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| Receipt of assistance and extended family residence among elderly men in Mexico | | Author(s) | Susan De Vos, Patricio Solís, Verónica Montes de Oca |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 58, no 1, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 1-28 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Older men ; Informal care ; Extended families ; Living with family ; Social surveys ; Mexico. |
| Annotation | In a nationally-representative sample of 2,376 Mexican men aged 60+ in 1994, about half had received in-kind or domestic assistance, two-fifths had received financial assistance, and a quarter had received physical assistance in the month before interview. Almost half of the men still worked; 57% had no discernible functional limitation. Using logistic regression, the study found support for the common assumption that living arrangements are an important predictor of assistance. Among other significant factors was that many received help from non-co-residing relatives, which included in-kind, domestic and physical assistance. Research on Mexico suggests that we need to revisit notions of a modified extended family, in which non-co-residential ties can be important. Surveys need to include questions about frequency of contact and geographical distance between older people and their kin. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040629209 A |
| Classmark | BC: P6: SJA: KA:SJ: 3F: 7TY |
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