Recent demographic developments in Europe 2005 (2006)
ISBN 978-92-871-5973-1

Recent demographic developments in Europe is an annual Council of Europe publication presenting the latest available information on population developments in 47 European states: the size of the population and its rate of increase, rates of migration, marriage and divorce, fertility and mortality, and the size of the foreign population. It is prepared by the European Population Committee, which is the Council of Europe's intergovernmental body responsible for demographic information and analysis, in co-operation with national statistics offices.

The report contains an introduction with an executive summary and a Europe-wide comparative review. The accompanying intercative CD-Rom provides a short national report for each country with tables presenting the latest developments in the main demographic indicators, and a pyramid describing the age structure of the population in each of the 47 European countries covered.

The previous reports are available at the following Internet address: http://www.coe.int/population/

Policy implications of changing family formation (Population studies No. 49) (2006)
ISBN 978-92-871-5885-7

Modern European societies are witnessing a number of key changes in family structures, such as postponed parenthood, low fertility, single parenting and increased divorce rates. As a consequence of the radical changes taking place in our societies, family policies often result in a complex set of targeted and sometimes contradictory measures and forms of public intervention. The three authors of this volume review the major demographic challenges posed by changing patterns in family and family formation and strive to identify possible policy responses by governments. They stress the need for all levels of government and the private sector to adopt an integrated and balanced approach to policy in order to create cohesive and family-friendly societies.
This volume is a thematic compilation of the background papers on the policy implications of changing family formations prepared for the European Population Conference (Strasbourg, 7-8 April 2005)