A.C. (Aat) Liefbroer

Research output

Research output per year 2003 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024

• 134 Article
• 19 Chapter
• 10 Contribution to conference proceedings
• 6 Book
• 14 More
  • 6 Report
  • 3 Other contribution
  • 2 Working paper/Discussion paper
  • 1 Paper
  • 1 Special issue (editorship)
  • 1 Book/Film/Article review

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2014

  Income pooling strategies among cohabiting and married couples: A comparative perspective

  Hiekel, N., Liefbroer, A. C. & Poortman, A., 2014, In: Demographic Research. 30, p. 1527-1560 55.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • married couple 100%
  • cohabitation 61%
  • income 60%
  • commitment 59%
  • money 57%
  36 Citations (Scopus)

  143 Downloads (Pure)

• Nederland is vol. Een kwestie van smaak?

  Liefbroer, A. C., 2014, Nico van Nimwegen: The resourceful demographer: Liber Amicorum. van Dalen, H. & Esveldt, I. (eds.). The Hague: Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, p. 64-67

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Popularizing

  Open Access

  File
  168 Downloads (Pure)

• Scheiden, en dan?

  Kooiman, N. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2014, In: Demos: bulletin over bevolking en samenleving. 30, 6, p. 4-6

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Popularizing

  Open Access

  File
  72 Downloads (Pure)

• Understanding diversity in the meaning of cohabitation across Europe

  Hiekel, N., Liefbroer, A. C. & Poortman, A., 2014, In: European Journal of Population. 30, 4, p. 391-410

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • cohabitation 100%
  • marriage 67%
  • Northern Europe 8%
  • Western Europe 6%
  • deprivation 6%
  115 Citations (Scopus)

  658 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  Child care and child births: the role of grandparents in the Netherlands

  Thomése, F. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2013, In: Journal of Marriage and Family. 75, 2, p. 403-421

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • Childbirth 100%
  • Grandparents 90%
  • Child Care 84%
  • child care 69%
  • The Netherlands 63%
  76 Citations (Scopus)

• Testing evolutionary theories of discriminative grandparental investment

  Kaptijn, R., Thomése, F., Liefbroer, A. C. & Silverstein, M., 2013, In: Journal of Biosocial Science. 45, 3, p. 289-310

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • evolutionary theory 100%
  • Uncertainty 60%
  • Nuclear Family 53%
  • uncertainty 41%
  • Child 28%
  33 Citations (Scopus)

  315 Downloads (Pure)
• 2012

  Codebook of the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study: a multi-actor, multi-method panel study on solidarity in family relationships, Wave 2, Version 2.0, April 2012

  Dykstra, P. A., Kalmijn, M., Knijn, T. C. M., Komter, A. E., Liefbroer, A. C. & Mulder, C. H., 2012, The Hague, Rotterdam, Tilburg, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Groningen: NIDI, Erasmus University, Tilburg University, Utrecht University, VU University, University of Groningen. 567 p. (NKPS Working paper)

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional

  Open Access

  File
  1689 Downloads (Pure)

• Codebook of the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study: a multi-actor, multi-method panel study on solidarity in family relationships. Wave 3, version 1, April 2012

  Merz, E-M., Dykstra, P. A., Hogerbrugge, M. J. A., Komter, A. E., Liefbroer, A. C. & Mulder, C. H., 2012, The Hague: Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute. 330 p. (NKPS working paper)

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional

  Open Access

  File
  1032 Downloads (Pure)

• Effecten van culturele en economische hulpbronnen op toekomstverwachtingen van adolescenten

  Keijer, M. G., Nagel, I. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2012, In: Sociologie. 8, 4, p. 382-406

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• European views of divorce among parents of young children: understanding cross-national variation

  Rijken, A. J. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2012, In: Demographic Research. 27, 2, p. 25-53

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • divorce 100%
  • single parent 85%
  • poverty 61%
  • child care 34%
  • secularization 22%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

  372 Downloads (Pure)

• Family influences on intermarriage attutudes: a sibling analysis in the Netherlands

  Huijnk, W. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2012, In: Journal of Marriage and Family. 74, 1, p. 70-85

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • intermarriage 100%
  • Intermarriage 96%
  • Siblings 92%
  • The Netherlands 65%
  • Netherlands 60%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Intergenerational transmission of behavioural patterns: how similar are parents' and children's demographic trajectories?

