2014). Social capitalization in personal relationships. In C. R. Agnew (Ed.), Social influences on romantic relationships: Beyond the dyad (pp. 33-57). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Widmer, E. (2014). Sociologie de la famille. Un demi-siècle de pluralisation des formes familiales, et après?. In P. Servais (Ed.), Regards sur la famille, le couple et la sexualité (pp. 35-46). Louvain-la-Neuve: Academia L'Harmattan.

De Carlo, I., Aeby, G., & Widmer, E.. (2014). La variété des configurations familiales après une recomposition: choix et contraintes. Revue suisse de sociologie, 40(1), 9-27.

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Burton-Jeangros, C., & Zimmermann-Sloutskis, D.. (2016). Life satisfaction trajectories of elderly women living in Switzerland: An age-period-cohort analysis. 36, 1, 106-132. doi:10.1017/S0144686X14001044

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Potarca, G., & Mills, M.. (2015). Racial preferences in online dating across European countries. European Sociological Review, 2015, 1-16. doi:10.1093/esr/jcu093

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Potarca, G., Mills, M., & Neberich, W.. (2015). Relationship preferences among gay and lesbian online daters: Individual and contextual influences. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77(2), 523–541. doi:10.1111/jomf.12177

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Ammar, N., Gauthier, J. - A., & Widmer, E.. (2014). Trajectories of intimate partnerships, sexual attitudes, desire and satisfaction. Advances in Life Course Research, 22, 62-72. doi:10.1016/j.alcr.2014.06.001

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Widmer, E. (2014). Partnerships, family and personal configurations. In J. Treas, Scott, J., & Richards, M. (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell companion to the sociology of families (pp. 236-254). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Ansermet, C., Ben Hounet, Y., Gaberel, P., & Modak, M.. (2014). Le «parent non statutaire» face aux cadres institutionnels suisses: Entre espoirs et angoisses. In J. Courduriès & Fine, A. (Eds.), Homosexualité et parentalité (pp. 189-203). Paris: Armand Colin.

Keller, V., Modak, M., & Messant, F.. (2013). Geschlechtergerechtigkeit in der Familie im aktivierenden Sozialstaat. Revue suisse de travail social, 14(1), 9-26.

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Keim, S., Klärner, A., & Bernardi, L.. (2013). Tie strength and family formation: Which personal relationships are influential?. Personal Relationships, 20, 462-478. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6811.2012.01418.x

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Widmer, E. (2014). Marital quality and family configurations. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (pp. 3800-3804). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3921

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Modak, M., Messant, F., & Keller, V.. (2013). Les normes d'une famille "juste" dans les interventions des assistants et assistantes sociales de l'aide sociale publique. Nouvelles questions féministes, 32, 57-72. Retrieved from http://www.cairn.info/revue-nouvelles-questions-feministes-2013-2-page-57.htm

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Aeby, G., Widmer, E., & De Carlo, I.. (2014). Bonding and bridging social capital in step- and first-time families and the issue of family boundaries. Interpersona, 8, 51-69. doi:10.5964/ijpr.v8i1.149

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Oesch, D., Lipps, O., & McDonald, P.. (2017). The wage penalty for motherhood: Evidence on discrimination from panel data and a survey experiment for Switzerland. Demographic Research, 37, 1793–1824. doi:10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.56

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Bernardi, L. (2013). From mothers to daughters: Intergenerational transmission of fertility norms. In A. Lise Ellingsaeter, Jensen, A. - M., & Lie, M. (Eds.), The social meaning of children and fertility change in Europe (pp. 153-169). New York: Routledge.

Widmer, E., Aeby, G., & Sapin, M.. (2013). Collecting family network data. International Review of Sociology, 23(1), 27-46. doi:10.1080/03906701.2013.771049

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Widmer, E., Kempf, N., Sapin, M., & Galli-Carminati, G.. (2013). Family beyond parents? An exploration of family configurations and psychological adjustment in young adults with intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(1), 207-217. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2012.07.006

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Levy, R., & Widmer, E. (Eds.). (2013). Gendered life courses between individualization and standardization. A European approach applied to Switzerland (p. 400). Wien: LIT Verlag.

Ertul, S., Melchior, J. - P., & Widmer, E. (Eds.). (2013). Travail, santé, éducation: individualisation des parcours sociaux et inégalités (p. 296). Paris: L'Harmattan.

Ertul, S., Melchior, J. - P., & Widmer, E.. (2013). Introduction. In N. Burnay, Ertul, S., & Melchior, J. - P. (Eds.), Travail, santé, éducation. Individualisation des parcours sociaux et inégalités (pp. 7-12). Paris: L'Harmattan.

Widmer, E., & Ritschard, G.. (2013). Parcours de vie: Une pluralisation "encastrée". In N. Burnay, Ertul, S., & Melchior, J. - P. (Eds.), Parcours sociaux et nouveaux desseins temporels (pp. 293-316). Paris: L'Harmattan.

Widmer, E. (2013). Editorial on the special issue "Geographical Mobilities and Family Lives". Comparative Population Studies, 38, 229-232. doi:10.4232/10.CPoS-2013-12en

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Widmer, E., & Gauthier, J. - A.. (2013). Cohabitational trajectories. In R. Levy & Widmer, E. (Eds.), Gendered life courses between standardization and individualization. A European approach applied to Switzerland (pp. 53-70). Wien: LIT Verlag.

Widmer, E., Schicka, M., Ernst Stähli, M., Le Goff, J. - M., & Levy, R.. (2012). "If I had known our couple turned that way, I would not have stopped working": A biographical account of labour force participation and conjugal love. Sociologia e Politiche Sociali, 15, 29-49. doi:10.3280/SP2012-SU3003

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Widmer, E., Schicka, M., Ernst Stähli, M., Le Goff, J. - M., & Levy, R.. (2012). I wouldn't have stopped working if I had known our couple turned that way. A biographical account of labour force participation and conjugal love. LIVES Working Papers, 2012(18), 1-21. doi:10.12682/lives.2296-1658.2012.18

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Widmer, E., & Kellerhals, J.. (2011). Cohesión, regulación y conflictos en las familias contemporáneas. In C. Bonvalet, Ogg, J., & Fernández Cordón, J. A. (Eds.), Panorama Europeo de la ayuda intrafamiliar: nueve encuestas (pp. 199-213). Paris: Institut national d'études démographiques.

Bernardi, L., & Oppo, A.. (2011). Couple formation as a transition between families. In R. Jallinoja & Widmer, E. (Eds.), Families and kinship in contemporary Europe: Rules and practices of relatedness (pp. 133-157). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Aparicio Diaz, B., Fent, T., Prskawetz, A., & Bernardi, L.. (2011). Transition to Parenthood: The Role of Social Interaction and Endogenous Networks. Demography, 48(2), 559-579. doi:10.1007/s13524-011-0023-6

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Giudici, F., Widmer, E., & Ghisletta, P.. (2011). A sociological assessment of conjugal conflict. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, 67, 9-21.

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