ABSTRACT

This is Volume XII of twenty-one in a series on the Sociology of Gender and the Family. Originally published in 1966, this study on retirement looks at pensioners in Great Britain and the United States.

chapter |9 pages

Introduction

The People: Their Number, Ages and Accommodation

chapter I|37 pages

Their Sons and Daughters1

chapter II|29 pages

Neighbours

chapter III|17 pages

Other Visitors

chapter IV|17 pages

New Friends

chapter V|39 pages

Indoors

chapter VI|34 pages

The Street

chapter VII|17 pages

Mobility

Doing the Shopping and Getting the Pension

chapter VIII|19 pages

Going Away

To Relatives and Friends and for Annual Holidays (Vacations)

chapter IX|15 pages

Attending Clubs and Church

chapter X|10 pages

Money

Great Britain

chapter XI|10 pages

Health Insurance and Income

United States 1

chapter XII|14 pages

In Review