1. First Union Formation in Italy: The Role of Micro- and Macro- Economic Uncertainty • Silvia Meggiolaro , Università di Padova; Fausta Ongaro , Università di Padova; Elena Pirani , University of Florence.

2. Parental socioeconomic class and Young Britons' family expectations: do family structure and educational aspirations, during adolescence, mediate this relationship? • Lydia Palumbo , University of Turku; Ann M. Berrington, University of Southampton; Peter Eibich, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

3. Changes in Demographic and Socioeconomic Determinants of Living Alone among Women in Sweden and Japan since the 1990s • Glenn Sandström, Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR), Umeå University; Mojgan Padyab, Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR), Umeå University; Haruko Noguchi, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Tokyo Japan; Rong Fu , School of Commerce, Waseda University, Tokyp, Japan.

4. Who Can Afford to Marry? The Economic Barrier to Marriage Among Couples with Children in the UK • Andrea Tartakowsky , University of Bristol; Susan Harkness, University of Bristol.