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Clark, Shelley; Kenney, Catherine – Social Forces, 2010
Furstenberg et al. (1995) suggested that one unanticipated consequence of current high levels of divorce might be a "matrilineal tilt" in intergenerational wealth flows. This research uses six waves of the Health and Retirement Survey (1992 to 2002) to investigate this possibility with respect to financial transfers from parents to their…
Descriptors: Demography, Family Financial Resources, Financial Support, Divorce
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Maume, David J. – Social Forces, 2008
It may be premature to think that contemporary families are egalitarian because wives are working more and fathers are more involved with children. This research contends that egalitarianism is reflected in gender similarity in missing work to attend to children's needs. Drawing from two national surveys of dual-earner parents, familial factors…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Gender Differences, Mothers, Child Caregivers