Subsistence Economy, Family Structure, and the Status of the Elderly
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2587907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolyn Balkwell (corresponding author), Jack Balswick, Jack O Balswick |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 423 |
| Publication date | 1981-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/351392 |
| OpenAlex | W2329619753 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 6 |
The status of the elderly in a society is hypothesized to be a complex function of the economic development of that society, of the structure of the family within it, and of the transfer of wealth to a couple at marriage by one or both families of orientation. Specific relationships among these variables are investigated for societies ranging from the hunting and gathering level to the traditional agrarian level of economic development. Statistical analyses indicate that economic development is related to increasing status of the elderly within these types of societies and that the fit of the model to the data is slightly improved by simultaneously introducing family structure and transfer of family wealth as intervening variables
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Subsistence economy · Demography · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2026 (43) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |