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| Social support of older people in Australia and Japan | | Author(s) | Hal Kendig, Wataru Koyano, Tatsuto Asakawa |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 19, part 2, March 1999 |
| Pages | pp 185-207 |
| Keywords | Family care ; Friend care ; Personal relationships ; Cross cultural surveys ; Australia ; Japan. |
| Annotation | Comparable networks surveys identified the informal relationships which provide social support to older people in urban Japan, provincial Japan, and urban Australia. Spouses, daughters and sons were major providers of expressive support in all areas. Older Australians had more expressive support from friends, while older Japanese had more instrumental support from daughters-in-law. The gender of the older people and their close ties were highly significant in all areas. The many similarities in the social support patterns contrast sharply with the differences between East and West as regards culture and living arrangements. In these two advanced countries with long life expectancies and high living standards, older people's interpersonal relationships may be converging on the basis of selective affection and choice, rather than obligation, with individuals in and beyond the household and family. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990616209 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: P6:SX: DS: 3KA: 7YA: 7DT |
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