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The article reports on the results of a comparative analysis of public opinion surveys held in Flanders and the Netherlands at the beginning of the nineties. The analysis focuses on family and parenthood values and their relationship with opinions on family policies. The results show that different value patterns and different opinions with respect to the combination of work with family responsibility are linked to differences in the evaluation of current policies on child allowances, maternity leave, child care facilities, etcetera. Consequently, also policy priorities as perceived by people are different in the two countries.
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Van Peer, C., Moors, H. (1996). Perceived Obstacles to Fertility: Opinions on family policies in Flanders and in the Netherlands. In: van den Brekel, H., Deven, F. (eds) Population and Family in the Low Countries 1995. European Studies of Population, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1641-8_3
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