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Demographic change and the supply of potential family supporters in Britain, Finland and France in the period 1911–2050/Changements démographiques et disponibilité des soutiens familiaux en Grande-Bretagne, en Finlande et en France entre 1911 et 2050

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  • Michael Murphy

    (London School of Economics and Political Science)

  • Pekka Martikainen

    (University of Helsinki)

  • Sophie Pennec

    (Institut national d’études démographiques (INED))

Abstract

We consider the contribution of changes in mortality and fertility to availability of living mothers and living children among older people in Britain, Finland and France. The proportion of people aged around 60 with a mother alive will more than double between those born in 1911 and 1970 before starting to decline slightly. Conversely, a higher proportion of elderly people are likely to have a surviving child than for any generation ever born in all three countries in the next quarter century or so, with about 85% of 80-year-old women having at least one surviving child, and about two-thirds having two or more.

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  • Michael Murphy & Pekka Martikainen & Sophie Pennec, 2006. "Demographic change and the supply of potential family supporters in Britain, Finland and France in the period 1911–2050/Changements démographiques et disponibilité des soutiens familiaux en Grande-Bre," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 22(3), pages 219-240, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurpop:v:22:y:2006:i:3:d:10.1007_s10680-006-9003-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s10680-006-9003-8
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