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| Economic disadvantage and family change in Britain | | Author(s) | Susan McRae |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Family and Household Research, Oxford Brookes University |
| Publisher | Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, 1999 |
| Pages | 40 pp (Centre for Family and Household Research Occasional paper 1) |
| Source | Centre for Family and Household Research, School of Social Sciences and Law, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP. |
| Keywords | The Family ; Living patterns ; Personal relationships ; Social change ; Poverty ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | Does family diversity necessarily mean family decline? This paper describes and analyses changes in British families and households at the end of the twentieth century, drawing in particular on the results of a programme of research dedicated to the investigation of population and household change. Changes in patterns of employment have contributed to growing inequalities. However, not all family or household change arises from, or results in, disadvantage, nor is it necessarily linked to economic change. The effects of changes in family life for older people reveal mixed results. While it is likely that changes such as divorce have led in some cases to poverty, living alone and social isolation, there is also evidence that family breakdown can also lead to stronger intergenerational ties and increased co-residence. An extended version of this paper will be published in "Changing Britain: families and households in the 1990s", edited by Susan McRae (OUP, 1999). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990817003 B |
| Classmark | SJ: K7: DS: TMH: W6: 3A:6KC |
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