Search for dissertations about: "child-parent proximity"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words child-parent proximity.

2. 1. A family landscape : On the geographical distances between elderly parents and adult children in Sweden

   Author : Anna Hjälm; Gunnar Malmberg; Anders Brändström; Emma Lundholm; Clara Mulder; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family; elderly parents; adult children; intergenerational; child-parent proximity; migration; distance; ageing; support; register data; Sweden; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : With a background in the ageing of the population and the new challenges facing individuals, families and the welfare state, the aim of this thesis is to analyse the changing family landscape and the geographical distances between elderly parents and adult children. The thesis consists of four empirical studies derived from three different sources of data: In the first paper (Paper I), historical population data is combined with modern register data for two Swedish regions. READ MORE

4. 2. Still in touch : family contact, activities and health among the elderly in Sweden

   Author : Carin Lennartsson; Karin Tengvald; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : Study I. Child-Parent Contacts. A study of family contacts between adult children and parents in Sweden The aim of this study is to examine how often adult children and parents are in contact. In focus is the relative impact of individual, family, and social-structural characteristics, and geographical distance on intergenerational contacts. READ MORE