Family and Social Demography Research Group
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The group of family demographers investigates changes in the life course in the UK and in international comparison. In the UK, members study partnership formation, childbearing, and relationship quality. This work provides a better understanding of how factors such as housing, welfare receipt, and education influence leaving home, partnership and childbearing decisions.
Understanding how society can support families is particularly important in the context of economic uncertainty, the housing crisis and the recent Covid-19 pandemic.
The group is also responsible for carrying out the UK Gender and Generations Survey as part of an international comparative programme. These data will provide more evidence to support Government social policies.
Members moreover have a strong interest in studying family change around the world. Their work examines the emergence of cohabitation throughout Europe, the US, and Australia. They specifically look at the association between different types of partnership and outcomes such as well-being, health, and sleep. They are furthermore examining fertility decline in Ukraine in the context of conflict and population displacement. They also have a strength in studying African family health and demography in the context of high levels of HIV and poverty.
An additional area of research is on the voluntary sector. Members' work considers the impact of austerity on voluntary organisations and the services they provide. They study geographical differences in the number of voluntary organisations and how they complement social welfare and wellbeing.
The group is part of the Fertility and Family strand of the Centre for Population Change and is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, European Research Council, Wellcome Trust, NIHR and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. They are in partnership with organizations such as the Department of Work and Pensions, Office of National Statistics, Population Europe, and the Resolution Foundation.
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University Road
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
United Kingdom
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University Of Southampton
University Road
University Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO17 1BJ
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Southampton
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2024-05-03 09:35:58