89 datasets found

The number of single parents in Switzerland is on the rise. However, empirical studies of the situation of this group are almost inexistant in this country. This is all the more...

On behalf of the Swiss Federation of Private Schools (SFPS), an exploratory study was conducted at the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Zurich on the opinions and...

Inspired by UNESCO's program and recommendations for the advancement of women, the Swiss National Commission for UNESCO set up an ad hoc working group in 1966 to undertake a...

The study contained two interrelated parts: First, a longitudinal study of parents (N = 369 fathers and mothers) with first-born children to determine the use of available...

Switzerland is one of the few European countries that have not implemented parental leave policies (parental or paternity leave). However, in the last decade the issue has been...

Advanced modernity in Europe is characterized by both looser community ties than in the past and greater flexibility of social integration. This results in a gradual...

This research project studies the contemporary forms of solidarity within close kinship. Who helps each other, and on what occasions? Is the network more anchored in the female...

The ESS survey (European Social Survey, http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org) emerged from the need to obtain comparative data in Europe on a number of issues of political...

Le projet de recherche contribue à répondre au Postulat Maury Pasquier (15.3793), qui demande au Conseil fédéral de préparer un rapport sur les interruptions de travail des...