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Differences over time in older people’s relationships with children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews in rural North Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2002

G. CLARE WENGER  and
VANESSA BURHOLT
G. CLARE WENGER
Affiliation:
Centre for Social Policy Research and Development, University of Wales Bangor.
VANESSA BURHOLT
Affiliation:
Centre for Social Policy Research and Development, University of Wales Bangor.
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Abstract

Based on data from the Bangor Longitudinal Study of Ageing (BLSA) 1979–1999, this paper examines changes over time in the intergenerational relationships of older people (aged 65+ in 1979). The analysis uses quantitative and qualitative data to discuss changes from 1979–1999 for those respondents who survived in the community to 1999. It looks at mothers’ and fathers’ relationships with their adult children, grandmother and grandfather relationships with grandchildren and relationships between aunts and uncles with nieces and nephews. It identifies four different patterns of intergenerational relationships showing how the rural employment structure impacts on family structure, migration and support patterns.

Keywords

ruralintergenerationalrelationshipsfamily structuremigration
Type
Research Article
Information
Ageing & Society , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , September 2001 , pp. 567 - 590
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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