  Liefbroer, A. C. & Elzinga, C., 2012, In: Advances in Life Course Research. 17, 1, p. 1-10

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • continuity 100%
  • adulthood 68%
  72 Citations (Scopus)

• Over gebruik en misbruik van het generatie-begrip in de sociologie. Het Sociaal en Cultureel Rapport 2010 [besprekingsartikel]

  Liefbroer, A. C., 2012, In: Mens en Maatschappij. 87, 1, p. 78-87

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Professional
  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Partner choice patterns among the descendants of Turkish immigrants in Europe

  Huschek, D., de Valk, H. A. G. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2012, In: European Journal of Population - Revue Européenne de Population. 28, 3, p. 241-269

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • immigrant 100%
  • migrant 86%
  • Turk 84%
  • choice of partner 73%
  • intermarriage 63%
  69 Citations (Scopus)

  314 Downloads (Pure)

• Religious and socio-economic determinants of fertility limitation by birth spacing: results of the Historical Sample of the Netherlands

  Liefbroer, A. C., 2012, Frans van Poppel: a sort of farewell. Liber Amicorum. Beekink, E. & Walhout, E. (eds.). The Hague: Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, p. 69-72 133 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Scientific

• The attitude toward voluntary childlessness in Europe: cultural and institutional explanations

  Merz, E-M. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2012, In: Journal of Marriage and Family. 74, 3, p. 587-600

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • Demographic Transition 100%
  • childlessness 95%
  • Religiousness 57%
  • Acceptance 56%
  • Socioeconomic Status 45%
  87 Citations (Scopus)

• The relationship between infant and child mortality and fertility in the Netherlands

  van Poppel, F. W. A., Reher, D. S. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2012.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Scientific
• 2011

  Cross-national differences in the effect of educational attainment on fertility quantum: a study based on ESS data

  Merz, E-M. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2011, European Commission. 17 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional

• Does social embeddedness influence union formation differences among the Turkish and Moroccan generation in the Netherlands?

  Huschek, D., de Valk, H. A. G. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2011, In: Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 42, 6, p. 787-808

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • Netherlands 100%
  • Marriage 59%
  • Language 40%
  • ethnic origin 26%
  • ethnic identity 20%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Gender-role behavior of second-generation Turks: the role of partner choice, gender ideology and societal context

  Huschek, D., de Valk, H. A. G. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2011, In: Advances in Life Course Research. 16, 4, p. 164-177

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • choice of partner 100%
  • role behavior 85%
  • Turk 76%
  • gender role 60%
  • ideology 49%
  37 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Nonresponse of secondary respondents in multi-actor surveys: determinants, consequences and possible remedies

  Kalmijn, M. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2011, In: Journal of Family Issues. 32, 6, p. 735-766

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • response behavior 100%
  • remedies 75%
  • determinants 60%
  • trend 20%
  • well-being 18%
  63 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• On the usefulness of the Theory of Planned Behaviour for fertility research

  Liefbroer, A. C., 2011, In: Vienna Yearbook of Population Research. 2011, 9, p. 55-62

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Opvattingen over gezinsvorming

  Rijken, A. J. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2011, Gezinsrapport 2011: een portret van het gezinsleven in Nederland. Bucx, F. (ed.). Den Haag: Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP), p. 62-78 250 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Scientific

  Open Access

  File
  315 Downloads (Pure)

• Social age deadlines for the childbearing of women and men

  Billari, F., Goisis, A., Liefbroer, A. C., Settersten, R. A., Aassve, A., Hagestad, G. O. & Spéder, Z., 2011, In: Human Reproduction. 26, 3, p. 616-622

