| Description |
1 online resource (321 pages) |
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SAGE Focus Editions |
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Sage focus editions.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- Families and Retirement: Conceptual and Methodological Issues; Part I -- Demographic, Historical, and Policy Issues; Chapter 2 -- Men and Women in Their Retirement Years: A Demographic Profile; Chapter 3 -- The ""Family Fund"": Strategies for Security in Old Age in the Industrial Era; Chapter 4 -- Family Provisions in Old-Age Pensions: Twenty Industrial Nations; Part II -- Retirement Timing: Life-Course Perspectives; Chapter 5 -- Family Pathways to Retirement; Chapter 6 -- Family Responsibilities and Women's Retirement |
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Chapter 7 -- Marital Status and Retirement Plans: Do Widowhood and Divorce Make a Difference?Part III -- Marital Relationships and the Retirement Experience; Chapter 8 -- Couples View Retirement Activities: Expectation Versus Experience; Chapter 9 -- Retirement and Marital Satisfaction; Chapter 10 -- Couples in Retirement: Division of Household Work; Chapter 11 -- Conjugal Support Among Working-Wife and Retired-Wife Couples; Chapter 12 -- Equity in Older Families; Part IV -- Retirement and Extended Kin Relationships; Chapter 13 -- Family and Retirement in the Context of Elderly Migration |
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Chapter 14 -- The Context of Retired Women as CaregiversChapter 15 -- Social Activities and Retirement Adaptation: Gender and Family Variations; Chapter 16 -- Families and Retirement: Avenues for Future Research; References; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Authors |
| Summary |
The individual nature of the transition from being a member of the workforce to being retired has been the focus of previous books on retirement. In contrast, this book explores the impact of retirement upon family relationships and functioning. Among the topics examined are: gender and ethnic differences; the roles of children and siblings; and the multiple changes retirement creates in marital interaction. The contributors also discuss various theoretical models, analyses of research and methodological problems associated with studying families with retired members, and present |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Retirement.
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Retirees -- Family relationships
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Retirement -- United States
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Retirees -- Family relationships.
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Retirement.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ekerdt, David J
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Vinick, Barbara H
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| ISBN |
9781452245751 |
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1452245754 |
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