Consequences of the changes of demographic behaviour and ageing in the household structure at the end of 20th and at the start of the 21th century.

Abstract

The decrease in the marriage and fertility rates and shift to a later age mean a decrease in the number of two-parent households with children and along with aging an increase of proportion of households of older individuals and couple without children.

Keywords

• household
• family household
• household of individuals
• demographic reproduction
• demographic aging
• age structure