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Linkages between family and societal-level intergenerational attitudes
Author(s)	Russell A Ward
Journal title	Research on Ageing, vol 23, no 2, March 2001
Pages	pp 179-208
Keywords	Multi generation families ; Attitude ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Issues concerning links between intergenerational expectations at family and societal levels are investigated with survey data from 1,200 respondents aged 40 and over in the Albany, New York state area. Both family- and societal-level expectations reflect "generational altruism". Personal family characteristics and circumstances have little relation to general expectations about parents and children, but family solidarity is related to family expectations, primarily with regard to children. Attitudes about societal-level inter-cohort relations have little association with personal family circumstances or solidarity. However, expectations about children are related to societal expectations, suggesting that solidarity (and altruism) at the micro level of family ties has some relation to solidarity (and altruism) at the macro level of inter-cohort relations. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010723209 A
Classmark	SJC: DP: F: 3F: 7T
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