Notices from European Union Institutions and Bodies Council: Conclusions of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States,meeting within the Council, on the importance of family-friendly policies in Europe and the establishment of an Alliance for Families (2007)
National reports on the demographic development in 2007 by Eurostat.
This publication presents the recent demographic developments in the European countries and the reports are produced by the corresponding national statistical authorities.
Chapter 2 presents a child well-being framework and compares outcome indicators for children in OECD countries across six dimensions: material well-being; housing and environment; education; health; risk behaviours; and quality of school life.
Partnerships for more family-friendly living and working conditions: How to obtain support from the European Structural Funds (2008, European Communities)
Seventh Family Report: Families between flexibility and dependability – Perspectives for a life cycle-related family policy (edited by Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, 2006). Report on the topic of the future of the family – social change and social cohesion.
Report on the Evolution of the Family Policies 2006. Diagrams of birth rate, marriages, household, family policies. Edited by the Institutes for Family policies (IFP).
Statistics in focus - Population and social conditions 3/2006 by Giampaolo Lanzieri
Long-term population projections at national level: The EU population is likely to decline, but it is certain to age, Migration alone will not ensure EU population growth, Significant differences among countries with figures.
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS RESEARCH SERIES NO. 57
This report is about leave entitlements, mainly for workers with
dependent children. As the report shows, working parents today in
most countries are entitled to a range of different types of leave, going
under a variety of different names.
Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles
The purpose of this document is to make a substantial new contribution to the public debate over marriage which can be made and won at the level of reason.
Is the family the basement of the future of Europe?
Summary of the conference-debate held in January 19, 2009 with the participation of José Ribeiro e Castro (EP), Stéphane Buffetaut (EC), Marie Panayatopoulos-Cassiotou (EP).
Report on the Evolution of the Family in Europe 2008 by the Institute of Family Policies
An in-depth study on the evolution of family in Europe, presented in the European Parliament in 2008 with a proposal of a set of social, economic and cultural measures.
The Social Situation Report – published annually since 2000 – aims to foster informed public debate on social policy by providing key data and prospective analysis. It also examines the issue of access to essential goods and services, notably for households at risk of poverty, i.e. those households that have incomes
significantly below the national median income.
Twenty-One Reasons: Why marriage matters by National Marriage Coalition
This report is an attempt to summarize this large body of scientific research into a succinct form useful to report what we know about the importance of marriage in our family and social system.