Dimitri Mortelmans (1972) is Senior Full Professor in Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Antwerp (Belgium). He is head of the Centre for Population, Family and Health (CPFH). His research concentrates on family sociology and sociology of labour. He has published on divorce, new constituted families, gendered labour careers and work-life balance. He is also the main author of the Step in Statistics book series of which six volumes have been published (in Dutch). On qualitative methodology, he published the Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods and Qualitative Analysis with NVivo. In demography, he co-edited “Changing Family Dynamics and Demographic Evolution. The Family Kaleidoscope” and “Lone parenthood in the Life Course”.

• Chapter 1.Introduction.- Part 1. Divorce Trends.- Chapter 2. Estimating Trends in Relationship Stability over Time: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges.- Chapter 3. On Increasing Divorce Risks.- Part 2. Divorce Risks.- Chapter 4. Cohort Trends in Divorce in 8 Post-socialist Countries.- Chapter 5. The Negative Female Educational Gradient of Divorce: Towards an Explanation in Four European Countries.- Chapter 6. The More the Merrier? The Effect of Children on Divorce in a Pro-natalist Society.- Part 3. Consequences of Divorce for Adults.- Chapter 7. Exploring Divorce in Later Life, Social Isolation, and Loneliness.- Chapter 8. Do Divorced Elderly in Russia get Help From Their Children ? Chapter 9. Coping Strategies of Migrant Women After Divorce. Does Work, Family or a New Partner Helps you Through the Dark Times ?.- Chapter 10. Multi-dimensional Subjective Wellbeing (SWB), Ione Parenthood and Divorce. How do Different Post-divorce Family Dynamics Influence Different Measures of SWB?.- Part 4. Divorce and Children.- Chapter 11. Childbearing Across Partnerships in Finland and Germany: Are There Any Gender Differences?.- Chapter 12. Public Attitudes Towards the Shared Custody: Reflection of the Rising Notion of Intergenerational Commitment – the Case of Czech Republic.- Chapter 13. Post-divorce Multi-household Living Arrangements in Europe and Child Well-being.- Chapter 14. Implications of Grandparental Divorce in Grandchildren Care.- Part 5. Family Ties After Divorce.- Chapter 15. Parental Divorce and Father-Child Relationships: A Closer Look at Broken Ties.- Chapter 16. Knotting the Safety net. A Theoretical Framework in Studying Interdependencies in Post-divorce Family Networks.- Chapter 17. Quality of Non-resident Father-child Relationship: Between “caring for” and “caring about”