Becoming a parent: material and immaterial consequences in the 90's • Therese M. Jacobs, Center for Population and Family Studies, Brussels

Education and union formation: gender perspectives on attitudes and behaviour among young adults in Sweden • Eva Bernhardt, Stockholm University ; Elizabeth Thomson, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Consequences of changing partnership behaviour on fertility carrier: Hungary as an example of transformed post-communist societies • Zsolt Speder, Demographic Research Institute, Budapest

Intended and actual transition to a first child in France: the role of marital and professional status • Maria Rita Testa, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Laurent Toulemon, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Generational differences in parity progression in Australia: the role of sex composition of children • Edith E. Gray, Australian National University ; Ann Evans, Australian National University ; Rebecca Kippen, Australian National University