Table 1 Policy approach—impact on families–family resilience.

Policy goals

Prioritizing nonfamily goals

Meeting family needs

Shaping family roles

Instrumental

Non-instrumental

Policy impacts on resilience resources

Positive or zero

Negative

Positive or zero

Support to family resilience

N/A

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

Family pressure reduced?

N/A

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

N/A

Long-term family changes

N/A

Declining family formation;

Lower fertility;

More dysfunctional families

N/A