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Caregiving networks of elderly persons: variation by marital status
Author(s)Anne E Barrett, Scott M Lynch
Journal titleThe Gerontologist, vol 39, no 6, December 1999
Pagespp 695-704
KeywordsInformal care ; Marital status ; The Family ; United States of America.
AnnotationUsing data from the 1982 National Long-Term Care Survey, this study examined the relationship between marital status and two dimensions of caregiving networks, size and composition. Results indicate that widowed and never married people had helping networks that were larger than those of married people. Diversity across marital status in sources of assistance was revealed in analyses of two measures of caregiving network composition: having more kin than non-kin helpers; and presence of specific helpers (adult children, siblings, friends, and formal helpers). Moreover, it was found that gender interacts with marital status to influence the composition of caregiving networks. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-000410411 A
ClassmarkP6: SLM: SJ: 7T

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