Family Structure and the Timing of Transitions from 70 to 103 Years of Age  

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Troll, Lillian ; Johnson, Colleen L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Marriage and the Family vol. 58 no. 01 (Feb. 1996), page 178-187.
Topik: caregiving; childlessness; oldest old; transition to adulthood; late-life family structure

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: J43 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Using a cross-sectional analysis of 250 White individuals, 70-103 years of age, this article questions whether a vertical family structure is found with increasing age. Findings indicate, first, that at least until age 90 the proportion of individuals with a vertical family structure with four generations never exceeds the numbers of those with no descendants. Second widowhood and relocation are occurring among those in their seventies, some years b2fvre the onset of disability. Third, in the aggregate, family size does not increase in older age groups because of the high proportion of elderly childless. In fact, a bimodal pattern exists, with two thirds having three or more generational families and one third at the end vf their lineage and having an attenuated family form.

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