Ageing Without Children : European and Asian Perspectives on Elderly Access to Support Networks.

Ageing Without Children : European and Asian Perspectives on Elderly Access to Support Networks.

Rapid fertility declines and improved longevity are now shifting the overall balance of population towards older ages in many parts of the world. Within this growing population of older people there are many groups with particular needs about which relatively little is known. This collection focuses...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kreager, Philip
Other Authors: Schröder-Butterfill, Elisabeth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2005.
Series:Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives Ser.
Subjects:
Older people > Services for > Europe > Case studies.
Older people > Services for > Asia > Case studies.
Childlessness > Europe.
Childlessness > Asia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Childlessness
Older people > Services for
Asia
Europe
Case studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Ageing Without Children; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Chapter 1. Where are the Children?; Part I. Asia; Chapter 2. Problems of Elderly without Children; Chapter 3. 'They Don't Need It, and I Can't Give It'; Chapter 4. Adoption, Patronage and Charity; Chapter 5. In the Absence of Family Support; Part II. Europe; Chapter 6. Demographic Change in Europe; Chapter 7. British Pakistani Elderly without Children; Chapter 8. Home-place, Movement and Autonomy; Chapter 9. The Position of the Elderly in Greece Prior to the Second World War; Notes on Contributors

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