Multilinks Database on Intergenerational Policy Indicators

What is the contribution of public authorities to support and secure financial and care needs for the young and the elderly in the family? In what ways the state assumes that intergenerational responsibilities are a family matter? In order to answer these questions the database includes a dual intergenerational perspective: upwards generations; from children to parents; and downwards; from parents to children.

It looks across a variety of social policies and also includes legal obligations to support. It entails over 70 indicators on social policy rights, legal obligations to support, and care service usage. It offers a structured access to the public support for families with children and for elderly people within 30 European countries for 2004 and 2009. <br> <br> -------------------------------------- <br> <br> The research project MULTILINKS (How demographic changes shape intergenerational solidarity, well-being, and social integration: A Multilinks framework) existed from 2009 to 2011.

It has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2011) under grant agreement n° 217523. <br> <br> After the end of the project the results were made available as a web application and as individual datasets together with the documentation files by the WZB (multilinks-database.wzb.eu). Since 2020, this website no longer exists. The single datasets and reports are available here unchanged. <br> <br> However, the web application, together with the documents, is still available through the "Gender & Generations Programme (GGP)" and the French Institute for Demographic Research (INED).

There you will find further information, additional descriptive variables and full possibilities to explore and navigate through the database. For more details see: ggp-i.org/data/multilinks-database/