SOCIOL 2U06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Neoliberalism, Sandwich Generation
30 Mar 2016
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Family lives of the middle-aged and elderly in canada. Chapter 11, the family lives of the middle-aged and elderly in canada . Families in mid-life have not been the focus of sociological research. Care of our aging population represents one of the biggest social policy changes. Our population is aging, and care is needed, at a time of increasing female labour force participation. What age is mid-life: 40 for most canadians. Empty nests, cluttered nests: this trend has increased. Mid-life has become more individuated and diverse: a lot of diversity now in mid-life. The experiences of mid-life have shifted historically. 1910 as compared with 60% in 1991 : we will be spending more time taking care of our parents than our children. Most canadians will have more parents than children. It is a myth that single-parent households are more common today than in the past. Remaining single was more common in the past: clear economic reasons for that, spinsters/bachelors.
