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Generations of İstanbul families, the elderly, and the social economy of welfare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

Alan Duben*
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Department of Sociology, İstanbul Bilgi University, 34060, Eyüp-İstanbul, Turkey, aduben@bilgi.edu.tr
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As the population of the world ages, the balance between generations is irrevocably changing. Proportionally larger numbers of the no-longer economically active elderly will need to be supported by a shrinking working-age population. Women have increasingly come to outnumber men at advanced ages, presenting elderly women (and their families) with a novel and challenging old-age experience. Indeed, gender is central to understanding the relationship between generations and the glaring imbalance in intergenerational support, material and immaterial.

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