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The Longitudinal Study of Generations
research project began in 1971 as a survey of intergenerational relations
among 300 three-generation California families: grandparents (then in
their sixties), middle-aged parents (then in their early forties), and
grandchildren (then aged 16 to 26).
The purpose of the study is to investigate
what changes and what stays the same in intergenerational relations of
the family as the decades pass, and with the aging of each generation,
to explore how these changes impact on the well-being of individuals within
the family.
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The study has broadened since then
to include a fourth generation, the great-grandchildren of these same
families, and further surveys in 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2001 and 2004.
The research is funded by the National Institute on Aging.
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