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Spatial Proximity and Contacts between Elderly Parents and Their Adult Children: A European Comparison

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Using data from the 2004 'Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe' (SHARE), this paper continues and extends recent cross-national research on the proximity and contacts of elderly parents to their adult children. To begin with, we provide a brief description of the 'geography of the family' in ten continental European countries. In the multivariate part of the paper we investigate into the determinants of intergenerational proximity and frequency of contact. Even when microlevel factors are controlled for, the Mediterranean peoples continue to exhibit closer family relations than their northern counterparts. We also find noteworthy systematic differences in the effects of some explanatory variables between 'weak' and 'strong' family countries. When looking at the contemporary European picture as a whole, though, we find no indication at all for a 'crisis' of intergenerational relations.

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  • Karsten Hank, 2005. "Spatial Proximity and Contacts between Elderly Parents and Their Adult Children: A European Comparison," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 510, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
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    1. Andrea E. Schmidt & Stefania Ilinca & Katharine Schulmann & Ricardo Rodrigues & Andrea Principi & Francesco Barbabella & Agnieszka Sowa & Stanislawa Golinowska & Dorly Deeg & Henrike Galenkamp, 2016. "Fit for caring: factors associated with informal care provision by older caregivers with and without multimorbidity," European Journal of Ageing, Springer, vol. 13(2), pages 103-113, June.
    2. Gunnar Malmberg & Anna Pettersson, 2007. "Distance to old parents," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 17(23), pages 679-704.

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