Gray, Jane and Corcoran, Mary and Peillon, Michel (2009) Local Family Circles and Suburban Social Life in Ireland (NIRSA) Working Paper Series. No.43. Working Paper. NIRSA - National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis.

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Abstract

This paper presents some findings from a research project that sought to generate an empirical account of the texture of social life in new Irish suburbs, through a comparative analysis of four suburban areas. The paper focuses on differences in the structure of family and kinship relations in different kinds of suburbs, and suggests some ways in which those differences are linked to levels of attachment to place amongst couples with young children. We found that, in new Irish suburbs, many families continue to have access to family circles in the locality or nearby. They rely more on kin for everyday social support when their children are very young, but the extent to which they increase their reliance on neighbours as children reach primary school age varies according to the socio-demographic composition of the suburb where they live.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Keywords:	Suburban Development; Social Life; Suburbs; Ireland; Family; NIRSA.
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > National Institute for Regional and Spatial analysis, NIRSA Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Item ID:	1139
Identification Number:	43
Depositing User:	NIRSA Editor
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2009 14:05
Publisher:	NIRSA - National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis
URI:	Organisation
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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