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Stepfamilies and older people — evaluating the implications of family change for an ageing population
Author(s)	Joanna Bornat, Brian Dimmock, David Jones
Journal title	Ageing and Society, vol 19, part 2, March 1999
Pages	pp 239-261
Keywords	Step relationships ; Family relationships ; Age groups [elderly] ; Young people ; Social surveys ; Luton.
Annotation	The changing nature of family life has become a major issue in contemporary Britain. Concerns that change will bring moral decline and social fragmentation are countered by a more optimistic view focusing on a future of more equitable and flexible family ties. Research drawing on area-based data in Luton amongst older, middle-aged and younger people with experience of family change suggests that so far as intergenerational relations, caring, and transfers of family wealth are concerned, traditional attitudes toward blood ties, household independence and care and support survive alongside new step relationships. The research also suggests that although several respondents had more than one generation of experience of family change, the language of step relationships is still one which is not yet completely accepted, or one with which people feel completely at ease. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990616211 A
Classmark	SWM: DS:SJ: BB: SB: 3F: 8BD
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