Bernhard Nauck

Technische Universität Chemnitz · Department of Sociology

Although residence patterns during the transition to adulthood are dynamic and have a high influence on subjective well-being, empirical studies are scarce, especially with regard to international comparisons. The way living arrangements during the transition to adulthood are normatively framed in bilinear, neolocal kinship cultures is very differe...

Data from 3 waves of the Children of Immigrants’ Longitudinal Survey in 4 European countries (CILS4EU) were used to test for effects of academic trajectories on the development of ethnic retention. The large-scale comparative panel data for the transition at the end of lower secondary school provide answers to the following research questions: Is m...

Ausgehend vom Erklärungsmodell der intergenerativen Solidarität wird zunächst dargestellt, welche Rolle Generationenbeziehungen bei der Gestaltung von Ketten- und Heiratsmigration spielen. Bei der Kettenmigration steht die Wanderung als kollektiver Entscheidungsprozess der familiär-verwandtschaftlichen Gruppe im Mittelpunkt, bei der Heiratsmigratio...

This paper investigates the well-being of adolescent migrants compared to their native counterparts during the status transition at the end of lower secondary school in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. We use data from wave 1 and 3 of the CILS4EU-Project (Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries) and analyz...

We explore cross-country differences in the transition to adulthood between China, Germany, and the USA. Using large-scale panel studies, we examine the timing of leaving the parental home, first marriage and first parenthood. For those born between 1933 and 1988, we observe a delay in the timing of first marriage in all three societies. But the de...

This paper compares the prevalence and age-specific changes of coresidence patterns, by means of a classification of 12 coresidence types, for the age range from 16 to 30 in the United States (US), Germany (GE), Taiwan (TW), and mainland China (CN). Panel data were used in separate nested logistic regression models to estimate transitions in coresi...

Despite recent advances, critical areas in the analysis of European migration remain underdeveloped. We have only a limited understanding of the consequences of migration for migrants and their descendants, relative to staying behind; and our insights of intergenerational transmission is limited to two generations of those living in the destination...

The paper develops a theoretical model for the interaction between parental resources, such as economic, cultural and social capital, and cross-cultural differences, such as the belonging to a collectivistic or individualistic culture, on parental educational investments and socialization practices. It investigates empirically differences in educat...

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OBJECTIVE This paper aims to explain societal differences in the event of leaving the parental home as part of the transition to adulthood, in the United States, Germany, China, and Taiwan. It proposes bridge hypotheses between societal characteristics such as kinship system and welfare regime and home-leaving behavior, and tests them with national...

Die Herausgeberin dieses Bandes hat in der Zeit ihrer Lehr-, Forschungs- und Vortragstätigkeit die Erfahrung gemacht, dass es vielen Interessierten heute kaum noch möglich ist, sich im Original mit familiensoziologischer Primärliteratur auseinanderzusetzen. Dazu kommt, dass viele Klassiker der (allgemeinen) Soziologie Beiträge verfasst haben, die f...

Der Auszug aus dem Elternhaus ist ein Ereignis, das sowohl auf der individuellen wie auf der sozialen Ebene ein bedeutsamer Teil der Statuspassage im Lebensverlauf zwischen Jugend und Erwachsenenalter darstellt (Huang 2013). Auf der individuellen Ebene steht dieser Übergang mit anderen in enger Interdependenz und kann von diesen nicht unabhängig an...

Der Beitrag gibt einen theoretischen, analytischen und empirischen Überblick über die Erklärung von intergenerativer Reproduktion unter den Bedingungen von Migration und ethnischer Diff erenzierung. Die theoretische Verknüpfung zwischen ungleicher sozialer Herkunft und dem Erfolg der Folgegeneration im Bildungssystem wird mit Hilfe eines Kapital-In...

Ausgehend von den Prinzipen des methodologischen Individualismus werden die drei Teil-schritte benannt, die eine vollständige Erklärung ausmachen (Logik der Situation, der Selekti-on und der Aggregation). Auf einige Besonderheiten der Anwendung auf bevölkerungssoziolo-gische Explananda wird hingewiesen. Zwei allgemeine sozialwissenschaftliche Handl...

Migration is a life-changing experience not only for the migrants themselves but also for those left behind. Using a novel 'origins of migration' approach, this fascinating book reveals the true impact of migration across multiple aspects of migrants' lives by comparing three generations of Turkish migrants to Europe to their non-migrant counterpar...

Simply stated, the Turkish migrant population in Europe is large. In 2010, more than 1.6 million Turks lived in Germany, more than 450,000 in France, more than 370,000 in the Netherlands, and in excess of 110,000 in Austria. In total, more than 2.9 million Turks lived in the countries of the EU, with more than 56 per cent of these in Germany. These...

