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The competing demands of paid work and parent care — middle-aged daughters providing assistance to elderly parents
Author(s)	Maaike G H Dautzenberg, Jos P M Diederiks, Hans Philipsen
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 22, no 2, March 2000
Pages	pp 165-187
Keywords	Daughters as carers ; Relations by marriage ; Employment ; Social roles ; Social pressures ; United States of America.
Annotation	The potentially competitive relationship between paid work and parent care provided by daughters and daughters-in-law was examined in this study. In line with the scarcity hypothesis of role theory, four sub-hypotheses were formulated and tested empirically. In a population-based probability sample of 581 middle-aged women, only partial support was found for the scarcity or role conflict hypothesis. It appeared that employment significantly reduced the chances of becoming a caregiver. However, parent care and employment were not conflicting in time as the amount of care provided was not affected by employment. Parent care had only a small impact on work decisions, and employed caregivers did not experience more caregiver role strain. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-000410404 A
Classmark	P6:SSH: SWH: WJ: TM5: TM7: 7T
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