Family Ties

Family Ties

by John Logan
Family Ties

Family Ties

by John Logan

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Overview

While many studies focus on the impact of social change on younger generations, FGamily Ties deals comprehensively with family relationships over a longer period of the life cycle and reveals misconceptions about grown children caring for their aging parents. Glenna D. Spitze and John R. Logan offer conclusive evidence that relationships between parents and their adult children remain intact and challenge other myths of isolation and neglect of the older generation.

The authors reveal that parents are not dependent on help from their grown children, as was previously assumed; in fact they contribute more assistance than they receive until the age of seventy-five. Also, while daughters are still the dominant caregivers, other forms of support like  visiting and  providing transportation are given almost equally by sons and daughters.

Logan and Spitze also report that even though the day-to-day demands on adult children have increased with the changing economy, very few seem to be torn between these responsibilities and those those of caring for their parents. This book offers reassuring news about the strength of the American family in the midst of social change. Family Ties will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in intergenerational relationships in adulthood.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781439904114
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 06/30/2010
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 13 MB
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About the Author

John R. Logan is Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the State University of New York at Albany. He is co-author of Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place andco-editor of Beyond the City Limits: Urban Policy and Economic Restructuring in Comparative Perspective.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Preface: Aging Parents, Changing Families

1      Generational Boundaries
        with Russell A. Ward
2      Which is the Dependent Generation?
        with Russell A. Ward
3      Family Composition and Intergenerational Ties
4      Intergenerational Effects of Employment and Divorce
5      Role Conflicts for the Generation in the Middle
6      The Family in Social Networks
7      Extending the Family

Appendix A: The Albany Survey
Appendix B: Questionnaire
Appendix C: Tables
References
Author Index
Subject Index
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