In Retirement

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. PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, I. THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, II. NEIGHBOURS, III. OTHER VISITORS, IV. NEW FRIENDS, V. INDOORS, VI. THE STREET, VII. MOBILITY: DOING THE SHOPPING AND GETTING THE PENSION, VIII. GOING AWAY: TO RELATIVES AND FRIENDS AND FOR ANNUAL HOLIDAYS (VACATIONS), IX. ATTENDING CLUBS AND CHURCH, X. MONEY: GREAT BRITAIN, XI. HEALTH INSURANCE AND INCOME: UNITED STATES, XII. IN REVIEW, BIBLIOGRAPHY, APPENDIX I. Selection of samples, APPENDIX II. Work sheets used in American interviews, GENERAL INDEX, INDEX OF AUTHORS