Zusammenfassung Erklärungen zu Unterschieden im Bildungserfolg von einheimischen und Migrantenjugendlichen beziehen sich hauptsächlich auf Unterschiede in der Verfügbarkeit von ökonomischem, sozialem und kulturellem Kapital und der daraus resultierenden generellen Benachteiligung von Migrantenfamilien. Die Bildungsstatistik zeigt jedoch erhebliche...

Abstract The paper investigates empirically the perceived instrumentality and social costs of schooling, and culture-specific parenting styles in three ethnic groups in Germany. It uses a standardized cross-sectional study with mothers and their children in a 2 × 3 × 4 design: In two receiving contexts (Hamburg and Saxony) with three ethnic groups...

Studies of intergenerational solidarity in affluent societies suggest that relationships between generations consist simultaneously of both emotional closeness and conflicts. This analysis extends the standard model of intergenerational relationships, which until now has been applied only to countries with bilineal kinship systems, to culturally an...

Despite extensive recent advances in the empirical and theoretical study of migration, certain critical areas in the analysis of European migration remain relatively underdeveloped both theoretically and empirically. Specifically, we lack studies that both incorporate an origin comparison and trace processes of intergenerational transmission across...

Sieht man von Diskriminierung im Bildungs- und Beschäftigungssystem als Erklärungsfaktor für Unterschiede zwischen ethnischen Gruppen in der intergenerationalen Statustransmission in Familien ab, rücken vor allem Unterschiede in der elterlichen Ressourcenausstattung und deren bildungsbezogenen Investitionsstrategien in den Mittelpunkt des soziologi...

For explaining cross-cultural differences in fertility behavior, this paper conjoins three complementary approaches: the 'demand'-based economic theory of fertility (ETF), a revised version of the 'supply'-based 'value-of-children' (VOC)-approach as a special theory of the general social theory of social production functions and the framing theory...

The German Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (PAIRFAM) is a multidisciplinary, long-term research program that is yielding rich data for the longitudinal study of family and living arrangements in Germany. Its main focus is on partnership processes and quality, parenthood decision making and fertility, parenting and child...

BACKGROUND The paper describes the origins of the Value of Children (VOC) approach to the cross-cultural research on fertility behavior around the Pacific Rim, and critically discusses its shortcomings at this stage. OBJECTIVE The paper then demonstrates how the approach derives its theoretical coherence from the theory of social production functio...

BACKGROUND The paper describes the origins of the Value of Children (VOC) approach to the cross-cultural research on fertility behavior around the Pacific Rim, and critically discusses its shortcomings at this stage. OBJECTIVE The paper then demonstrates how the approach derives its theoretical coherence from the theory of social production functio...

Ausgehend von den Prinzipen des methodologischen Individualismus werden die drei Teilschritte benannt, die eine vollständige Erklärung ausmachen (Logik der Situation, der Selektion und der Aggregation). Auf einige Besonderheiten der Anwendung auf bevölkerungssoziologische Explananda wird hingewiesen. Zwei allgemeine sozialwissenschaftliche Handlung...

The German Family Panel pairfam is a multidisciplinary, multi-actor, longitudinal study of partnership and family dynamics in Germany. The present paper illustrates the wide analytical potential inherent in the annually growing pairfam dataset by summarizing published analyses of pairfam data on the topics of partnership, parenthood, and intergener...

Using data from the German Family Panel (pairfam) based on 11,746 intergenerational family relationships, the present study examined differences in parental closeness across relations with multiple, coresidential, and non-coresidential adolescent and adult children. Replicating previous research in a multilevel analysis across families, the authors...

The paper extends the model of intergenerational solidarity (Silverstein and Bengtson, 1997) to the analysis of kinship relationships (mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and the respective in-laws) and culturally diverse society types. A common typology of solidarity patterns is used to compare societies, and each pattern is traced back to relatio...

This chapter gives an overview about the well-being of immigrant children in Western countries. It refers to research results concerning the social background, the physical and mental health of the immigrant children, and their health-care utilization patterns. It also takes a look at how the migration experience affects the family relationships an...

Two prominent theses on social change concur with regard to the on-going development of family systems in the process of general social change: the model of the "second demographic transition", suggested by the demographers van de Kaa and Lesthaeghe; and the model of "family change", proposed by the crosscultural psychologist Kağitçibaşi. This pape...

Two prominent theses on social change concur with regard to the on-goingdevelopment of family systems in the process of general social change: the modelof the “second demographic transition”, suggested by the demographers van deKaa and Lesthaeghe; and the model of “family change”, proposed by the crossculturalpsychologist Kağıtçıbaşı. This paper pr...

