Intergenerational Linkages: Hidden Connections in American SocietySpringer Publishing Company, 1994 - 331 pages "Published in cooperation with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), this volume contains the results of a national study intended to better our understanding of the many linkages between generations in American society. This study, undertaken by eminent researchers in gerontology, unveiled a complex set of attitudes and behaviors - hidden connections - between different age groups in our society, including family relationships, formal volunteering and informal help, and other types of intergenerational transfers. This volume will be of interest to researchers, policy makers, and students in gerontology, political science, and family studies."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Contents
The Context of the Study | 1 |
Solidarity Between Generations in Families | 19 |
Types of Relations Between Parents and Adult Children | 43 |
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AARP adult child adult children African American age-based age-targeted aged 65 Alienated-helping Alienated-independent allocated American society analysis attitudes average benefits for elders Bengtson bequests caregiving Chapter characteristics close cohorts contributions costs Dispersed-helping Dispersed-independent economic elderly estimates F-statistic factor analysis factors family members fathers feel Figure gender Gerontology gifts givers government benefits grandchildren grandparents helping behavior Hispanic household income Independent variables influence informal assistance informal help intergenerational equity intergenerational linkages intergenerational relations intergenerational tensions intergenerational transfers less live Logistic Regression Mangen marital status married measure Medicare mothers norms older persons oldest child parents patterns perceived burdens perceptions perspective policy age groups political private transfers recipients regression regression analysis relative report tensions respondents Ritualized-helping Ritualized-independent sample share Social Security solidarity spending survey Table taxes Tight-knit-helping Tight-knit-independent tion tional Total types variables volunteer activity well-being young adults younger youth