Recently added articles from Journal of Comparative Family Studies:
Aging and the family-work link: a comparative analysis of two generations of Mexican women (1936-1938 and 1951-1953).(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION The implications of aging of the population in Mexico are complicated and in some respects, serious. Like many other developing countries, Mexico has no genuine state public policies designed to ensure the treatment, everyday care and well-being of senior citizens ...
Grandchildhood: adult grandchildren's perception of their role towards their grandparents from an intergenerational perspective.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION In recent decades, research has expanded to investigate ties between grandparents and their grandchildren. This tendency is understandable if we consider rising life expectancy and the structure of contemporary families, which often consist of a number of ...
Do religious children care more and provide more care for older parents? A study of filial norms and behaviors across five nations.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Much of the literature on the normative obligation to provide care to older parents centers on its role in motivating supportive behavior. However, most studies find that the relationship between norms and behavior in the domain of parent care is weak or holds true ...
Specialization between family and state intergenerational time transfers in Western Europe.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Demographic change and particularly the growing number of elderly people are more and more a matter of public concern and of sociological interest. The main question of the debate is how support demands of older people can continue to be met. Sociological research ...
Why do adult children support their parents?(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Intergenerational relationship arrangements only recently have begun to attract the attention of German researchers, but there already exists a multitude of findings, especially regarding relationships between grown-up children and their parents. These are commonly ...
The 'Growing Legs' of Generation as a Policy Construct: Reviving its Family Meaning.
Mar 22, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Generation is a packed social concept, with immense explanatory capacity and policy utility, yet it is a concept fraught with misunderstanding and underestimation in both the social sciences and in popular usage. It is no less fraught in policy. This paper has three ...
Patterns of exchange in kinship systems in Germany, Russia, and the People's Republic of China.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... PROBLEM Two major traditions have influenced the analysis of kinship systems and intergenerational relationships in the social sciences. One tradition has its roots in cultural anthropology and ethnology and has set the path for the better understanding of institutional settings ...
More than wife abuse that has gone old: a conceptual model for violence against the aged in Canada and the US.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION On December 16, 1991, the United Nations (UN) passed resolution 46/91 to encourage the governments of the world to incorporate principals of independence, participation, care, self-fulfillment, and dignity for their aging citizens. The goal was to 'add life to the ...
Culturally diverse elders and their families: examining the need for culturally competent services.
Mar 22, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION The growth of the American population over the age of 65, and more specifically over the age of 85, affects many aspects of our society. Demographic shifts among the aging population of the United States call for a re-examination of our understanding of the needs of ...
Types of relations between adult children and elderly parents in taiwan: mechanisms accounting for various relational types.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION In recent decades, Taiwan has experienced steadily declining fertility and increased longevity expectation. As a result of the changing population structure, the elderly dependency ratio is expected to advance from 13.8% in 2006 to 30.3% in 2026 and to 67% in 2051 ....
Socializing children under fire: Western women and Palestinian men.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION This article examines the interface of cultural adaptation patterns of intermarried couples and the socialization of children in a context of political conflict. The paper is derived from a broader investigation of identity change in intercultural marriages between ...
Do sub-cultural norms survive immigration?--Cantonese and Mandarin fertility in the United States.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Immigrant fertility has received a great deal of scholarly attention over the years. A large number of studies have examined the role of ethnic subcultures and found them to be influential in explaining nativity and majority-minority differences in fertility and ...
Perspectives on elder abuse in Korea.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Although elder abuse in Korea has recently received increased attention, little is known about how older people are treated in their homes. Due to developments in medical care, improvement in sanitary conditions, and attention to health issues, the population of ...
Cultural impacts of Sisimpur, Sesame Street, in rural Bangladesh: views of family members and teachers.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Early Childhood Development (ECD), consisting of targeted efforts to foster the intellectual and social development of preschool children, is a growing policy emphasis in developing countries (Penn, 2005; UNESCO, 2004; Young, 2002). The establishment of high quality ...
Grandparents across the ocean: Eastern European immigrants' struggle to maintain intergenerational relationships.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Advancements in phone and internet communication, affordable transportation, dual citizenship, and globalization of the world distinguish modern immigrants from those of centuries past when immigration involved the probability that an emigrating person would never ...
Attitudes toward family size preferences in urban Ethiopia.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION In contrast to the developed world, the change in fertility levels in many developing countries started much more recently. Significant changes toward low family size have been observed in most of Asia and Latin America, while a few Sub-Saharan African countries ...
The impact of child and maternal health indicators on female labor force participation after childbirth: evidence for Germany.(Clinical report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION In the last few decades, the labor force participation of mothers has increased dramatically in Germany. While this trend has been seen outside Germany as well, the situation here is unique in two respects. First, labor force participation among German mothers with ...
City Survivors: Bringing Up Children in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Anne Power. CITY SURVIVORS: BRINGING UP CHILDREN IN DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBOURHOODS. Bristol: The Policy Press, 2007. Ppbk: [pounds sterling]17.59; Hdbk: [pounds sterling]59. Neighbourhoods shape people's lives, providing essential services that families and children depend on ....
Families in Japan: Changes, Continuities, and Regional Variations.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Dr. Fumie Kumagai FAMILIES IN JAPAN: CHANGES, CONTINUITIES, AND REGIONAL VARIATIONS. University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A., 2008, pp. 173. When the possibility to review this book first presented itself, I immediately seized the opportunity, One reason for my ...
Uneasy Reunions: Immigration, Citizenship, and Family Life in Post-1997 Hong Kong.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Nicole Dejong Newendorp. UNEASY REUNIONS: IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, AND FAMILY LIFE IN POST-1997 HONG KONG. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008. This book, based on field research for a doctoral degree in anthropology, provides a major contribution to our understanding ...