{"title":"Do partnerships last? Comparing marriage and cohabitation using longitudinal census data.","authors":"Ben Wilson, Rachel Stuchbury","doi":"10.1057/pt.2010.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2010.4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The stability of couple partnerships is of continual interest to policy makers and many users of official statistics. This research used a sample of adults (from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study) who were in a partnership (married or cohabiting) in the 1991 Census of England and Wales, and then explored whether these individuals were living with the same partner in 2001.Marital partnerships were found to be more stable, even when additional factors were taken into account. Of adults aged 16 to 54, around four in five adults (82 per cent) that were married in 1991 were living with the same partner in 2001. The equivalent figure for adults cohabiting in 1991 was around three in five (61 per cent), of whom around two-thirds (of those remaining with the same partner) had converted their cohabitation to a marriage by 2001. Long-running partnership stability was also found to vary according to the socio-demographic characteristics of individuals and their partners and a summary of these variations is discussed.List of tables, 39.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 139","pages":"37-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2010.4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28911569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Louise O'Leary, Eva Natamba, Julie Jefferies, Ben Wilson
{"title":"Fertility and partnership status in the last two decades.","authors":"Louise O'Leary, Eva Natamba, Julie Jefferies, Ben Wilson","doi":"10.1057/pt.2010.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2010.10","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The family context in which babies are born is of continuing interest to policy makers. This article begins by reviewing trends in births within and outside marriage in England and Wales in the last two decades. It then examines the driving factors behind the ongoing rise in the proportion of births outside marriage, with particular focus on the proportion of married women of childbearing age, and changes in marital and non-marital fertility rates. Given the variety of modern living arrangements into which children are born, the emphasis of the article then shifts to non-marital births within cohabiting partnerships. For the first time estimates of fertility for cohabiting women of different ages are presented. These are based on information collected at birth registration and survey estimates of the cohabiting population. Fertility rates for cohabiting women are then compared with those of married women and other (non-married, non-cohabiting) women. Although there are limitations to the methodology, the article shows that over the past two decades, cohabiting women in England and Wales have had an overall level of fertility below that of married women but considerably above that of other unmarried women.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 140","pages":"5-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2010.10","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29110050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Children with a non-resident parent.","authors":"Ben Wilson","doi":"10.1057/pt.2010.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2010.12","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article presents the findings of an Office for National Statistics (ONS) Opinions survey on children with a non-resident parent, carried out in 2008/09. It creates estimates of the number of children who have a non-resident parent, and compares these with ONS Labour Force Survey data. Other results explore the direct contact arrangements between children and their non-resident parent, and the partnership status of resident and non-resident parents, all of which are compared with previous studies. Results from the Opinions survey suggest that there were 3.3 million dependent children in Great Britain who had a non-resident birth parent at the end of 2008. Like many household surveys, the Labour Force Survey (LFS) cannot provide an equivalent figure because it does not collect information on birth parents living in different households from their children. However, as a proxy for children with non-resident parents, LFS can be used to estimate children living with one birth parent (children living with one widowed birth parent are excluded because they are assumed not to have a non-resident parent). Accordingly, the LFS shows that the number of dependent children in Great Britain living with one non-widowed birth parent rose from 3.2 million in 1999 to 3.8 million in 2009. The proportion of dependent children living with one non-widowed birth parent also increased from 27 per cent to 30 per cent.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 140","pages":"53-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2010.12","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29110053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"No vote--no census: an account of some of the events of 1910-1911.","authors":"Ian White","doi":"10.1057/pt.2010.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2010.30","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 2011 Census on the 27 March will be the latest in a series spanning over two centuries and covering vast demographic changes in the British population. Although the underlying aim of each census since 1801 has been to obtain an accurate enumeration of the population, successive censuses have adapted to changing social and technological circumstances, asking appropriate questions and using the best available technology to compile results. A century ago, the 1911 Census represented a shift from earlier censuses in its use of machine tabulation. Despite this innovation, however, what is perhaps most interesting about 1911 is the social and political circumstances: the 1911 Census took place against the background of a threatened boycott by the suffragette movement. The article demonstrates how, though times change and technology moves on, a successful census was conducted despite the deeply sensitive political times.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 142","pages":"30-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2010.30","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29560393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Feasibility research on the potential use of Migrant Workers Scan data to improve migration and population statistics.","authors":"Amanda Sharfman, Victoria Staples, Helen Hughes","doi":"10.1057/pt.2010.