ISBN:
0199251169
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 212 S.
,
graph. Darst.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2005 Online-Ressource Oxford scholarship online. Political Science Online-Ausg. 2005. Online-Ressource
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. u.d. T.: Families in ageing societies
DDC:
306.85/09172/2
Keywords:
Age distribution (Demography)
;
Age-structured populations
;
Older people Cross-cultural studies Care
;
Intergenerational relations Cross-cultural studies
;
Families Cross-cultural studies
;
Gerontologie
;
Familie
Abstract:
Western families are undergoing considerable change. The demographic ageing of societies is increasing the number of living generations, and decreasing the number of living relatives within these generations. These ageing societies are also seeing an ageing of some life- transitions, with individuals choosing to delay full economic independence from parents, formal adult union through marriage or committed long-term cohabitation, and parenting. Such demographic change is occurringwithin the context of a variety of new kin structures-stepfamilies, ethnic minority families, single-parent familie
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Challenge for Families of Demographic Ageing; 2. Models of Kinship from the Developed World; 3. One Happy Family? Sources of Intergenerational Solidarity and Tension as Contemporary US Society Ages; 4. The Availability and Supportive Functions of Extended Kinship Ties in Later Life: Evidence from the Berlin Ageing Study; 5. Intergenerational Relationships among Stepfamilies in the UK; 6. Working Carers in the European Union
Description / Table of Contents:
7. Family Support of the Elderly and Female Labour Supply: Trade-Offs among Caregiving, Financial Transfers, and Work-Evidence from the US Health and Retirement Survey8. Social Care for Older People: The Growth of Independent-Sector Provision in the UK; 9. Inheritance and Intergenerational Relationships in English Families; 10. The American Family as a Context for Healthy Ageing; References; Author Index; Subject Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-206) and indexes
,
Online-Ausg. 2005. Online-Ressource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/0199251169.001.0001
