SOCL 2505 Study Guide - Nuclear Family
Document Summary
Modernization of old age: we tend to think of old-fashion grandparents, ended in industrialization when ppl worked outside of the house, 3 things : decline in mortality rate, fertility decline, increase in standard of living, mortality decline. In 1870 only 37% of women made it to age 65; 1930 77% made it to age. Low birthrate = putting less money in ss when that baby boomer hits (less young people to cover older people: separate living conditions, four living arrangements today. Alone, spouse, relatives, non-relatives(nursing home, care facility) Giving and getting: mutual assistance, elderly give more than they get, episodic and complementary, growing number of grandchildren living with grandparents, 2008; 6. 8 million kids staying with grandparents, multigenerational households. Formed typically in two ways; parents going live with grandparents: skipped-generation households. Come back to the former family when they need assistance: short-term: divorce hurts women & kids ; long-term: hurts men.
