Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles

Recent articles from Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Aging and the family-work link: a comparative analysis of two generations of Mexican women (1936-1938 and 1951-1953).(Report)
March 22, 2009... INTRODUCTION The implications of aging of the population in Mexico are complicated and in some respects, serious. Like many other developing countries, Mexico has no genuine state public policies designed to ensure the treatment, everyday care and well-being of senior citizens (such as...

Grandchildhood: adult grandchildren's perception of their role towards their grandparents from an intergenerational perspective.(Report)
March 22, 2009... INTRODUCTION In recent decades, research has expanded to investigate ties between grandparents and their grandchildren. This tendency is understandable if we consider rising life expectancy and the structure of contemporary families, which often consist of a number of generations...

Do religious children care more and provide more care for older parents? A study of filial norms and behaviors across five nations.(Report)
March 22, 2009... INTRODUCTION Much of the literature on the normative obligation to provide care to older parents centers on its role in motivating supportive behavior. However, most studies find that the relationship between norms and behavior in the domain of parent care is weak or holds true only under...

Specialization between family and state intergenerational time transfers in Western Europe.(Report)
March 22, 2009... INTRODUCTION Demographic change and particularly the growing number of elderly people are more and more a matter of public concern and of sociological interest. The main question of the debate is how support demands of older people can continue to be met. Sociological research attends to...

Why do adult children support their parents?(Report)
March 22, 2009... INTRODUCTION Intergenerational relationship arrangements only recently have begun to attract the attention of German researchers, but there already exists a multitude of findings, especially regarding relationships between grown-up children and their parents. These are commonly...