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Intergenerational solidarity networks of instrumental and cultural transfers within migrant families in Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2001

SIBEL KALAYCIOĞLU  and
HELGA RITTERSBERGER-TILIÇ
SIBEL KALAYCIOĞLU
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
HELGA RITTERSBERGER-TILIÇ
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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Abstract

Over the last fifty years, the pattern of family life in Turkey has been seriously affected by migration. Despite this, there remains a high degree of solidarity typified by transfers of income, material goods and cultural mores between and within family generations. This article is based on the life histories of fifteen migrant families living in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. In-depth interviews were used to collect information about at least three generations in each family. Information was collected about occupational, educational and migration histories, property ownership, care of dependents, and parent-child relations covering three generations.

Keywords

intergenerational relationsfamilymigrationtransfersurban/rural
Type
Research Article
Information
Ageing & Society , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , September 2000 , pp. 523 - 542
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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