In a panel study where one survey was conducted immediately after terrorist attack in central Stockholm, with over 20,000 participants, we examine the possibility that first-hand experiences terror increases effects compared to people located elsewhere Sweden. We use matching and as-if random variation our data identify effect of personal proximity. While find close perceived themselves as more...

Using data from the 2004 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, this article continues and extends recent cross-national research on proximity and contacts of older parents to their children. In addition to a brief description of the geography of families in 10 continental European countries, determinants of intergenerational proximity and contacts are examined. Even when microlevel...