Changing Relationships (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 10
Tables......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Part I Forming and Maintaining Relationships......Page 18
1 Introduction: The Social Signifi cance of Relationships......Page 20
2 Living Apart Together......Page 46
3 Gender Differences in Close Friendship Networks over the Life Cycle......Page 61
4 Leaving Home......Page 76
5 The Social Significance of Homogamy......Page 90
6 How Close Are Couples?......Page 110
Part II Relationships and Social Welfare......Page 126
7 Young Child-Parent Relationships......Page 128
8 Adult Child-Parent Relationships......Page 144
9 Gender and Time Use over the Life Course......Page 163
10 Residential Mobility, Mobility Preferences and Psychological Health......Page 178
11 Early Labour Market Experience and the Timing of Family Formation......Page 197
12 Unemployment and Partnership Dissolution......Page 219
13 Marital Splits and Income Changes over the Longer Term......Page 234
Contributors......Page 254
Index......Page 258