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Paternal Age 100%
  • Reproductive Techniques 95%
  • Fertility 94%
  • Maternal Age 71%
  • Assisted Reproductive Techniques 40%
  129 Citations (Scopus)

  270 Downloads (Pure)
• 2010

  Bringing norms back in: a theoretical and empirical discussion of their importance for understanding demographic behaviour

  Liefbroer, A. C. & Billari, F., 2010, In: Population, Space and Place. 16, 4, p. 287-305

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  165 Citations (Scopus)

• Demographic perspectives on the transition to adulthood: an introduction

  Liefbroer, A. C. & Toulemon, L., 2010, In: Advances in Life Course Research. 15, 2-3, p. 53-58

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • adulthood 100%
  • cohabitation 33%
  • event 32%
  • autonomy 20%
  • responsibility 15%
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• Demographic perspectives on the transition to adulthood. Special issue of "Advances in Life Course Research" , 15(2010), 53-120

  Liefbroer, A. C. (ed.) & Toulemon, L. (ed.), 2010, Berlin: Springer.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific

• How grandparents matter: support for the cooperative breeding hypothesis in a contemporary Dutch population

  Kaptijn, R., Thomese, F., van Tilburg, T. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2010, In: Human Nature: an interdisciplinary biosocial perspective. 21, 4, p. 393-405

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  82 Citations (Scopus)

• Low fertility in contemporary humans and the mate value of their children: sex-specific effects on social status indicators

  Kaptijn, R., Thomese, F., van Tilburg, T., Liefbroer, A. C. & Deeg, D., 2010, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 31, 1, p. 59-68

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Report on the methodological evaluation of the GGS questionnaire. Deliverable D7 for the EC-FP7 project GGP 212749

  Hox, J., de Leeuw, E., Kveder, A., Liefbroer, A. C., Aassve, A., Petric, G., Lozar Manfreda, K., Kogovsek, T., Platinovsek, R., Klobas, J. & Hiekel, N., 2010, The Hague: Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute. 127 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional

• Singles' relational attitudes in a time of individualization

  Poortman, A. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2010, In: Social Science Research. 39, 6, p. 938-949

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • individualization 100%
  • cohabitation 34%
  • time 31%
  • marriage 22%
  • value-orientation 16%
  45 Citations (Scopus)

• Standardization of pathways to adulthood?: an analysis of Dutch cohorts born between 1850 and 1900

  Bras, H., Liefbroer, A. C. & Elzinga, C., 2010, In: Demography. 47, 4, p. 1013-1034

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • family formation 100%
  • adulthood 68%
  • nineteenth century 57%
  • young adult 33%
  • marriage patterns 27%
  69 Citations (Scopus)

• Timing of first union among second-generation Turks in Europe: the role of parents, peers and institutional context

  Huschek, D., Liefbroer, A. C. & de Valk, H. A. G., 2010, In: Demographic Research. 22, 16, p. 473-504

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access
  44 Citations (Scopus)

• Towards a new pattern of transition to adulthood?

  Billari, F. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2010, In: Advances in Life Course Research. 15, 2-3, p. 59-75

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • adulthood 100%
  • individualization 65%
  • ESS 35%
  • demographic transition 35%
  • population development 29%
  364 Citations (Scopus)

• Veranderingen in partnerrelaties

  Liefbroer, A. C., 2010, In: Demos: bulletin over bevolking en samenleving. 26, 9, p. 5-7

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Professional
• 2009

  Changes in family size intentions across young adulthood: a life-course perspective

  Liefbroer, A. C., 2009, In: European Journal of Population - Revue Européenne de Population. 25, 4, p. 363-386

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • family size 100%
  • adulthood 77%
  • fertility 37%
  • young adult 18%
  • job history 16%
  150 Citations (Scopus)

• From youth to adulthood: understanding changing patterns of family formation from a life course perspective

  Liefbroer, A. C., 2009, The life course reader: individuals and societies across time. Heinz, W. R., Huinink, J. & Weymann, A. (eds.). Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, p. 311-337

