“…Considerable amounts of help in everyday housework and care are exchanged between parents and children, also when living in separate households, and financial transfers take place both up and down the generational line. Here too, there exists considerable variation across Europe (Bettio and Plantenga 2004;Tomassini et al 2004;AttiasDonfut, Ogg, and Wolff 2005a;2005b;Kohli, Künemund, and Lüdicke 2005;Albertini, Kohli, and Vogel 2007;Hank 2007;Kohli and Albertini 2007;Wolff and Attias-Donfut 2007;Kalmijn and Saraceno 2008;Brandt, Haberkern, and Szydlik 2009;Igel et al 2009;Schenk, Dykstra, and Maas 2009;Dykstra and Fokkema 2011). The variation in family practices and patterns of solidarity between family members is not just shaped by micro-level factors such as the needs and preferences of family members.…”