Changes in family and household composition are part of every individual's life course. Childhood families expand and contract; the individual leaves to set up

"What impact do economic, demographic, and social change have on the everyday health and well being of families and households in contemporary South Africa? The

The history of family and households has been the subject of intensive research for over a generation. In the 1970s Peter Laslett and others set the agenda with

Patterns of household and family life are changing radically, leading sociologists to develop new conceptualizations and understandings of the relationships inv