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Revisiting the generation gap
— exploring the relationships of parent/adult child dyads | | Author(s) | Adam Shapiro |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 58, no 2, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 127-146 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Family relationships ; Attitude ; Parents ; Children [offspring] ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | There is some evidence that older parents and their adult children may evaluate their relationships with each other in different ways. This investigation compares the perceptions of intergenerational solidarity between 2,599 adult child/older person dyads from the US National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH). The study also examines a social structural model to test the relative contribution of individuals' sociodemographic and social structural positions to the correspondence between generational perceptions of solidarity. The findings indicate that there is a high degree of disagreement between how adult children and their parents view their relationship. Parents are more likely to report greater relationship quality, while children report greater contact and exchanges of assistance. While a number of variables influence the correspondence between the generations, the strongest and most consistent predictors are sex, age, child's marital status, and residential proximity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040809203 A |
| Classmark | DS:SJ: DP: SR: SS: 3F: 7T |
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