Affection, Social Contact, and Geographic Distance between Adult Children and Their Parents

Lawton, Leora; Silverstein, Merril; Bengtson, Vern L.

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“…They conclude that the mortal health risks associated with the stress of being widowed can be partially offset by affectionate relations with adult children. In another study, using the same dataset, Silverstein and Bengtson (1994) find that instrumental and expressive forms of social support moderate declines in well-being of elderly parents associated with poor health and widowhood. Also, using face-to-face interviews with elderly people in Spain, Zunzunegui et al (2001) show that controlling for age, gender, education, and functional status, low emotional support and reception of aid in daily activities from children were significantly associated with poor self-rated-health of elderly parents.…”

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Intergenerational transmission of human capital: Is it a one-way street?

Lundborg

Majlesi

2018

Journal of Health Economics

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Intergenerational transmission of human capital: Is it a one-way street?

Lundborg

Majlesi

2018

Journal of Health Economics

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“…Contact frequency is lower if the two homes (geographical) or hearts (emotional) are more distant (e.g. Lawton et al 1994).…”

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Intergenerational contact beyond the dyad: the role of the sibling network

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In this paper we aim to reach beyond the dyadic perspective on intergenerational contact and examine the influence of the sibling network on parent-child contact. We include aggregate sibling network characteristics as well as the adult child's position in the network vis-à-vis siblings, and use data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (2002)(2003)(2004) NKPS; N = 4,601 dyads). Regarding aggregate network characteristics results show that having sisters, having stepsiblings, increasing geographical distance between siblings, and decreasing levels of network cohesion are associated with less contact per parent-child dyad. Regarding the position of the adult child vis-à-vis his or her siblings, results show that having geographically or emotionally closer siblings has a negative effect on parentchild contact. The impact of differences in emotional distance among siblings is stronger when the analyses are limited to parents in poor health. Suggestions for future research are made.

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“…frequent is the contact, particularly at short and medium distances (Lee et al 1990;Bengtson and Roberts 1991;Grundy and Shelton 2001;Lawton et al 1994;Smith 1998;Glaser and Tomassini 2000;Hank 2007). The provision of care and support for family members also takes place less often when the distance between the places of residence is greater (Daatland and Lowenstein 2005;De Jong Gierveld and Fokkema 1998;Knijn and Liefbroer 2006;Joseph and Hallman 1998;Tomassini et al 2003).…”

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Distance to family members and relocations of older adults

Diepen

Mulder

2008

J Hous and the Built Environ

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For older people, proximity to family members may well be highly valuable. In this paper, we investigate to what extent the relocation behaviour of older people is associated with the distance to their children and siblings. For the analysis, we have used data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study. This dataset includes detailed geographical information about places of residence. We employ descriptive analyses and multinomial logistic regression of moving closer to family members and moving away from them. We Wnd that, with increasing distance to children, older people are more inclined to move closer to their children and slightly less inclined to move away from them. The Wndings for moving closer to and away from siblings are similar, but less pronounced. We also Wnd that older people with grandchildren are more likely to move closer to their children than those without grandchildren. No inXuence of health problems on relocations of older adults is found.

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Affection, Social Contact, and Geographic Distance between Adult Children and Their Parents

Cited by 337 publications

References 18 publications

Intergenerational transmission of human capital: Is it a one-way street?

Intergenerational transmission of human capital: Is it a one-way street?

Intergenerational contact beyond the dyad: the role of the sibling network

Distance to family members and relocations of older adults

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