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| Demographic decomposition of household arrangements among the ethnic aged | | Author(s) | R F Neupert |
| Journal title | Australian Journal on Ageing, vol 16, no 4, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 213-217 |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Living patterns ; Living with family ; Australia. |
| Annotation | In Australia, as in other countries of immigration, relatively high proportions of minority ethnic older people live with their adult children, and consequently, low proportions live alone or in institutions. The usual interpretation is that these differences indicate cultural preferences for extended-family lifestyles and greater family cohesion within ethnic minority groups. It has also been argued, however, that differences in living arrangements between groups may arise from differences in compositional features and not only from underlying propensities. The aim of this paper is to decompose differences in household arrangements between the ethnic minority and the mainstream older population in Australia. The demographic components or compositional factors analysed here are marital status, gender and age. The most important finding is that household arrangements among minority ethnic older Australians are essentially the results of cultural, economic or social factors that predispose them to tend toward more complex living arrangements than the mainstream population. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980625246 A |
| Classmark | TK: K7: KA:SJ: 7YA |
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