Family Life and Family Substitutes in Old Age
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4925972 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth Shonle Cavan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1949 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 71 |
| Publication date | 1949-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2086448 |
| OpenAlex | W2324594435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
A THOUGH adults typically live in the marital status in private households, at all ages a few people deviate from this pattern, living in institutions, with relatives, or in rooming houses or hotels. With old age the proportion of deviant arrangements increases. Table I shows the decrease with age in percentage of independent households and the corresponding increase in other living arrangements. Much of the personal and social adjust
Developmental psychology · Family life · Genealogy · Sociology · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Demography · History · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 1986 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |