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Introduction: Intergenerational relationships in rural areas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2002

G. CLARE WENGER
Affiliation:
Centre for Social Policy Research and Development, University of Wales, Bangor.

Abstract

It has taken gerontologists a long time to focus on the problems of rurality. More than half the older people in the world live in rural areas. The proportions of older people in local populations are higher in rural areas than in urban areas in most countries of the world. However, it was not until the year 2000 that the First Global Rural Aging Conference was held. This special issue looks as intergenerational relationships in rural areas and stems from an invited symposium at that conference.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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