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Gender differences in caregiving
— a case in Chinese Canadian caregivers | | Author(s) | Daniel W L Lai, Phyllis K F Luk, Cynthia Lee Andruske |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 19, nos 3/4, 2007 |
| Pages | pp 161-178 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Family care ; Sons as carers ; Daughters as carers ; Men as carers ; Informal care ; Women ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | A random sample of 339 Chinese-Canadian family caregivers of older care receivers completed a telephone survey. Although most of these caregivers were females, no gender differences were reported in the amount and types of caregiving tasks. The level of caregiving burden and predictors were generally similar for both gender groups. Contrary to common belief that sons and daughters-in-law are the key family caregivers in Chinese culture, the daughters played a more important role in family caregiving. In addition to providing support and services to Chinese female caregivers, strategies to enhance Chinese males' involvement in family caregiving are needed and are discussed in this paper. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071210207 A |
| Classmark | TKL: P6:SJ: P6:SSA: P6:SSH: P6:SG: P6: SH: 3F: 7S |
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