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Direct linkDykstra, Pearl A.; Hagestad, Gunhild O. – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
This article provides the rationale for doing research on childlessness and parenthood in late life. Childless older adults have been rendered invisible in the social scientific literature. A central goal of this issue is to make them visible and to expose unstated assumptions about normal adult life. Parenthood emerges as a key organizer of the…
Descriptors: Childlessness, Parents, Social Integration, Older Adults
