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Changes and inequality in Latin American families

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The family -a key institution in people 's lives - tends to be examined as though it were static and immutable over time. This paper seeks to shed some light on the changes which have affected the family in a broader socio-economic and cultural context,highlighting the processes of modernization and modernity and their effects on families,by making a diagnostic study of families in the region which describes the changes that have taken place,the diversity of families in different socioeconomic strata,and their heterogeneous structures,according to their type and the stage reached in the family life cycle.In addition to showing the increasing economic inequality between families,the study also highlights the various types of cultural changes to which the family has been subjected,including demographic changes,the growing number of households headed by women,and the increasing participation of women both in the labour market and in the social and political domains.

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  • Arriagada, Irma, 2002. "Changes and inequality in Latin American families," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), August.
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    1. Calderón G., Fernando & Hopenhayn, Martín & Ottone, Ernesto, 1993. "Hacia una perspectiva crítica de la modernidad: las dimensiones culturales de la transformación productiva con equidad," Series Históricas 9596, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
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    1. Kanako Ishida, 2010. "The Role of Ethnicity in Father Absence and Children’s School Enrollment in Guatemala," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 29(4), pages 569-591, August.
    2. Hammill, Matthew, 2005. "Income inequality in Central America, Dominican Republic and Mexico: assessing the importance of individual and household characteristics," Estudios y Perspectivas – Sede Subregional de la CEPAL en México 4965, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
    3. World Bank, 2011. "Work and Family : Latin American and Caribbean Women in Search of a New Balance [Trabajo & familia : mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe en busca de un nuevo equilibrio - Resumen ejecuivo (Vol. 2," World Bank Publications - Reports 12489, The World Bank Group.
    4. Hammill, Matthew, 2007. "Growth, poverty and inequality in Central America," Estudios y Perspectivas – Sede Subregional de la CEPAL en México 5025, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
    5. Benoît Laplante & Teresa Castro-Martín & Clara Cortina & Teresa Martín-García, 2015. "Childbearing within Marriage and Consensual Union in Latin America, 1980–2010," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 41(1), pages 85-108, March.
    6. Maira Covre-Sussai & Bart Meuleman & Sarah Botterman & Koen Matthijs, 2015. "Traditional and modern cohabitation in Latin America," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 32(32), pages 873-914.

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