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Attitudes toward public support of the elderly
— does early involvement with grandparents moderate generational tensions? | | Author(s) | Merril Silverstein, Tonya M Parrott |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 19, no 1, March 1997 |
| Pages | pp 108-132 |
| Keywords | Organisation of care ; Welfare rights ; Social policy ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Grandparents ; Children ; Social contacts ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using data collected in 1990 from a nationally representative United States sample, this study examines age differences in attitudes toward public support for older people, and whether contact with grandparents during childhood moderates these differences. Attitudes toward the fairness of public policy are characterised by two dimensions: support for entitlement of older people to benefits; and support for contributory schemes that fund old-age benefits. Multiple regression analyses reveal that young adults (18-24) are the age group least supportive of elderly entitlement benefits, and most concerned that older people are not paying their fair share of the cost of their benefits. However, greater childhood contact with grandparents reduced the generally greater opposition of young adults to current US contributory policy, thereby moderating age-group tensions around this issue. Results are discussed in the context of the 'interdependence of generations' framework. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971113210 A |
| Classmark | P: JH:IKR: TM2: TOB: SW: SBC: TOA: 7T |
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