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Filial norms and family support in a comparative cross-national context
— evidence from the OASIS study | | Author(s) | Ariela Lowenstein, Svein Olav Daatland |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 26, part 2, March 2006 |
| Pages | pp 203-224 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/jid_ASO |
| Keywords | Family relationships ; Children [offspring] as carers ; Cross sectional surveys ; Norway ; England ; Germany ; Spain ; Israel. |
| Annotation | The strength of the bonds of obligation and expectations between generations, the extent of different types of support exchanged between generations, and the impact of filial norms on the exchange of intergenerational support between adult children and older parents are examined. This article reports findings from the 5-country (Norway, England, Germany, Spain and Israel) OASIS study - Old Age and Autonomy: the Role of Service Systems and Inter-generational Family Solidarity - which collected data from representative, age stratified, urban-community samples of about 1,200 respondents in each country. The findings indicate that solidarity is general and considerable, although the strengths of its dimensions vary by country. Most respondents acknowledged some degree of filial obligation, although the proportions were higher in Spain and Israel than in the northern countries, and there was greater variation in the tangible forms than in the expressed norms. Adult children were net providers of support, but older parents provided emotional support and financial help. Most support was provided to unmarried older people with physical function limitations. The effect of filial norms on help provision by adult children was moderate but significant and variable across the five countries, appearing more prescriptive in the south than in the north, where intergenerational exchanges were more open to negotiation. The findings demonstrate that cross-national analyses provide insights into both country-specific factors and the sometimes unexpected similarities between them. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060314203 A |
| Classmark | DS:SJ: P6:SS: 3KB: 76N: 82: 767: 76S: 7H6 |
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