Research on Families and Family policies in Europe: State of the Art

Research on Families and Family policies in Europe: State of the Art

Final Report

This Final Report has been prepared and edited by Marjo Kuronen at the Family Research Centre (University of Jyväskylä) in Finland.

Keywords: family structures and family forms, state family policies, family and living environments, family management, social care and social services, social inequality and diversity, media and education.

Abstract: State of the Art of Research on Families and Family Policies in Europe is the concluding report of the first Work package (Major Trends). It summarises the results of eight Existential Field Reports and two additional Expert Reports.

The partners involved have done extensive systematic literature reviews on European comparative research published since the mid-1990s in their specific field of expertise using existing scientific and statistical databases, reports from previous and ongoing EC funded research projects, and other relevant publications, which are occasionally supplemented with own analyses of data available. This concluding report draws together the main results, conclusions and major trends identified in these more extensive reports, which are all available from this website.

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