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Elders quality of life and intergenerational relations
— a cross-national comparison | | Author(s) | Ruth Katz, Ariela Lowenstein |
| Journal title | Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 5, no 2, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 131-158 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Quality of life ; Family relationships ; Cross sectional surveys ; Norway ; England ; Germany ; Spain ; Israel. |
| Annotation | The intergenerational solidarity model of Bengtson and others was used as the conceptual framework for studying the links between the different dimensions of solidarity and quality of life on people aged 75+ in a comparative perspective. The presented results are part of the cross-national project, Old Age and Autonomy: the Role of Service Systems and Inter-generational Family Solidarity (OASIS), where a random sample of 6,000 people aged 25+ from five countries (Norway, England, Germany, Spain and Israel, 1,200 per country) was interviewed with a standardised survey instrument. Comparative descriptive analyses and multivariate models are presented. The data revealed that family solidarity is still central to all five countries, although there are variations in the strengths of the various dimensions between the countries that might reflect national and cultural idiosyncracies in family cultures and behavioural patterns and social policy traditions. However, personal resources (education, health, level of functioning, financial situation), that related to basic needs, were perceived as more important for the quality of life of older people than family solidarity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041026207 A |
| Classmark | F:59: DS:SJ: 3KB: 76N: 82: 767: 76S: 7H6 |
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