What are the long term effects of retirement on family relationships? Do personality characteristics or attitudes of one spouse impinge on the other spouse′s retirement plans and adjustment? What differences exist in the ways males and females adapt to retirement? Leading researchers in the fields of family studies and gerontology present enlightening information on the impact of retirement on family relations. Original essays focus on gender and ethnic differences, the role of children, siblings, and significant others, and the multiple changes retirement creates in marriage. In addition, a variety of theoretical models, existing research, and methodological problems in studying retired families are explored. Families and Retirement is essential reading for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in gerontology, sociology, social work, family psychology, and policy studies. ’This is a well-written book. The editors have done a great job in selecting chapter authors whose research is important and directly related to the focus of the book. . . . The book will be an excellent text for sociology classes focusing mainly on retirement. It will also serve well as a supplemental text in gerontology, family studies, economics, and other college and university courses wherein retirement is studied.’ –Journal of Marriage and the Family ’Just when it seems too complex a task to produce a text that addresses retirement from the perspective of the family, a new work appears that does just that. . . . The editors have successfully expanded [the] traditional concern with the individual by choosing studies showing relationships and issues on aspects of retirement and family.’ –Family Relations
Innehållsförteckning
Foreword – Lillian E Troll
Families and Retirement – Maximiliane Szinovacz, David J Ekerdt and Barbara H Vinick
Conceptual and Methodological Issues
PART ONE: DEMOGRAPHIC, HISTORICAL, AND POLICY ISSUES
Men and Women in Their Retirement Years – Mark D Hayward and Mei-Chun Liu
A Demographic Profile
The `Family Fund′ – Brian Gratton and Frances M Rotondo
Strategies for Security in Old Age in the Industrial Era
Family Provisions in Old-Age Pensions – Regina O′Grady-Le Shane and John B Williamson
Twenty Industrial Nations
PART TWO: RETIREMENT TIMING: LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVES
Family Pathways to Retirement – Angela M O′Rand, John C Henretta and Margaret L Krecker
Family Responsibilities and Women′s Retirement – Laurie Russell Hatch and Aaron Thompson
Marital Status and Retirement Plans – Leslie A Morgan
Do Widowhood and Divorce Make a Difference?
PART THREE: MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS AND THE RETIREMENT EXPERIENCE
Couples View Retirement Activities – Barbara H Vinick and David J Ekerdt
Expectation vs Experience
Retirement and Marital Satisfaction – Robert C Atchley
Couples in Retirement – Lorraine T Dorfman
Division of Household Work
Conjugal Support Among Working-Wife and Retired-Wife Couples – Trudy B Anderson
Equity in Older Families – Pat M Keith, Robbyn R Wacker and Robert B Schafer
PART FOUR: RETIREMENT AND EXTENDED KIN RELATONSHIPS
Family and Retirement in the Context of Elderly Migration – Lee Cuba
The Context of Retired Women as Caregivers – Ellie Brubaker and Timothy H Brubaker
Social Activities and Retirement Adaptation – Maximiliane Szinovacz
Gender and Family Variations
Families and Retirement – Maximiliane Szinovacz, David J Ekerdt and Barbara H Vinick
Avenues for Research
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