| Description |
xxvii, 300 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Contemporary essays excerpted from a larger volume entitled: Aging and generational relations over the life course. |
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Volume resulted from the International Conference on Aging and Generational Relations over the Life Course, University of Delaware, October, 1991. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The generation in the middle: cohort comparisons in assistance to aging parents in an American community / Tamara K. Hareven and Kathleen J. Adams -- Fathers and sons in rural America: occupational choice and intergenerational ties across the life course / Glen H. Elder, Jr., Elizabeth B. Robertson, and Rand D. Conger -- The well-being of aging Americans with very old parents / Dennis P. Hogan, David J. Eggebeen, and Sean M. Snaith -- |
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Exchanges within Black American three-generation families: the family environment context model / James S. Jackson, Rukmalie Jayakody, and Toni C. Antonucci -- The demography of family care for the elderly / Douglas A. Wolf, Beth J. Soldo, Vicki Freedman -- Asymmetry in intergenerational family relationships in Italy / Marzio Barbagli -- Equity between generations in aging societies: the problem of assessing public policies / Anne-Marie Guillemard -- |
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Types of supports for the aged and their providers in Taiwan / Albert J. Hermalin, Mary Beth Ofstedal, and Ming-Cheng Chang -- Familial support and the life course of Thai elderly and their children / John Knodel, Napaporn Chayovan, and Siriwan Siriboon -- Intergenerational support in Sri Lanka: the elderly and their children / Peter Uhlenberg -- Generational relations and their changes as they affect the status of older people in Japan / Kiyomi Morioka -- Generational relations: a future perspective / Matilda White Riley and John W. Riley, Jr. |
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Older people -- Family relationships -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Care -- Congresses.
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Aging -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Intergenerational relations -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Hareven, Tamara K.
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International Conference on Aging and Generational Relations over the Life Course (1992 : University of Delaware)
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| ISBN |
0202305600 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780202305608 paperback alkaline paper |
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