Publications of the Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute (N.I.D.I. and the Population and Family Study Centre (C.B.G.S.) Vol. 1 Editorial Committee R. L. Cliquet G. Dooghe D.l. van de Kaa H.G. Moors
Character of the series The Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute (N.I.D.I.) at The Hague and the Population and Family Study Centre (C.B.G.S.) of the Ministry of Public Health and the Family at Brussels are jointly presenting this series of monographs, collections of essays, and selected articles in an effort to make the results of population studies carried out in the Low Countries accessible to international readers and research workers. The series will not only contain studies in formal or analytical demography, but will, for example, also cover the fields of social, historical and applied demography, and that of family studies. Manuscripts to be included in the series will be selected on the basis of their scope or methodological significance, or because they make an important contribution to demographic knowledge on the Low Countries.
Population and family in the Low Countries I Edited by H.G. Moors R. L. Cliquet G. Dooghe D.J. van de Kaa cffr1artinusjpiijhoff Social Sciences Division ~eiden 1976
Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute / Nederlands Interuniversitair Demografisch Instituut (N.I.D.I.), Prinses Beatrixlaan 428, The Hague (Voorburg), the Netherlands. Population and Family Study Centre / Centrum voor Bevolkings- en Gezinsstudien (C.B.G.S.), Ministry of Public Health and the Family, Botanic Building, St. Lazaruslaan 10, 1030 Brussels, Belgium. 1976 by the Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute (N.I.D.I.) No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by print, photoprint, microfilm or any other means, without written permission from the copyrightholder. ISBN-13: 978-90-247-1859-7 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4613-4387-5 e-isbn-13: 978-1-4613-4387-5
Preface Since 1972 there has been a close contact through their publications between the Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute at The Hague and the Population and Family Study Centre at Brussels. This co-operation has resulted in the joint publication of the journal BevoLking en Gezin (Population and Family) in the Dutch language. However, there has been a need for wider circulation of the Dutch language studies and research in the field of population and the family. In particular it was thought necessary to make possible an exchange of ideas and findings with population and family scientists abroad. The volume 'Population and family in the Low Countries' intends to facilitate this international discussion by at least partially lifting the language barrier curtain. Some of the articles and documents included were originally published in the Dutch language, others were written especially for this volume. Population and family covers a very wide field and so do the chapters presented. In addition to demographic studies, articles are presented on population and family sociology and social biology. The editors hope that this reader, the first in their yearly publication series, will serve its purpose. The editors v
Contents PREFACE CONTRIBUTORS 1. R.L. CLiQUET The Population and Family Study Centre 2. O.J. VAN DE KAA The Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute National Programme of Demographic Research in the lands.................... and the Nether- 3. P. BRACKEL Partner choice as a statistical problem in demography 32 V VIII 4. R.L. CLiQUET, G. VAN DEN BOGAERT and B. B!?clJE Knowledge, use and effectiveness of contraception In Belgium 55 5. G.A.B. FRINKING and H.G. MOORS Social demographic analysis of recent fertility patterns in the Netherlands... 72 6. R.L. CLiQUET, M. THIERY and F. DEVEN Induced abortion: an interdisciplinary policy alternatives in Belgium... study with respect to 7. P.E. TREFFERS The role of induced abortion in the changing pattern of family planning in the Netherlands... 116 8. H. TER HEIDE Labour migration from the mediterranean area to the Benelux Countries...... 132 9. J. JUNGER TAS Social integration of young offenders in a longitudinal perspective 149 10. G. DOOGHE Characteristics and social conditions of residents in old people' s homes... 166 14 101 VII
Contributors B. BEcuE is Research Assistant at the Central Digital Computer Centre, University of Ghent, Belgium. G. v AN DEN BOGAERT is Research Associate at the Population and Family S.tudy Centre, Brussels, Belgium. P.O.M. BRACKEL is Senior Lecturer in Demography at the Catholic University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. R.L. CLIQUET is Professor in Anthropology and Social Biology at the University of Ghent, Belgium and Advisor at the Population and Family Study Centre, Brussels, Belgium. F. DEvEN is Research Associate at the Population and Family Study Centre, Brussels, Belgium. G. DOOGHE is Senior Research Fellow at the Population and Family Study Centre, Brussels, Belgium. G.A.B. FRINKING is Deputy Director of the Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute, The Hague, the Netherlands. H. TER HEIDE is Head of the Social Research Department, Government Physical Planning Agency, The Hague, the Netherlands. J. JUNGER TAS is Research Associate at the Study Centre for Juvenile Delinquency, Brussels, Belgium. D.J. VAN DE KAA is Director of the Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute, The Hague, the Netherlands. H.G. MOORS is Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute, The Hague, the Netherlands. M. THIERY is Professor in Gynaecology at the University of Ghent, Belgium. P.E. TREFFERS is Associate Professor in Gynaecology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. VIII