A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe

Framework: Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer.- Summary and research implications: Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer.- Keynote chapters: Families and Health (in Europe): Karsten Hank and Anja Steinbach.- The new roles of men and women and implications for families and societies: Livia Sz. Oláh, Irena E. Kotowska and Rudolf Richter.- Sex differences in health and survival: Anna Oksuzyan, Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer.- Country specific chapters:Gender differences in the relationship between household position and health in twelve European countries: Are they associated with the value climate?: Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer.- Similarity of perceived health between household members: The "Mutual influences" hypothesis: Patrizia Giannantoni and Viviana Egidi.- Household position, parenthood, and self-reported adult health. Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from the Austrian Generations and Gender Survey: Isabella Buber-Ennser and Doris Hanappi.- The Contextual and Household Contribution to Individual Health Status in Germany: What is the Role of Gender and Migration Background?: Daniela Georges, Daniel Kreft and Gabriele Doblhammer.- Health-risk behaviour of women and men-differences according to partnership and parenthood. Results of the German Health Update (GEDA) survey 2009-2010: Elena von der Lippe and Petra Rattay.- Fertility Histories and Health in Later Life in Italy: Cecilia Tomassini, Giorgio Di Gessa and Viviana Egidi.- The Effect of Current Family Situation on Slow Walking Speed at Old Age: Gabriele Doblhammer, Steffen Peters, Debora Rizzuto and Anna-Karin Welmer.