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Scientific

• Influences of the family of origin on the timing and quantum of fertility in the Netherlands

  Rijken, A. J. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2009, In: Population Studies: a journal of demography. 63, 1, p. 71-85

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • Fertility 100%
  • The Netherlands 84%
  • fertility 79%
  • Netherlands 79%
  • number of children 48%
  65 Citations (Scopus)

• Intergenerational transmission of kinship norms?: evidence from siblings in a multi-actor survey

  de Vries, J., Kalmijn, M. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2009, In: Social Science Research. 38, 1, p. 188-200

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • kinship 100%
  • evidence 41%
  • obedience 18%
  • solidarity 12%
  • family member 12%
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Patterns of life satisfaction, personality and family transitions in young adulthood

  Soons, J. P. M. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2009, In: Advances in Life Course Research. 14, 3, p. 87-100

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • adulthood 100%
  • personality 85%
  • event 24%
  • young adult 24%
  • neuroticism 15%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Religie en huwelijkswaarden in Europa [Abstract]

  Liefbroer, A. C. & Rijken, A. J., 2009, In: DANS Symposium Publications. 5, p. 169-175

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific

• Reproductive decision-making in a macro-micro perspective: report on analysis of ESS data on cross-national differences in perceived norms concerning fertility-related behaviour to the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme

  Liefbroer, A. C. & Merz, E-M., 2009, The Hague: Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional

• Reproductive decision-making in a macro-micro perspective (REPRO): state-of-the-art review

  Philipov, D., Thévenon, O., Klobas, J., Bernardi, L. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2009, Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences/Vienna Institute of Demography, 99 p. (European demographic research papers).

  Research output: Working paper/discussion paper › Working paper/Discussion paper › Professional

  • decision making 100%
  • fertility 87%
  • research facility 55%
  • European Commission 50%
  • leader 33%

• The influence of partner relationship quality on fertility

  Rijken, A. J. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2009, In: European Journal of Population - Revue Européenne de Population. 25, 1, p. 27-44

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • partner relationship 100%
  • fertility 64%
  • Netherlands 21%
  • birth rate 14%
  • social integration 13%
  40 Citations (Scopus)

• The long-term consequences of relationship formation for subjective well-being

  Soons, J. P. M., Liefbroer, A. C. & Kalmijn, M., 2009, In: Journal of Marriage and Family. 71, 5, p. 1254-1270

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • Subjective Well-being 100%
  • Well-being 61%
  • well-being 47%
  • Cohabitation 41%
  • Young Adults 32%
  98 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  Changes in desired family size during the life course

  Liefbroer, A. C., 2008, In: Demos: bulletin over bevolking en samenleving. 24, special issue, p. 3-5

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Professional

  • family size 100%
  • number of children 60%
  • government policy 55%
  • say 40%
  • minister 26%

• Happiness in the garden of Epicurus

  Bergsma, A., Poot, G. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2008, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 9, 3, p. 397-423

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • pain 100%
  • happiness 98%
  • hedonism 49%
  • follower 37%
  • Greece 33%
  31 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Intergenerational ties: what can be gained from an international perspective?

  Billari, F. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2008, Intergenerational caregiving. Booth, A., Crouter, A. C. & Bianchi, S. M. (eds.). The Urban Institute Press, p. 53-66 420 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Scientific

• Intergenerational transmission of age at first birth in the Netherlands for birth cohorts born between 1935 and 1982: evidence from municipal registers

  Steenhof, L. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2008, In: Population Studies: a journal of demography. 62, 1, p. 69-84

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • Intergenerational Transmission 100%
  • Cohort 79%
  • The Netherlands 64%
  • Netherlands 59%
  • Parenthood 30%
  60 Citations (Scopus)

• Intergenerationele overdracht van de leeftijd bij geboorte van het eerste kind

  Steenhof, L. & Liefbroer, A. C., 2008, In: Bevolkingstrends. 56, 2, p. 82-94

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific