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Social support in older age
— assessing the impact of marital and parent status | | Author(s) | Ingrid Arnet Connidis, Julie A McMullin |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 13, no 4, Winter 1994 |
| Pages | pp 510-527 |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Marital status ; Childless ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The impact of marital and parent status is examined with regard to the foundations of social support networks, and who one turns to if help is required with activities of daily living (ADLs). Data are taken from structured interviews with 678 over 55s living at home in London, Ontario. This sample over-represents the childless, single (never married), and divorced, thus ensuring adequate numbers in each category for data analysis. Findings indicate that marital status is more influential than parent status regarding differences in the foundations of social support. However, for more specific forms of assistance, the divorced and single are more likely than the married, and the childless are more likely than parents to rely on formal support and paid help, and less likely to rely on family. Moreover, for both marital and parent status, there are significant interactions with gender. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-970821243 A |
| Classmark | P6: SLM: SU: 7S |
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