TY - BOOK ID - 49455595 TI - Families in ageing societies : a multi-disciplinary approach PY - 2004 SN - 1281190624 9786611190620 0191530638 1435622499 PB - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Families KW - Intergenerational relations KW - Older people KW - Age distribution (Demography) KW - Age-structured populations. KW - Care KW - Population KW - Population biology KW - Distribution, Age (Demography) KW - Age KW - Age groups KW - Vital statistics KW - Population aging KW - Aged KW - Aging people KW - Elderly people KW - Old people KW - Older adults KW - Older persons KW - Senior citizens KW - Seniors (Older people) KW - Persons KW - Gerontocracy KW - Gerontology KW - Old age KW - Intergenerational relationships KW - Relations, Intergenerational KW - Relationships, Intergenerational KW - Interpersonal relations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:49455595 AB - Western families are undergoing considerable change. The demographic ageing of societies is increasing the number of living generations, and decreasing the number of living relatives within these generations. These ageing societies are also seeing an ageing of some life- transitions, with individuals choosing to delay full economic independence from parents, formal adult union through marriage or committed long-term cohabitation, and parenting. Such demographic change is occurringwithin the context of a variety of new kin structures-stepfamilies, ethnic minority families, single-parent familie ER -