Canadian family policies: cross national comparisons
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LIST OF TABLES xi
PREFACE Xiii
1 State intervention in family life
Introduction 3
What is family policy? 5
• Defining families 9 !
Problems with cross national research 10
Ideologies behind family policies 12
The private versus public distinction 16
Ideology and child poverty 17
Social policy reform: impetus and constraints 19
Demographic factors 19
Economic factors 20
Political factors 24
a) The effectiveness of political alliances 25
b) The importance of political ideology 27
c) The importance of political structure 29
d) The theoretical emphasis in this book 30
Country profiles 31
Australia 33
Canada(34_)
France 3?^^
Germany 35
The Netherlands 36
Sweden 37
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The United Kingdom 38
The United States 39
Conclusion 40
2 Changing family trends
Trends in family structure 42
Rising life expectancy at birth 42
Declining birth rates 45
Increase in common law marriages 50
Increase in mothers working for pay 52
Rising rates of separation and divorce 57
Increase in births outside marriage 61
Low adoption rates 62
Rising percentage of lone parent families 63
Summary of trends 66
3 Poverty, labour markets, and social assistance
Indicators of child poverty 67
Poverty and labour market conditions 74
Poverty and one parent households 79
Poverty and social assistance in Canada 82
The introduction of unemployment insurance in Canada 86
A cross national comparison of social assistance programs 90
Australia 92
France 98
Germany 100
The Netherlands 103
Sweden 104
The United Kingdom 106
The United States 111
Conclusion 119
4 Child allowances and family tax concessions
Introduction 123
Child and family allowances 123
Family allowances in Canada 128
The delivery of family benefits: tax benefits versus transfers 131
Comparing taxation systems 132
Contents vii
Tax concessions for families in Canada 134
The former non refundable Child Tax Credit 136
The Married Credit 137
The Equivalent to Married Credit 138
The former refundable Child Tax Credit 138
The Child Care Expenses Deduction 139
Recent changes: the 1993 Child Tax Benefit 139
Child allowances and family tax concessions in other countries 140
Australia 140
France 141
Germany 144
The Netherlands 146
Sweden 147
The United Kingdom 148
The United States 150
Comparing the value of tax benefits and government transfers 152
5 Maternity/parental leave and benefits
Dual earner families 156
Division of labour: inside and outside the home 158
Canada: maternity/parental leave and benefits 161
A cross national comparison of maternity/parental leave
and benefits 163
Australia 164
France 169
Germany 171
The Netherlands 173
Sweden 173
The United Kingdom 178
The United States 179
Conclusion 185
6 Child care delivery and support
Three traditions of child care 189
The rising cost of children 190
Models of child care 192
Types of child care services 193
Models of regulation and support 195
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Child care in Canada 196
The history of child care in Canada 196
The growing demand for child care 200
Funding child care in Canada 201
The most prevalent forms of child care 203
Provincial regulation of child care 204
Child care concerns 205
A cross national comparison of child care services 207
Australia 207
France 210
Germany 214
The Netherlands 217
Sweden 219
The United Kingdom 223
The United States 227
Conclusion 233
7 Child protection, family violence, and substitute care
The changing status of children 236
Child welfare and child protection 238
Models of child protection 238
Child welfare and family violence in Canada 239
Child protection in Canada 240
Substitute care 245
Child welfare and Native children 247
Spousal violence and child welfare 249
Adoption issues 254
Adoption trends 255
Models of adoption 256
Selecting adoptive parents 257
Adoption in Canada 258
Challenges for Canadian child welfare systems 261
Child welfare: a cross national comparison of
child protection and adoption 262
Australia 262
Child protection 262
Adoption 263
France 265
Child protection 265
Adoption 266
Contents ix
Germany 267
Child protection 267
Adoption 268
The Netherlands 269
Child protection 269
Adoption 270
Sweden 272
Child protection 272
Adoption 273
The United Kingdom 274
Child protection 274
Adoption 278
The United States 280
Child protection 280
Adoption 283
Conclusion 286
8 Divorce laws, child custody, and child support
Marriage, divorce, and matrimonial property 291
The patriarchal family and women s rights 291
Trends in divorce laws 296
Child custody 298
Lone parenting 303
Low incomes of lone mothers 304
The enforcement of child support 306
Models of calculating child support 307
Calculation and enforcement of child support in Canada 309
A cross national comparison of systems of child support enforcement 311
Australia 311
France 315
Germany 316
The Netherlands 318
Sweden 320
The United Kingdom 322
The United States 325
Conclusion 329
9 The effectiveness of family and social policies
Comparing the development of family policies 332
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Factors influencing family policy in Canada 335
Demographic influences 335
Economic and labour conditions 336
Political structure and coalitions 337
New trends influencing family policy 340
Feminist critiques of family values and family policy 342
Government responses to the rising costs of social programs 349
Comparison with developing countries 351
The effectiveness of family policies 353
Reducing child and family poverty 353
Child and maternal health 357
Fertility and family policy 361
Reducing work family conflicts 366
Conclusion 369
NOTES 377
BIBLIOGRAPHY 383
INDEX 449
List of tables
1.1 Overview of eight countries, 1992 32
2.1 Life expectancy in eight industrialized countries,
1950 and 1992 43
2.2 Crude birth rates in Canada, 1851 1992 46
2.3 Total fertility rates, 1970 1992 47
2.4 Percentage of the population aged 65 and over, 1985 and 1990 51
2.5 Economically active population, aged 15 and over,
1970 and 1990 53
2.6 Labour force participation rates of women with children
under 18 and under 3,1986 or 1988 55
2.7 Divorce rates in Canada, 1921 1990 58
2.8 Marriages and divorces per 1,000 population in eight countries,
1992 59
2.9 Births outside marriage per 1,000 births, 1960 1988 62
2.10 Composition of family households with children
under 18 years of age 64
3.1 Percentage of Canadian families with children living in poverty,
1980 1992, by family structure 68
3.2 Child poverty rates, 1987 71
3.3 Percentage of households in more severe poverty in the
mid 1980s, by nation and household structure 72
3.4 Percentage of all poor families with children lifted out of poverty
by government interventions (mid 1980s) 73
3.5 Unemployment rates in eight industrialized countries,
1964 1992 75
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