Aging and generational relations : life-course and cross-cultural perspectives /

Aging and generational relations : life-course and cross-cultural perspectives / [print] Tamara K. Hareven, editor. - New York : Aldine de Gruyter, (c)1996. - xxvii, 300 pages ; 23 cm.

Contemporary essays excerpted from a larger volume entitled: Aging and generational relations over the life course. Volume resulted from the International Conference on Aging and Generational Relations over the Life Course, University of Delaware, October, 1991.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Exchanges within Black American three-generation families: the family environment context model The demography of family care for the elderly Asymmetry in intergenerational family relationships in Italy Equity between generations in aging societies: the problem of assessing public policies James S. Jackson, Rukmalie Jayakody, and Toni C. Antonucci -- Douglas A. Wolf, Beth J. Soldo, Vicki Freedman -- Marzio Barbagli -- Anne-Marie Guillemard -- The generation in the middle: cohort comparisons in assistance to aging parents in an American community Fathers and sons in rural America: occupational choice and intergenerational ties across the life course The well-being of aging Americans with very old parents Tamara K. Hareven and Kathleen J. Adams -- Glen H. Elder, Jr., Elizabeth B. Robertson, and Rand D. Conger -- Dennis P. Hogan, David J. Eggebeen, and Sean M. Snaith -- Types of supports for the aged and their providers in Taiwan 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 Generational relations: a future perspective Albert J. Hermalin, Mary Beth Ofstedal, and Ming-Cheng Chang -- Kiyomi Morioka -- Matilda White Riley and John W. Riley, Jr.



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Aging--Social aspects--Congresses.
Intergenerational relations--Congresses.
Older people--Care--Congresses.
Older people--Family relationships--Congresses.

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