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Adult children helping older parents — variations in likelihood and hours by gender, race, and family role
Author(s)	James N Laditka, Sarah B Laditka
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 23, no 4, July 2001
Pages	pp 429-456
Keywords	Children [offspring] as carers ; Sons ; Daughters ; Family relationships ; Ethnic groups ; Social roles ; United States of America.
Annotation	Using the 1993 Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the authors examine help given to older parents in typical American families. Daughters and sons not in couples were more likely to help than those in couples, and gave substantially more hours. In couples, daughters were less likely to help than sons, but they helped for considerably more hours. Black daughters helped at least as commonly as White daughters, and did so for substantially longer than either White daughters or sons of either race. Black sons may help less commonly than White sons, but help for at least as many hours as White sons. Changes in the Black American family have not produced the notable intergenerational relations breakdown anticipated by some researchers. Results also illuminate the important role of sons in family help, and suggest that changing marriage patterns may not reduce help to older parents. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010803204 A
Classmark	P6:SS: SSA: SSH: DS:SJ: TK: TM5: 7T
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