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Adopting a longitudinal approach, this book examines the dynamics of union and family formation in France and its effects on various aspects of life, such as employment, intergenerational transfers, etc. Drawing on data from a survey in which the same respondents were interviewed three times at three-year intervals, the book explores how demographic behaviours are influenced across the life course at individual level and assesses some of their consequences. The contributors give a clear understanding of how family behaviours are constructed and redefined. They track changes in respondents’ lives in order to pinpoint the factors that prevent couples from realizing their fertility intentions, for example, or to identify certain determinants of union formation or dissolution. They also provide a more detailed picture of the changes that shape family behaviours, such as the impact of a birth on the working career or on intergenerational support, and much more. Usinglongitudinal data from the French version of the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS), this book addresses family and childbearing behaviours dynamically, as processes that interact with each other and with the other components of each individual's life course.

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Arnaud Régnier-Loilier, who holds a PhD in sociology, is a researcher in the ""Fertility, Family, Sexuality"" research unit of the French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED).  He also teaches a Master's level course in quantitative analysis at Université Sorbonne Paris IV. His research focuses mainly on fertility, the diversity of conjugal configurations and parent-child relationships in France. He also has an interest in survey methodology. Arnaud Régnier-Loilier was responsible for implementing the French version of the Generations and Gender Survey, conducted in three waves between 2005 and 2011 in partnership with INSEE. With Wilfried Rault (INED), he also coordinated a survey on individual and conjugal trajectories (Étude des parcours individuels et conjugaux, (Épic, 2013-14, again in partnership with INSEE).  

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