Based on an extensive literature review on the relationship between religious affiliation, religiosity and engagement in romantic relationships in early adolescence, the chapter deals with first romantic relationships on the basis of survey data of dyads of mothers and their children between 15–17 years of age from Germany and Israel, in which seve...

This article introduces the DFG-funded “Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics” (pairfam) study, which was initiated to provide an extended empirical basis for advances in family research. Within the context of challenges in couples and family research, we address the major substantive fields covered by the pairfam panel: coup...

The decline in the size of the population in Russia presents economic and social challenges for the society and for policymakers, but research data show that the values found in families (and especially the values of women) do not lead one to expect much change in the number of children born to Russian families in the foreseeable future.

Bereits in ihrem Aufsatz über „Ethnische Ungleichheit im deutschen Bildungssystem“ stellen Alba, Handl und Müller (1994: 209 ff.) zwei Sachverhalte fest: (1) „Ethnische Ungleichheiten im Bereich von Bildung und Arbeitsmarkt haben zweifellos mehr Aufmerksamkeit erfahren als jede andere Fragestellung in der weltweiten Literatur über Ethnizität“ und (...

Resident foreign citizens in Germany, a country that cannot deny its character as a country of immigration, number around 6.7 million out of Germany’s total population of 82.4 million inhabitants. Relative to the native population, the age structure among people with migration background is shifted considerably younger. The share of children living...

The present study compares parity-specific fertility patterns of West and East German women (from birth cohorts 1970 and younger) after German re-unifi - cation using panel data from the GSOEP (waves 1990 through 2006). Whereas the transition rate for the birth of the first child tends to be higher in the East German than in the West German sub-sam...

The present study compares parity-specific fertility patterns of West and East German women (from birth cohorts 1970 and younger) after German re-unification using panel data from the GSOEP (waves 1990 through 2006). Whereas the transition rate for the birth of the first child tends to be higher in the East German than in the West German sub-sample...

The present study compares parity-specifi c fertility patterns of West and East German women (from birth cohorts 1970 and younger) after German re-unification using panel data from the GSOEP (waves 1990 through 2006). Whereas the transition rate for the birth of the fi rst child tends to be higher in the East German than in the West German sub-samp...

In the current article, the author (a) integrates two major theoretical approaches for the explanation of inheritance expectations, namely, the institutional approach of cultural anthropology and the interactionist approach of family research and social gerontology; (b) takes into account the institutional settings of kinship systems and inheritanc...

The concept of value of children (VOC) was introduced three decades ago and has recently gained increasing importance due to ongoing significant demographic changes in many parts of the world, namely declining birth rates and increasing life expectancy. Even though the concept of VOC suggests interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research, these met...

Seit Thomas R. Malthus 1798 sein berühmtes „Essay on the principle of population, as it affects the future improvement of society“ (1798/1977) veröffentlichte, haben Ökonomen, Bevölkerungswissenschaftler ebenso wie Familiensoziologen und -psychologen immer wieder eine Antwort auf die Frage gesucht: Warum haben manche Menschen viele Kinder, andere d...

The decline in the size of the population in Russia presents economic and social challenges for the society and for policymakers, but research data show that the values found in families (and especially the values of women) do not lead one to expect much change in the number of children born to Russian families in the foreseeable future.

The paper attempts to integrate two major theoretical approaches for the explanation of kinship relationships, namely the institutional approach of cultural anthropology and the interactionist approach of family sociology and social gerontology. It takes the institutional settings of kinship systems on the societal level into account and relates th...

This study examined the impact of family interaction, perceived discrimination, stressful life events, and the hosting country on the adjustment of Israeli and German immigrants. Results show that changes in self-esteem between the 1st year of immigration and 2 and 4 years later were significantly related to family relations: the better the functio...

Introduction The extent of intergenerational transmission is seen in the context of migrant families as a major mechanism by which the adolescents’ intraethnic and interethnic social contacts are shaped and their social identification is structured. To integrate these family-related aspects of the social incorporation of immigrants, classical theor...

I got to know Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı on my first visit to Turkey in 1985, when trying to validate my empirical research on Turkish immigrant families in Germany in discussions with Turkish social scientists. This visit introduced me to the concept value of children, which thereafter became most influential to my academic work, both at the theoretical l...

The paper attempts to integrate two major theoretical approaches for the explanation of kinship relationships, namely the institutional approach of cultural anthropology and the interactionist approach of family sociology and social gerontology. The empirical analysis is based on an approach suggested by Silverstein, Lawton and Bengtson (1994) for...

Intergenerational relationships within family and kinship have become a salient issue in scientific research. Major reasons were intense demographic changes in the 20th century, such as the increased life expectancy in combination with decreased fertility, and its implications for major institutions of the social welfare state. This has resulted in...

