ISBN:
0415965233
,
9780415965231
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 248 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology 45
Parallel Title:
Print version Changing Relationships
DDC:
306.87
Keywords:
Man-woman relationships
;
Interpersonal relations
;
Families
Abstract:
The book is comprised of empirical analyses of the relationships people have during their lives and how these affect their individual welfare. These include relationships between members of a couple, between parents and children, between the children themselves and between non-related individuals
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Part I Forming and Maintaining Relationships; 1 Introduction: The Social Signifi cance of Relationships; 2 Living Apart Together; 3 Gender Differences in Close Friendship Networks over the Life Cycle; 4 Leaving Home; 5 The Social Significance of Homogamy; 6 How Close Are Couples?; Part II Relationships and Social Welfare; 7 Young Child-Parent Relationships; 8 Adult Child-Parent Relationships; 9 Gender and Time Use over the Life Course; 10 Residential Mobility, Mobility Preferences and Psychological Health
Description / Table of Contents:
11 Early Labour Market Experience and the Timing of Family Formation12 Unemployment and Partnership Dissolution; 13 Marital Splits and Income Changes over the Longer Term; Contributors; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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