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While research attention has been directed to the normative timing aspects of some family transitions, little work on homeleaving has been undertaken. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with one child and one parent in 218 families in which the adult child has/had returned home (boomerang families) and 202 families in which the adult child has remained independently "launched," this article examines a number of aspects of norms regarding the appropriate timing of homeleaving. The following issues are examined: the degree of overall consensus regarding homeleaving age norms; variations by generation and by family type; factors viewed as conditioning the normative age at homeleaving; and perceptions regarding social approval/disapproval of young adults living at home. Results are discussed in terms of theoretical issues in the life course perspective regarding age norms.
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Envejecimiento/fisiología , Vivienda , Relaciones Intergeneracionales , Acontecimientos que Cambian la Vida , Adulto , Humanos , Entrevistas como Asunto , Persona de Mediana Edad , Valores de Referencia , Percepción SocialRESUMEN
This paper investigates gender differences in the timing of ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality among white Americans. Three age-at-death groupings are examined, using a model incorporating three types of independent variables: lifestyle, socioeconomic status, and biology/heredity. Logistic regression techniques are used to analyze National Mortality Follow-back Survey data. Three hypotheses drawn from the literature are tested: (1) that IHD mortality risks will vary by gender and across the life course; (2) that the independent variables will exert a lower mortality risk for women than for men at all ages of death; and (3) that differential risks by gender will be larger for younger age-at-death groups. Findings support the first and third hypotheses. The importance of research on gender differentials in age at IHD mortality in relation to parental heart-attack mortality, smoking and spousal smoking, occupation, and fertility is highlighted.
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Enfermedad Coronaria/mortalidad , Adulto , Factores de Edad , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Femenino , Humanos , Estilo de Vida , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Factores Sexuales , Factores Socioeconómicos , Estados Unidos/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
In Canada, disparate social policies--to do with health, family, income security, housing, and so forth--influence caregiving to elders. They are contradictory policies because of their different objectives, histories, and jurisdictions. The wider context of societal and socio-demographic changes highlight additional contradictions in the principles on which social policies regarding caregiving rest. Some of these contradictions are discussed in terms of policies, their consequences, whether intended or not, and what the future might hold for Canadian policies and programs with implications for caregiving to elders.
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Cuidadores , Servicios de Salud para Ancianos , Política Pública , Anciano , Canadá , Predicción , Servicios de Salud para Ancianos/tendencias , Atención Domiciliaria de Salud/tendencias , HumanosRESUMEN
Since Neugarten, Moore, and Lowe, in a 1965 article, reported finding widespread consensus regarding the timing of major life events, the concept of normative social timetables has become incorporated into the life course perspective and into the general stock of gerontological knowledge. However, subsequent research has been rare. This study examines the degree of adherence to age norms and mean preferred ages for five life course events among a random sample of 1,583 women (cohorts born between 1905 and 1949) surveyed in two British Columbia cities. It is found that, using a non-forced choice format, proportionately more women provide "right ages" for family events than for non-family events. Preferred timing varies by level of education and by birth cohort; place of birth has no effect. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for the salience of age norms in the Canadian context and in terms of future research directions.
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Acontecimientos que Cambian la Vida , Mujeres/psicología , Adulto , Factores de Edad , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Análisis de Varianza , Canadá , Escolaridad , Femenino , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Conformidad Social , Factores de TiempoRESUMEN
Significant differences in cost and safety between vasectomy and tubal ligation have been reported. For this reason the incidence of these two procedures between 1976 and 1986 was studied to obtain information upon which future policy decisions might be based. Although tubal ligation predominated in almost every province and year its rate declined by 27.6% over the study period, whereas the rate of vasectomy increased by 39.1%. When projected to 1988 the national rates for the two procedures became nearly equal; those for Quebec had become equal by 1986. Provincial differences were most marked in eastern Canada, where neighbouring provinces had the highest and the lowest rates of sterilization in the country. Given the relative economic and surgical disadvantages of tubal ligation, policymakers may wish to consider fostering an increased acceptance of vasectomy, particularly in areas where such acceptance continues to be slow.