Special Series on the Situation of Children in Immigrant Families in Affluent Societies Germany may be described as a country of immigrants. Resident foreign citizens alone number around 6.7 million. The share of children who are living with parents who are recent immigrants is quite large. More than 1 million children 0–17 years of age are foreign...

Der Beitrag zielt auf eine konzeptuelle und theoretische Integration der Akkulturations- und Assimilationsforschung, wie sie sich in der kulturvergleichenden Psychologie bzw. in der Migrationssoziologie entwickelt haben. Obwohl beide unabhängig voneinander entstanden sind und selten voneinander Notiz genommen haben, ist die Konvergenz der Forschung...

R. Jayakody, A. Thornton, W. Axinn, Preface. R. Jayakody, A. Thornton, W. Axinn, Perspective on International Family Change. A. Thornton, G. Binstock, D. Ghimire, International Dissemination of Ideas About Development and Family Change. T. Locoh, M. Mouvagha-Sow, An Uncertain Future for African Families. R. Lesthaeghe, J. Surkyn, When History Moves...

The paper aims at a conceptual and theoretical integration of acculturation research, as it has been developed and pursued in cross-cultural psychology, and of assimilation research, as it has been developed and pursued in migration sociology. Although both research programs have emerged independently and seldom took notice of each other, the overl...

Using data from the Value of Children (VOC) replication study in 2002/3, the value of children for their parents is investigated cross-culturally for different age groups in 11 countries (South Korea, People's Republic of China, Indonesia, India, Palestine, Israel, Turkey, South Africa, Ghana, Germany and the Czech Republic). As a prerequisite, the...

English The adaptation of immigrants to Israel and to Germany is compared. While in Germany immigrants were oriented towards the general society, in Israel they tended towards less social participation. Adolescent immigrants in Israel reported more stress than did their German peers, but no differences in the psychological stress were found among t...

Recent data on fertility rates indicate tremendous differences between Palestine and Turkey: whereas the total fertility rate has decreased remarkably over the last few decades in Turkey, a rather stable, high fertility rate can be observed for Palestine. This study applies a reconceptualization of the value of children approach to explain this dif...

To overcome incomplete explanations of cross-cultural differences in fertility behaviour, three complementary approaches are systematically related to each other: the ‘demand’-based economic theory of fertility (ETF), a revised version of the ‘supply’-based ‘value-of-children’-approach (VOC) as a special theory of the general social theory of socia...

Based on available register data and social surveys, an overview on changes in migrant families in Germany during the last 40 years is provided. Three major issues are selected, namely marriage behavior, fertility behavior and intergenerational relations. With regard to marriage, special emphasis is given to bi-national marriages, for which the typ...

Im Rahmen des DFG-Schwerpunktprogramms zur Entwicklung von Partnerschaften und Familien spielen die theoretischen Überlegungen zum Wert von Kindern und den intergenerationalen Beziehungen eine besonders wichtige Rolle. Aus diesem Grunde wird am Institut für Soziologie der TU Chemnitz seit 2004 ein durch die DFG gefördertes Projekt durchgeführt, in...

Ein Thema, das jahrzehntelang ein Nischendasein geführt hat, erreicht plötzlich die Öffentlichkeit: der demografische übergang. Was Demographen seit mehr als 30 Jahren auch für Deutschland beschrieben haben, wird nunmehr auch außerhalb von demographischen und familiensoziologischen Fachzirkeln diskutiert, nämlich die Konsequenzen des Geburtenrückga...

This tutorial describes demographic changes and their implications for parenting and parent-child relationships. First, we discuss 2 major sociodemographic changes—declining fertility and increasing longevity—from the point of view of social demography. Second, we elaborate on implications of demographic changes for parenting and intergenerational...

The article explores the relevance of intergenerational relationships within the overall network of young mothers and grandmothers in seven societies: Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, Turkey, Israel, and Germany. The empirical base is 2,945 named network members in 249 pairs of interviews of grandmothers and their daughters from a cross-cultural pil...

The paper investigates the connection between intergenerational relationships in migrant families and well-being. The study is based on samples of Turkish, Italian, and Greek migrant families in Germany. Within these families, a total of 1408 dyads of same-sex parent-child-dyads were interviewed with a standardized questionnaire, with the respectiv...

In diesem Beitrag werden zunächst verschiedene Sichtweisen auf das mehrdeutige Konzept des sozialen Kapitals vorgestellt. Aus einer akteurstheoretischen Perspektive heraus wird dann argumentiert, dass unter sozialem Kapital diejenigen materiellen und immateriellen Ressourcen verstanden werden sollten, die einem Akteur auf Basis der Beziehungen inne...