Major Trends Affecting Families

 A Background Document

Introduction

Major trends affecting families in the new millennium: Western Europe and North America
Robert Cliquet

Major trends affecting families in Central and Eastern Europe
Dimiter Philipov

Demographic and social trends affecting families in the South and Central Asian Region
Indralal De Silva (References & Tables)

Major Trends Affecting Families in East and Southeast Asia
Stella R. Quah, PhD

Major trends affecting families: South America in perspective
Elizabeth Jelin and Ana Rita Díaz-Muñoz

Major Trends Affecting Families in Central America and the Caribbean
Dr. Godfrey St. Bernard (Tables)

Major trends affecting families in sub-Saharan Africa
Betty Bigombe and Gilbert M. Khadiagala

Family in The New Millineum: Major Trends Affecting Families in North Africa
Dr. Nazek Nosseir

Major Trends Affecting Families in El Mashrek El Araby
Hoda Badran

Major Trends Affecting Families in the Gulf Countries
Prof. Yahya El-Haddad