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INTRODUCTION
Anne Foner, Joan WaringThe term “intergenerational relations” is often used to refer to quite distinct phenomena (Kertzer, 1983). For example, the term may connote relationships across generations…
TRACING INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS THROUGH REPORTS OF TRANSFERS OF TIME AND MONEY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AFRICAN‐AMERICANS, HISPANICS AND WHITES
Elmer Spreitzer, Robert Schoeni, K.V. RaoThe purpose of this study was to describe any patterns of distinctive sociocultural adaptation in the form of exchanges of time and money between American households, and to…
THE ONE‐CHILD POLICY AND PARENT‐CHILD RELATIONSHIPS: A COMPARISON OF ONE‐CHILD WITH MULTIPLE‐CHILD FAMILIES IN CHINA
Esther Ngan‐ling Chow, S. Michael ZhaoFacing a high birth rate, a falling mortality rate, and inconsistent policies on family planning from the 1950s to the early 1970s, the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched…
PARENT‐CHILD RELATIONS IN EAST AND WEST GERMANY SHORTLY AFTER THE FALL OF THE WALL
Marc SzydlikThis paper addresses the perceived closeness of the relation between East and West German adult children and their parents who no longer live in the same household. The empirical…
LIVING WITH GRANDPARENTS: VARIATIONS BY COHORT, RACE, AND FAMILY STRUCTURE
Maximiliane SzinovaczThis study, based on data from the National Survey of Families and Households, confirms normative preference for nuclear households across all cohorts and racial/ethnic groups…
PARENTING AND CO‐PARENTING OF GRANDCHILDREN: EFFECTS ON GRANDPARENTS' WELL‐BEING AND FAMILY SOLIDARITY
Roseann Giarrusso, Du Feng, Qian‐wei Wang, Merril SilversteinIncreasing numbers of grandparents are raising their grandchildren because of problems within the parental generation such as drug and alcohol addiction, AIDS, divorce, and…
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