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Intergenerational Support and Later Life Health: Associations by Role, Type and Direction of Support

Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aims to examine the health consequences of intergenerational support, distinguishing between providers and receivers (role), financial and practical support (type), and upward and downward support (direction). Background Intergenerational support is an important pillar for coping with some of the challenges of aging ...
Ariane Bertogg, Anna Manzoni
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges in moving from macro to micro: Population and family structures in ageing societies [PDF]

Assumptions are often made about how population ageing on the macro level has altered generational structures of families at the micro level. The purpose of this paper is to increase the awareness of challenges and potential pitfalls in bridging the two ...
Gunhild Hagestad, Katharina Herlofson
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Interstellar Migration, the Population ‘Problem’ and the Climate Emergency

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Anna Hartnell
wiley   +1 more source

Intergenerational Estrangement in Germany: Same‐Gender Relationships Predict Reduced Closeness to Fathers but Not Mothers

Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine whether same‐gender relationship (SGR) status predicts intergenerational estrangement, operationalized as emotional closeness as well as physical contact to parents, in Germany. Background The relationship to the family of origin can be a source of support or stress.
Anne R. Vogel, Elisabeth R. Geller, Melanie S. Fischer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social relationships and subjective wellbeing of the older adults in India: the moderating role of gender

BMC Geriatrics
Objective Social relationships have been extensively researched as having compelling health benefits. Nevertheless, these issues are understudied in low-income countries like India.
Shrestha Saha
doaj   +1 more source

The role of intergenerational solidarity in digital literacy

Kairós Gerontologia, 2014
In the context of ageing and the need to focus on intergenerational learning to develop digital literacy, this study applies the Theory of Planned Behaviour to analyse university student’s intentions to help seniors acquire digital skills.
Magda Sofia Roberto, António Fidalgo, David Buckingham   +2 more
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Spatial Proximity and Contacts between Elderly Parents and Their Adult Children: A European Comparison [PDF]

Using data from the 2004 'Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe' (SHARE), this paper continues and extends recent cross-national research on the proximity and contacts of elderly parents to their adult children.
Karsten Hank
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Facing hard truths: Medical education's reckoning with settler colonialism in an era of reconciliation

Medical Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Medical schools are responsible for embedding Indigenous health education across the training continuum. Central to this work is recognising settler colonialism as an ongoing structure that privileges non‐Indigenous peoples while producing and sustaining inequities for Indigenous communities.
Obinna Esomchukwu, Lisa Bishop, Libby Dean, Kori A. LaDonna, Sarah Burm   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do downward private transfers enhance maternal labor supply ? Evidence from around Europe [PDF]

Using data on 2317 mother-daughter pairs from 10 European countries, we investigate the impact of downward time and monetary transfers on the career choices of transfer-receiving young mothers.
François-Charles Wolff, Ralitza Dimova
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Top level actors speak about social policy and intergenerational inheritance of inequalities [PDF]

, 2007
The article has been divided into two parts. In the irst one the author presents dominant trends of the contemporary academic discourse over the European social policy, in the context of progressive europeization in this ield as well and on the level ...
Woźniak, Wojciech
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