This is an edited collection of chapters detailing research on modern family and household living arrangements, mainly in Great Britain but also with some reference to Germany. There are chapters on changes in the care for the elderly, financial support to and from young adults living at home, lone parents and single householders, and the way in which households divide and arrange domestic labour and formal paid employment.

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List of Tables - Notes on Contributors - Families and Households in Modern Britain; C.Marsh & S.Arber - Short-term Reciprocity in Parent- child Economic Exchanges; G.Jones - Saturday-Jobs: Sixth-former in the Labour Market; S.Hutson & W.Cheung - Relationships between the Generations in British Families Past and Present; R.Wall - 'In Sickness and in Health': Care-giving, Gender and the Independence of Elderly People; S.Arber & J.Ginn - Rational Choice and Household Division; A.H.Carling - The Differentiation of Households and Working Time Arrangements in West Germany; V.H.Schmidt - Diversity and Ambiguity among Lone-Parent Households in Modern Britain; G.Crow & M.Hardey - Social Networks of Single Person Households; W.Bien, J.Marbach & R.Templeton - Upholding the Nuclear Family: a Study of Unmarried Parents and Domestic Courts; R.Collins - Index