A six-item scale for measuring loneliness: testing the validity of the scale and explaining differences in loneliness in several countries of the Gender and Generation Programme • Jenny Gierveld, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)

Recent demographic developments in Europe: new findings from the generations and gender Surveys • Andrej Kveder, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ; Andres Vikat, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

The generations and gender contextual database • Martin Spielauer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Generations and Gender Survey (GGS): towards a better understanding of relationships and processes in the life course • Andres Vikat, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ; Zsolt Speder, Demographic Research Institute, Budapest ; Gijs Beets, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) ; Francesco C. Billari, Università Bocconi ; Christoph Buehler, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Aline Désesquelles, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE) ; Tineke Fokkema, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) ; Jan Hoem, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Alphonse MacDonald ; Gerda Neyer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Ariane Pailhe, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Antonella Pinnelli, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" ; Anne Solaz, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)