Uhlenberg P
Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-3210, USA.
Gerontologist. 1996 Oct;36(5):681-5. doi: 10.1093/geront/36.5.681.
Declining mortality over the Twentieth Century has altered the supply of older relatives in the kin networks of persons at all stages of life. Mortality decline has also changed the supply of kin for older persons. Using period life tables for selected years between 1900 and 2000, I calculate the proportion of persons who, at various stages of the life course, would have grandparents, parents, spouses, siblings and children still living. The results draw attention to the unprecedented potential for kinship ties involving older persons afforded by contemporary high survival rates.
二十世纪死亡率的下降改变了处于人生各个阶段的人的亲属网络中年长亲属的供应情况。死亡率的下降也改变了老年人的亲属供应情况。利用1900年至2000年间特定年份的时期生命表，我计算了在人生不同阶段仍有祖父母、父母、配偶、兄弟姐妹和子女在世的人的比例。研究结果凸显了当代高存活率为涉及老年人的亲属关系带来的前所未有的可能性。
