Ethnicity and Intergenerational Perceptions of Family Solidarity
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Aging & Human Development
- Vol. 33 (1) , 33-44
- https://doi.org/10.2190/rcwt-u0vx-6ykg-hfp2
Abstract
Intergenerational interaction between matched pairs of older parents and their middle-aged offspring were explored in this research, comparing Mennonites and non-Mennonites. Middle-aged respondents replied to a mailed questionnaire, and their parents were interviewed. Five dimensions of family solidarity were compared between the generations, with the result that middle-aged offspring typically report less family solidarity than do their parents. These results are explained in terms of the concept of the “developmental stake.”Keywords
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