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The support source mix
— a comparison of elderly men and women from two decades | | Author(s) | Judith G Chipperfield |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 13, no 4, Winter 1994 |
| Pages | pp 434-453 |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Domiciliary services ; Older men ; Older women ; Comparison ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Attempts to explore the mix between the provision of support by informal and formal sources typically involve evaluations of a single sample of older people. This study uses data from the Aging in Manitoba (AIM) database to examine sources of support (i.e. informal, formal, mixed) for instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) received by older people at two points in time, some 12 years apart. Sources of support were compared to consider whether those used by men and women in 1983 (n=1479) were similar to those used by 2512 counterparts in 1971. For women, proportions receiving assistance from various sources were identical in 1983 and 1971. For men, they were not. Among those receiving some IADL assistance, the probability of receiving it from primarily informal sources in 1983, relative to 1971 was significantly lower for men than women. Moreover the probability of receiving support from primarily formal sources in 1983, relative to 1971 was significantly higher for men, but not for women. These findings might imply that, for men, but not for women, the receipt of support has moved toward primarily formal sources and away from primarily informal sources. Explanations for these findings are explored. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-970821239 A |
| Classmark | P6: N: BC: BD: 48: 7S |
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