Changing Britain : families and households in the 1900s / edited by Susan McRae. - xxi, 487 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-473) and index.

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

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Families--Great Britain
Single-parent families--Great Britain
Stepfamilies--Great Britain
Unmarried couples--Great Britain
Living alone--Great Britain
Kinship--Great Britain

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