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Geographic distance and contact between middle-aged children and their parents
— the effects of social class over 20 years | | Author(s) | Lisa Greenwell, Vern L Bengtson |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 52B, no 1, January 1997 |
| Pages | pp S13-S26 |
| Keywords | Family relationships ; Middle aged ; Children [offspring] ; Parents ; Social contacts ; Geographical distance ; Social class ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In this research, two alternative hypotheses are tested in relation to social class differences in geographic distance and contact frequency between middle aged children and their parents over time. The first, derived from the modified extended family model, predicts that social class is related to distance and contact in person. The second predicts that social class is no longer strongly related to distance or in-person contact due to changing constraints on family resources. Data analysed came from the University of Southern California Longitudinal Study of Generations and Mental Health (LSOG). Results from these analyses indicate that children's 1971 educational aspirations and social class position predict 1991 distance and contact between generations. Parents who have lower 1991 incomes, however, live further from children and talk with them on the telephone less frequently than higher income parents. Thus, the effects of early social class position support the modified extended family model, whereas the effects of current social class position support the changing family constraints model. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980227012 A |
| Classmark | DS:SJ: SE: SS: SR: TOA: RJ: T: 7T |
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