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Are mothers and daughters most important? How gender, childhood family dissolution and parents’ present living arrangements affect personal care of parents.
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posted on 2020-01-20, 10:44 authored by Linda KridahlLinda Kridahl, Ann-Zofie DuvanderAnn-Zofie DuvanderThe study examines adult
children’s propensity to provide personal care to older parents in Sweden by
gender of adult child, parental breakup in childhood and parent’s living
arrangements. Data are from the Swedish Generations and Gender Survey from
2012/2013. OLS regression analyses examined personal care separately for mother
and fathers. Adult daughters are more likely than sons to provide personal care
to older mothers and fathers. Parental breakup in childhood does not lead to
differences in personal care. The only exception being that daughters who
experience breakup provide more care for their mothers. Children, especially
daughters, help lone parents more often than other parents, but children’s care
provision does not differ for parents living with the other parent and
re-partnered parents. Gender of adult child and parent’s living arrangements
operate in slightly different ways regarding care provided for mothers and
fathers, and living arrangements represent a central predictor for whether
children provide filial care. Particularly, the dominant kinship pattern is
care provided from daughters to mother and through the mother’s line and to
parents in vulnerable situations. The study discusses the results in relation
to intergenerational solidarity theory, matrilineal care system and policy
outlooks.
Funding
The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) via The Linneaus Center on Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe (SPaDE), grant number 349-2007-8701.
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2002-617XPublication date
2019-03-26Usage metrics
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Informal caregenderparental breakupparental partnershipsingle livingNordic welfare state‘Stockholm Reports in Demography’Sociologiska institutionenDepartment of SociologySUDAStockholm University Demography UnitStockholms universitets demografiska avdelningDemography not elsewhere classifiedSociology
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