Papers by Andres Salazar Arango
European Journal of Population
Children seem to present a barrier to the gender revolution in that parents are more likely to di... more Children seem to present a barrier to the gender revolution in that parents are more likely to divide paid and domestic work along traditional gender lines than childless couples are. However, the extent to which this is so varies between countries and over time. We used data on 35 countries from the 2012 International Social Survey Programme to identify the contexts in which parents and non-parents differ the most in their division of labour. In Central/South America, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Asia, and South Africa, labour sharing configurations did not vary as much with the presence of children as in Australia, Western Europe, North America, and Northern Europe. Our multilevel models helped explain this pattern by showing that children seem to present a greater barrier to the gender revolution in richer and, surprisingly, more gender equal countries. However, the relationship between children and couples' division of labour can be thought of as curvilinear, first increasing as societies progress, but then weakening if societies respond with policies that promote men's involvement at home. In particular, having a portion of parental leave reserved for fathers reduces the extent to which children are associated with traditional labour sharing in the domestic sphere.
European Journal of Population, 2019
Children seem to present a barrier to the gender revolution in that parents are more likely to di... more Children seem to present a barrier to the gender revolution in that parents are more likely to divide paid and domestic work along traditional gender lines than childless couples are. However, the extent to which this is so varies between countries and over time. We used data on 35 countries from the 2012 International Social Survey Programme to identify the contexts in which parents and non-parents differ the most in their division of labour. In Central/South America, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Asia, and South Africa, labour sharing configurations did not vary as much with the presence of children as in Australia, Western Europe, North America, and Northern Europe. Our multilevel models helped explain this pattern by showing that children seem to present a greater barrier to the gender revolution in richer and, surprisingly, more gender equal countries. However, the relationship between children and couples’ division of labour can be thought of as curvilinear, first increasin...
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2016
We used data from Demographic and Health Surveys and the Mexican Family Life Survey to test how c... more We used data from Demographic and Health Surveys and the Mexican Family Life Survey to test how children’s living arrangements were related to their progress through school in countries comprising three-quarters of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our results indicated that family instability presents a challenge for educational progress: Large proportions (23–60 %) lived apart from at least one biological parent, and children in stepfamilies did not show better educational progress than children living with single parents. In some countries, living with other men was associated with worse educational outcomes, and the occasional advantage associated with living with other women was modest. Other adults in the household did not appear to buffer negative effects associated with parental absence.
Persona y …, 2009
El embarazo adolescente constituye un evento vital de importantes repercusiones en distintas dime... more El embarazo adolescente constituye un evento vital de importantes repercusiones en distintas dimensiones de la mujer: estudio, estructura familiar, ocupación, proyecto de vida y estado civil. De ahí que se busque indagar sobre sus consecuencias sociales y económicas y ...
Efforts to improve child survival in lower-income countries typically focus on fundamental factor... more Efforts to improve child survival in lower-income countries typically focus on fundamental factors such as economic resources and infrastructure provision, even though research from post-industrial countries confirms that family instability has important health consequences. We tested the association between maternal union instability and children’s mortality risk in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia using children’s actual experience of mortality (discrete-time probit hazard models) as well as their experience of untreated morbidity (probit regression). Children of divorced/separated mothers experience compromised survival chances, but children of mothers who have never been in a union generally do not. Among children of partnered women, those whose mothers have experienced prior union transitions have a higher mortality risk. Targeting children of mothers who have experienced union instability—regardless of current union status—may augment ongoing efforts to reduce...
Colombia: una población que desacelera y entra en proceso de envejecimiento La fecundidad es el h... more Colombia: una población que desacelera y entra en proceso de envejecimiento La fecundidad es el hecho de dar a luz un hijo vivo. En el mundo la fecundidad ha descendido desde finales del siglo XIX, cuando se observó que en países como Francia y Alemania las mujeres comenzaron a tener menos hijos. Y no fue por la anticoncepción masiva como la que ahora presenciamos. Fue un fenómeno demográfico que luego se extendió a los demás países del mundo de modo casi generalizado, llamado por los demógrafos la Transición Demográfica. Desde la antigüedad la fecundidad, los hijos vivos que tenían las mujeres, presentaba niveles altos, entre 7 y 10 hijos por mujer. Sin embargo la población crecía muy despacio porque muchos niños no alcanzaban la edad adulta debido a la alta mortalidad infantil. La Revolución Industrial trajo mejoras en sanidad, urbanización y calidad de vida que permitieron la supervivencia de más niños. La población durante esas décadas creció bastante. Entonces muchas familias disminuyeron el número de hijos porque se dieron cuenta que casi todos ellos sobrevivían. Estos hechos explican a grandes rasgos el comienzo del descenso generalizado de la fecundidad a nivel mundial.
Estudiar los estilos de vida y necesidades de educación sexual de adolescentes escolarizados en 1... more Estudiar los estilos de vida y necesidades de educación sexual de adolescentes escolarizados en 12 ciudades de Colombia en su relación con el contexto familiar, social,cultural y educativo que permita posteriormente sustentar propuestas de política pública y programas sociales orientados a los jóvenes colombianos de 13 a 18 años.
RESUMEN El embarazo en las mujeres adolescentes constituye un fenómeno de interés actual. Es un h... more RESUMEN El embarazo en las mujeres adolescentes constituye un fenómeno de interés actual. Es un hecho sociodemográfico acompañado de consecuencias importantes como el cambio de estado civil. Se plantea un estudio de tipo transversal retrospectivo descriptivo ...
Books by Andres Salazar Arango
The family is not only the fundamental group unit in society, but is also the fundamental agent f... more The family is not only the fundamental group unit in society, but is also the fundamental agent for sustainable, social, economic and cultural development. 2014 was an important year for the family as it was the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994. 2014 was also important for us because we commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Institute of Advanced Family Studies at UIC Barcelona. For these two reasons, we decided to encourage the edition of the proceedings of this International Conference, one of the outcomes of this academic event. Since the beginning of its activities, the Institute of Advanced Family Studies has focused on the family and more specifically on family policies. The aim of the Institute is to undertake research, teaching and also disseminate knowledge. The publication of this book is the result of one of the lines of research under the IsFamily Santander Chair on intergenerational family solidarity, created in 2013 with the support of the Santander Bank, known for its high level of commitment to universities through the Santander University Programme. The studies that are carried out under the Is Family Chair take a cross-disciplinary perspective II International Conference on Family and Society 5 and consider the family to be a field in which resources are transferred between generations, focusing on three of its fundamental aspects: the economy, healthcare and caring for people, and education. One of the aims of the IsFamily Chair is to generate scientific knowledge and actions in order to put forward social policies that will facilitate these intergenerational processes in families. The International Conferences on Family and Society, which have been organised by the Institute of Advanced Family Studies at UIC Barcelona since 2008, provide a solid platform to disseminate and promote social policies based on what families and sustainable, family-centered social development need. As Pope Francis mentioned in his last Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’, “in the family we first learn how to show love and respect for life; we are taught the proper use of things, order and cleanliness, respect for the local ecosystem and care for all creatures” (n. 213).
Montserrat Gas Aixendri , Chair of the II International Conference on Family and Society
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Papers by Andres Salazar Arango
Books by Andres Salazar Arango
Montserrat Gas Aixendri , Chair of the II International Conference on Family and Society
Montserrat Gas Aixendri , Chair of the II International Conference on Family and Society