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Social change and adult children's attitudes toward support of elderly parents — evidence from Nepal
Author(s)	Amy Mehraban Pienta, Jennifer S Barber, William G Axinn
Journal title	Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 3, no 2, 2001
Pages	pp 211-236
Keywords	Children [offspring] as carers ; Attitude ; Parents ; Family relationships ; Social change ; Nepal.
Annotation	Norms about filial responsibility govern intergenerational relationships in Nepal and throughout Asia more generally. This is demonstrated by the fact that as many as 83% of older Nepalese people continue to live with an adult child. Nonetheless, the sense of obligation to and responsibility for older people may erode with the prolific social and economic transformations that are taking place in Nepal - changes that are in some ways similar to those that have occurred in other Asian countries. In this article, the authors examine the impact these changes have had on children's attitudes toward responsibility for the care of ageing parents. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-021216253 A
Classmark	P6:SS: DP: SR: DS:SJ: TMH: 7FN
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