Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Rosino María Victoria
Author-Name-First: María Victoria
Author-Name-Last: Rosino
Author-Name: Cucher María Solana
Author-Name-First: María Solana
Author-Name-Last: Cucher
Author-Name: Ruiz María Florencia
Author-Name-First: María Florencia
Author-Name-Last: Ruiz
Author-Name: Tommasi Mariano
Author-Name-First: Mariano
Author-Name-Last: Tommasi
Title: CONJUGAL TRAJECTORIES, FAMILY STRUCTURES AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY: A look at three generations of women in the City of Buenos Aires
Abstract: Family structure and characteristics are considered an important factor in the reproduction of social inequalities. It has been documented that family structure and its stability correlate with various measures of well-being for children and adults (specially women) involved. In this paper we use a retrospective survey for the City of Buenos Aires involving three different cohorts of women, to explore their conjugal and fertility trajectories. We describe those trajectories with a vector of variables that expand the notion of “fragile families” and use cluster analysis to characterize these trajectories. We find that our indicator of fragility correlates well with variables capturing social vulnerability both in the families of origin as well as in the women's own trajectories. Other findings include an increase in "modern" lifestyles across cohorts, as captured by our indicators; a rise in educational attainment, with non-university tertiary education increasing before university education, indicating a transitional effect; and a higher likelihood of adopting "modern" lifestyles among women whose mothers were the main breadwinners.
Length:  37 pages
Creation-Date:  2024-11
File-URL: https://aaep.org.ar/works/works2024/4759.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 4759
Classification-JEL: I3, J1
Handle: RePEc:aep:anales:4759