Close To You? How Parent–Adult Child Contact Is Influenced by Family Patterns

Glenn Deane, Glenna Spitze, Russell A. Ward and Yue (Angela) Zhuo

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2016, vol. 71, issue 2, 344-357

Abstract: Objectives. Intergenerational contacts occur in the context of other family relationships. We examine how in-person contacts among parents and all adult children affect each other, focusing on proximity and other predictors to assess whether and how visiting is correlated across adult children.

Date: 2016
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