This report explores likely future changes in family and household structures in OECD countries; identifies the main forces shaping the family landscape to 2030; discusses the longer-term challenges; and suggests policy options for managing the challenges.

This scoping study aims to identify how households and family structures might change over the next twenty years or so and the implications for policy. Chapters include: Snapshot of the family household in OECD countries today; Factors shaping the family landscape to 2030; Challenges and issues; Integrative approaches to family policy and youth policy; The role of ICTs in shaping the family of the future; The future of integrated family policy: the long-term prospects, 2025/30; and Policy framework for youth: an exploration of (integrated) youth policies, with special attention to the Netherlands, Canada and Greece.

This report explores likely future changes in family and household structures in OECD countries; identifies the main forces shaping the family landscape to 2030; discusses the longer-term challenges; and suggests policy options for managing the challenges.

In their 'Families to 2030' project, the OECD International Futures Programme aimed to identify and examine trends in household and family structures over the twenty years or so and to explore the implications for policy. This paper provides an overview of the key findings of the project. It explores probable future changes in family and household structures in OECD countries, identifies what appear to be the main forces shaping the family landscape between now and 2030, discusses some of the longer-term policy challenges arising from expected changes, and puts forward policy options for managing those challenges on a sustainable basis.

This scoping study aims to identify how households and family structures might change over the next twenty years or so and the implications for policy. Chapters include: Snapshot of the family household in OECD countries today; Factors shaping the family landscape to 2030; Challenges and issues; Integrative approaches to family policy and youth policy; The role of ICTs in shaping the family of the future; The future of integrated family policy: the long-term prospects, 2025/30; and Policy framework for youth: an exploration of (integrated) youth policies, with special attention to the Netherlands, Canada and Greece.