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2010.11","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ONS Centre for Demography is currently researching the use of a number of administrative data sources to improve population and migration statistics as part of the Inter-departmental Migration Statistics Improvement Programme. This article reports early findings from the initial research into one of the sources, the Migrant Workers Scan (MWS). The MWS contains information on all adult overseas nationals who have registered for, and been allocated, a National Insurance Number (NINo). The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) supplied anonymised data to ONS on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to further these investigations.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 140","pages":"36-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2010.11","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29110052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"National and international graduate migration flows.","authors":"Irene Mosca, Robert E Wright","doi":"10.1057/pt.2010.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2010.20","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines the nature of national and international graduate migration flows in the UK. Migration equations are estimated with microdata from a matched dataset of Students and Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education, information collected by the Higher Education Statistical Agency. The probability of migrating is related to a set of observable characteristics using multinomial logit regression. The analysis suggests that migration is a selective process with graduates with certain characteristics having considerably higher probabilities of migrating, both to other regions of the UK and abroad.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 141","pages":"33-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2010.20","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29336686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The demographic characteristics and economic activity patterns of carers over 50: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.","authors":"Athina Vlachantoni","doi":"10.1057/pt.2010.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2010.21","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Studies on informal care provision have often focused on the provision of care for persons with a long term physical or mental ill-health or disability, or problems related to old age. However, the provision of care and support more broadly, for example in the form of childcare for grandchildren, can also impact on various aspects of a carer's life, such as their employment (if under the state retirement age), lifetime earnings and, by extension, pension income in later life. This article uses data from Wave 3 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) to explore the demographic characteristics, caring patterns, health status and economic activity patterns of carers aged over 50 in England. The results suggest that the nature of care provision differs across age groups, and that caring can be quite a different experience for older men and women. This article also sheds light on the characteristics of 'round-the-clock' carers, a relatively under-researched group which makes up just over one fifth of all carers aged 50 and over.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 141","pages":"51-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2010.21","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29339405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Harriet Young, Emily Grundy, Dermot O'Reilly, Paul Boyle
{"title":"Self-rated health and mortality in the UK: results from the first comparative analysis of the England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Longitudinal Studies.","authors":"Harriet Young, Emily Grundy, Dermot O'Reilly, Paul Boyle","doi":"10.1057/pt.2010.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2010.3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous studies have shown that self-reported health indicators are predictive of subsequent mortality, but that this association varies between populations and population sub-groups. For example, self-reported health is less predictive of mortality at older ages, has a stronger association with mortality for men than for women and is more predictive of mortality for those of lower than those of higher socio-economic status, particularly among middle aged working adults. This article explores this association using individual level, rather than ecological, data to see whether there are differences between the constituent countries of the UK in the relationship between self-reported health and subsequent mortality, and to investigate socio-economic inequalities in mortality more generally. Data are used from the three Census based longitudinal studies now available for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.List of tables, 13.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 139","pages":"11-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2010.3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28911568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Migration in later life: evidence from the British Household Panel Study.","authors":"Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham, Marcus Green","doi":"10.1057/pt.2010.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/pt.2010.22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article uses data from the British Household Panel Study over the period 1991 - 2007 to examine the factors associated with residential mobility among people aged 50 and over. In line with earlier research, the likelihood of migrating, that is, changing address, is found to vary according to the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the older person. Those in late middle age (50-59) and the oldest-old (90 and over) were most likely to move. Migration was also strongly associated with changes in partnership, health and economic status during the last 12 months, highlighting the importance of seeing migration within a life course context with certain life course events such as divorce, widowhood or retirement being important triggers for prompting a move. As divorce and remarriage become more common in later life, 'relationship driven migration' is likely to become more important, adding a new category to the classical typology of later life migration.</p>","PeriodicalId":79419,"journal":{"name":"Population trends","volume":" 141","pages":"74-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/pt.2010.22","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29339406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}