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Intergenerational Relations in Changing Times

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Handbook of the Life Course

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Families have changed remarkably over the last century—in age structure and generational composition, in their diversity of forms and functions, in family members’ expectations of one another and ways of relating. One consequence of the dramatic increase in longevity has been the growing prevalence of three-, four-, and five-generation families, lengthening the time spent in family roles, such as grandparenthood. At the same time, increases in divorce and remarriage, single-parenthood, and cohabitation have greatly increased the complexity of family configurations and relationships.

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  1. Department of Sociology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90089-2539

    Norella M. Putney & Vern L. Bengtson

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Putney, N.M., Bengtson, V.L. (2003). Intergenerational Relations in Changing Times. In: Mortimer, J.T., Shanahan, M.J. (eds) Handbook of the Life Course. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48247-2_7

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