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Hagestad, Gunhild O. – 1984
Some family transitions have been reshaped by demographic changes in recent years. Changes in mortality patterns have expanded the duration of individual lives and family relationships. The death of a child, once an expectable part of life, is now so rare that it constitutes a major life crisis. Facing the death of one's parents, still a normal…
Descriptors: Adults, Birth Rate, Death, Demography
