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| Informal care and work after fifty | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, 032, October 2002 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, October 2002 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. |
| Keywords | Family care ; Employment ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Many people in their fifties and sixties combine work with caring responsibilities for grandchildren, older relatives or their own children. Researchers at Thomas Coram Research Unit looked at how decisions about employment are influenced by the desire or need to provide informal care. The full report, "The pivot generation: informal care and work after 50" on which these findings are based, is by Ann Mooney and June Statham with Antonia Simon, and is published on behalf of JRF by the Policy Press as part of the Transitions after 50 series. The study in three stages is based first on secondary analysis of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) between 1979 and 1999, looking at changes over time in employment patterns at household level. Second, a postal survey was completed by more than 1000 employees aged 50+ (of whom 5% were aged 65+), also by recent retirees. Lastly, in-depth interviews were conducted with 22 carers and 10 non-carers to explore how informal care and other factors affected their decisions about paid work. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021112210 P |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: WJ: 3F |
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