Family life and developmental idealism in Yazd, Iran • Mohammad J. Abbasi-Shavazi, University of Tehran and Australian National University ; Abbas Askari-Nodoushan, Yazd University, Iran ; Arland Thornton, University of Michigan

Family policies in Quebec and the rest of Canada: implications for fertility, child care, women’s paid work and child development indicators • Roderic Beaujot, University of Western Ontario ; Zenaida R. Ravanera, University of Western Ontario ; Jane-Ching (Jiangqin) J. Du, University of Western Ontario

Gender equality perceptions, division of household work and partnership break-up in Sweden in early 21st century • Livia Olah, Stockholm University ; Michael Gahler, Stockholm University

Marriage as a subjective choice – changing attitudes towards formal unions in the lowest-low fertility country • Iga Sikorska, Warsaw School of Economics