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Differences over time in older people’s relationships with children grandchildren nieces and nephews in rural North Wales
- Authors:
- WENGER Claire G., BURHOLT Vanessa
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 21(5), September 2001, pp.567-590.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Based on data from the Bangor Longitudinal Study of Ageing (BLSA) 1979–1999, this article examines changes over time in the intergenerational relationships of older people. 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.