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Balancing generations
— on the strength and character of family norms in the West and East of Europe | | Author(s) | Svein Olav Daatland, Katharina Herlofson, Ivar A Lima |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 31, part 7, October 2011 |
| Pages | pp 1159-1179 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Family relationships ; Parents ; Children [offspring] ; Family care ; Attitude ; Western Europe ; Eastern Europe ; Russian Federation ; Cross national surveys. |
| Annotation | The study examined the strength and character of responsibility norms between older parents and adult children. Quantitative data from the `Generations and Gender Survey' were investigated to compare seven countries from Europe, namely Norway, Germany, France, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia and Georgia. Norm strength was measured as the level of support for family and parental responsibility. Character differences were indicated by how conditional the norms were, and how they were balanced between generations. Findings revealed that family norms were stronger in Eastern and Southern Europe, with Norway and Georgia as the extreme cases. National differences were considerable for familial norms, but moderate for parental norms. Parental responsibility was relatively stronger in the North West of Europe, while filial responsibility was stronger in the South East. Women were less supportive of family obligations than men. The authors conclude that where the welfare state is more developed, it has moderated the demanding character of family obligations and led to a more independent relationship between generations. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-111031006 A |
| Classmark | DS:SJ: SR: SS: P6:SJ: DP: 76: 7A: 7ABG: 3K |
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