Ageing and Society

Table of Contents - 2001 - Volume 21, Issue 05  


Introduction: Intergenerational relationships in rural areas

G. CLARE  WENGER  a1 c1
a1 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.

(Accepted September 14 2001)


Correspondence:
c1 Centre for Social Policy Research and Development, Institute of Medical and Social Care, University of Wales, Bangor LL57 2PX