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Author:   McRae
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.723kg
ISBN:  

9780198296379

ISBN 10:   0198296371
Pages:   510
Publication Date:   04 November 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Susan McRae: Introduction I: BRITAIN IN CONTEXT David Coleman and Tarani Chabdola: Britain's Place in Europe's Population Jacqueline Scott: Family Change: Revolution or Backlash in Attitudes? Mike Murphy and Duolao Wang: Forecasting British Families into the twenty-first century II: KINSHIP IN THE 1990s Francis McGlone, Alison Park, and Ceridwen Roberts: Kinship and Friendship: Attitudes and Behaviour in Britain, 1986-1995 Jennifer Mason: Living away from Relatives: Kinship and Geographical Reasoning The Transitional Character of Caribbean Kinship in Britain III: OLDER PEOPLE'S LIVES Emily Grundy: Household and Family Change in Mid and Later Life in England and Wales Chris Phillipson, Miriam Bernard, Judith Phillips, and Jim Ogg: Older People in Three Urban Areas: Household Ccomposition, Kinship, and Social Networks Joanna Bornat, Brian Dimmock, David Jones, and Sheila Peace: The Impact of Family Change on Older People: the Case of the Stepfamilies IV: NEW WAYS OF LIVING Ray Hall, Philip E. Ogden, and Catherine Hill: Living Alone: Evidence from England and Wales and France for the last two decades Jeffrey Weeks, Brian Heaphy, and Catherine Donovan: Families of Choice: Autonomy and Mutuality in Non-heterosexual Relationships V: YOUNG MOTHERHOOD Kaye Wellings and Jane Wadsworth: Family Influences on Teenage Fertility Isobel Allen and Shirley Bourke Dowling, with Heather Rolfe: Teenage Mothers: Decisions and Outcomes Richard Nerthoud, Stephern McKay, and Karen Rowlingson: Becoming a Single Mother VI: DIVOUCE AND AFTER Kathleen Kiernan and Ganka Mueller: Who Divorces? Jonathan Bradshaw, Carol Stimson, Julie Williams, and Christine Skinner: Non-resident Fathers in Britain Robin Flowerdew, Alaa Al-Hamad, and Lynn Hayes: The Residential Mobility of Divorces

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Susan McRae is Professor of Sociology and Head of the School of Social Sciences and Law, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.

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