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Demography of families of the elderly in Glasgow
Author(s)	Christine Robertson, Anne Gilmore
Journal title	Health Bulletin, vol 33, no 2, March 1975
Pages	pp 76-81
Keywords	Demography ; The Family ; Children [offspring] ; Siblings ; Geographical distance ; Glasgow.
Annotation	This study reports on the location of children and surviving siblings randomly selected from people aged 65 and more living at home in North Glasgow. 47% had no child living within a distance which made a day visit possible; 23% were unmarried; 14% were married but childless; and 17% had their nearest child outside a possible day visit. 31% of those who had children lived with a child, and those who did not live with their children, but whose nearest child lived within a day visit, 30% were visited daily, and 87% weekly or more often. 45% of the unmarried subjects lived with a sibling; of those who did not, but had one within a possible day visit, 9% were visited daily, and 43% weekly or more often. The likely effect of four demographic trends on the welfare of older people at the end of the century are discussed: marriage rate; size of families; differential mortality of men and women; and the magnitude of population movement within the United Kingdom and overseas.
Accession Number	CPA-980402001 A
Classmark	S8: SJ: SS: SV: RJ: 9WC *
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