Discusses recent developments in the family in West Germany. Examines family demographics; provides an overview of the main institutional forces, laws, and family policy; and refers to the organizational aspects of demography. Describes trend in Germany of shrinking household size and increasing share of one-person households. Describes statistics…

Recent West German experience with still-expanding higher education suggests that the idea of planning must change, from drastic enrollment variation to insights into implementation; from preoccupation with expansion to planning under various external conditions; and from a focus on quantitative measures to consideration of a broader array of…

Two factors have shaped the development of the secondary education system in Berlin during the last 15 years: the demographic fluctuations shifting the pressure from one stage of the school system to another and the lengthened duration of school attendance. (MLW)