Looking Forward The Modernization of Old Age Mortality Decline The Statistics The Social Consequences Fertility Decline Rising Standard of Living Variations by Age, Race, and Sex Social Consequences Separate Living Arrangements Gender Differences in Living Arrangements Cultural Underpinnings Dying and Death The Quality of Intergenerational Ties Contact Geographical Distance between Generations Mother-Daughter Relationships and Family Culture Affinity Demographic and Economic Change Shared Values Assistance Mutual Assistance Care of the Disabled Women in the Middle? The Variability of Intergenerational Ties The Effects of Divorce
and Remarriage Implications for the Future But Are They Really Happy? Looking Back Thinking about Families Key Terms Families on the Internet Boxed Features families and public policy:
Financing Social Security
and Medicare families in other cultures:
The Elderly and Their Families in Japan | 
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