INTERPOLATING DEMOGRAPHY WITH FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS

This paper argues that the field of household and family demography se rves a critical role in the development of our understanding of the de terminants and consequences of population trends. Like the community, families and households are situated between the two levels at which d emographic research is ordinarily conducted - the individual and the n ation-state. The results of the papers in this issue are used to illus trate the critical ways that intergenerational and gender relationship s shape demographic processes.