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Direct linkJaffe, Gita – Education Canada, 2009
The 2005 "UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic" estimated that 10 million young people are living with HIV and AIDS worldwide and that approximately half of all new infections are among 15-24 year olds. Findings from a study suggest that there may be a false sense of complacency about the disease among today's youth. This ignorance…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), International Education, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Rosenthal, Carolyn J.; And Others – Essence: Issues in the Study of Ageing, Dying, and Death, 1980
Studied the succession of roles adopted from generation to generation as patterned in relation to the family life course, changes in health and dependency of various generations and factors such as family size, birth order, and sex. Proposes a conceptual framework for an analysis of aging and the family. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Aging (Individuals), Extended Family, Family Relationship
Download full textRosenthal, Carolyn J.; And Others – 1981
Family headship has not been systematically investigated in the sociology of the family, yet "head of the family" is a meaningful phrase to most people. A survey of adults (N=464) in Ontario revealed that only two percent of the respondents did not understand the term. Other data showed that traditional male-dominated authority patterns…
Descriptors: Adults, Extended Family, Family Relationship, Family Role
Theilheimer, Ish, Ed. – Transition, 1993
This theme issue of the Canadian newsletter "Transitions" in both English and French explores the question of the future of families in a period of broken marriages, difficult times, and an obsession with individual success and materialism. "Families of the Future: New Ways to Do the Same Old Things," summarizes the findings of…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Programs, Demography, Dual Career Family
