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| Changing patterns of contact with and attitudes to the family in Denmark | | Author(s) | George W Leeson |
| Journal title | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 3, no 3, 2005 |
| Pages | pp 25-45 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Social contacts ; The Family ; Family relationships ; Attitude ; Longitudinal surveys ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | The 20th century saw dramatic ageing of the population in the more developed world. In addition, family structures have undergone similarly dramatic change. Against this background, this paper considers the patterns of contact older people in Denmark have with children and siblings, and Danish attitudes to the family as a supportive institution. This is of significance as the role and importance of intergenerational relationships and the family seem to be increasing even in the well-developed Danish welfare state. The paper presents results of the Danish Longitudinal (Panel) Future Study. This interviewed three different cohorts aged 40-44, 50-54 and 60-64 at Phase I in 1987. These were re-interviewed at Phase II in 1997 aged 50-54, 60-64 and 70-74, respectively, along with a new cohort of 40-44 year olds. All cohorts have moved towards more contact with children and siblings and a more positive view on the family as a supportive institution, indicating that there seems to have been a general move in the population as a whole and not just to specific cohorts or age groups - in other words, a period effect. The significant move towards a more positive view on the family as a supportive institution is interesting in view of the fact that the supportive role of reconstituted and step families in later life has been a cause of concern, the familial complexities not lending themselves to any particular pattern or structure of care. Even in Denmark, while there is a trend on the surface towards looser-knit, divorce-extended families, the importance of the family and of the family as a supportive institution has not weakened. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061024002 A |
| Classmark | TOA: SJ: DS:SJ: DP: 3J: 76K |
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