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Author Liu, Edgar

Title Multigenerational Family Living : Evidence and Policy Implications from Australia
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (208 pages)
Series Routledge Advances in Sociology
Routledge advances in sociology.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Living with the family in Australian cities; 2 Demographic characteristics of multigenerational households in Australia; 3 The drivers of multigenerational households in Australia; 4 Multigenerational households: economic considerations; 5 Living with the extended family: experiences and outcomes of living in multigenerational households; 6 Housework, intergenerational dependency and challenges to traditional gender roles
7 Families and ageing: intergenerational relations in health and care negotiations8 Identity, sexuality and stigma in multigenerational households: perspectives from LGBT household members; 9 Housing design for multigenerational living; 10 The environmental implications of multigenerational living: are larger households also greener households?; 11 Recognizing multigenerational households; Index
Summary "Multigenerational living - where more than one generation of related adults cohabit in the same dwelling - is recognized as a common arrangement amongst many Asian, Middle Eastern and Southern European cultures, but this arrangement is becoming increasingly familiar in many Western societies. Much Western research on multigenerational households has highlighted young adults'delayed first home leaving, the result of difficult economic prospects and the prolonged adolescence of generation Y. This book shows that the causes and results of this phenomenon are more complex. The book sheds fresh light on a range of structural and social drivers that have led multigenerational families to cohabit and the ways in which families negotiate the dynamic interactions amongst these drivers in their everyday lives. It critically examines factors such as demographics, the environment, culture and family considerations of identity, health, care and well-being, revealing how such factors reflect (and are reflected by) a retracting welfare state and changing understandings of families in an increasingly mobile world. Based on a series of qualitative and quantitative research projects conducted in Australia, the book provides an interdisciplinary examination of intergenerational cohabitation that explores a variety of concerns and experiences. It will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in housing, demographics and the sociology of the family."--Description
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Subject Households -- Australia
Families -- Australia
Older people -- Family relationships -- Australia
Intergenerational relations -- Australia
Stigma (Social psychology) -- Australia
Cities and towns -- Social aspects -- Australia
Cities and towns -- Social aspects
Families
Households
Intergenerational relations
Older people -- Family relationships
Stigma (Social psychology)
Australia
Form Electronic book
Author Easthope, Hazel
ISBN 9781317093558
1317093550