All data is from the Mannheim Centre for Social Research (MZES), a body affiliated to the University of Mannheim, Germany, and one of the leading social research institutes in the world. FRANZ ROTHENBACHER is a sociologist at MZES. His working fields comprise demographic and family change in Europe and European social and family reporting.

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• Editorial Introduction by Peter Flora Preface and Acknowledgements List of Symbols List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations and Acronyms PART I: INTRODUCTION General introduction Population and territory Population growth and demographic transition Marriage, legitimacy, divorce Households and families Demographic measures and demographic statistics PART II: COUNTRY CHAPTERS Austria Belgium Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland PART III: APPENDICES A note on the CD-ROM Bibliography