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| Effect of childlessness on nursing home and home health care use | | Author(s) | Hakan Aykan |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 15, no 1, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 33-54 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Childless ; Usage [services] ; Home nursing ; Nursing homes ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In analyising the effect of childlessness on the use of nursing home and home health care, this US study examines four research questions. Firstly, are childless older people at a greater risk of nursing home and home health care use? Secondly, is it childlessness per se or not having children with particular characteristics that affects the likelihood of using these formal long-term care services? Thirdly, does having additional children beyond the first one have a significant effect on the use of these services? Lastly, are the effects of childlessness measures different on the likelihood of nursing home and home health care use? Longitudinal data from the first (1993) and second (1995) waves of the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old Survey (AHEAD) and multinomial logistic regression models are used for the analyses. Separate models are developed for men and women, each controlling for a variety of demographic and other characteristics. Findings indicate childlessness as an important risk factor, especially for older women's use of nursing homes services. Implications of findings for planning for long-term care needs of the baby boom generation are discussed. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030718202 A |
| Classmark | SU: QLD: N4: LHB: 3J: 7T |
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