Getting Help With Housework

1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 724-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
GLENNA SPITZE
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Household Labor ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Probability Sample ◽  
Household Members ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Yard Care ◽  
Informal Help

Research on household labor typically has focused on housework performed by spouses, occasionally including children and other household members. Help from outsiders has been studied separately in research on kin networks or paid help. The author investigate conditions under which households receive outside formal or informal help using data for a probability sample of middle-aged and older persons living in a variety of household types. Most housework is performed by household members; outside help with cleaning, yard care, and/or household repair is most common. Households are most likely to accomplish housework internally when they include married couples and more adult members and members of both sexes, there are fewer children, housing is owner occupied, and members are younger and healthier. Higher income increases formal help, whereas local adult children increase informal help. Involvement in other kin, friendship, or neighborhood networks does not influence patterns of housework help.

scholarly journals Family Structure and Competing Demands From Aging Parents and Adult Children Among Middle-Aged People in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huijun Liu ◽  
Zhixin Feng ◽  
Quanbao Jiang ◽  
Marcus William Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Instrumental Support ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Aging Parents ◽  
Family Solidarity ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Middle Aged Adults

China has experienced the verticalization of family structure. It has changed the support between aging parents and adult children among middle-aged adults who are often in the position of providing support to older and younger generations (sandwiched situation). Using data from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we studied the support choice of middle-aged people. Results show that middle-aged people who provided support to older generations were also more likely to provide support to younger generations. Couples of whom neither spouse has a brother were less likely to financially support their parents only and provide instrumental support to their children only than couples of whom both spouses have brothers. Couples of whom one spouse has a brother were more likely to favor their children financially than couples of whom both spouses have brothers. These imply that sandwiched situation is harder to balance through family solidarity.

Study about ambivalence of middle-aged mothers and unmarried adult children

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myeong-ae Choe ◽  
Jeong Shin An
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Middle Aged

Providing instrumental support to older parents of multi-child families in China: are there different within-family patterns?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Jia Chen ◽  
Xiaochen Zhou ◽  
Nan Lu
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Instrumental Support ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Older Mothers ◽  
Family Patterns ◽  
Using Data

Abstract Older parents in China rely heavily on their adult children for instrumental assistance. In different multi-child families, multiple offspring may co-operate in providing instrumental support to older parents in distinct ways in terms of how much support they provide on average and how much differentiation exists between them when they provide such support within a family. We aimed to identify different within-family patterns in relation to multiple offspring's instrumental support to an older parent in Chinese multi-child families, and to investigate potential predictors for different within-family patterns. Using data from the China Family Panel Studies (2016), we had a working sample of 5,790 older adults aged 60+ (mean = 68.54, standard deviation = 6.60). We employed latent profile analysis (LPA) to classify within-family patterns and multinomial logistic regression to investigate predictors. Our findings identified three within-family patterns: dissociated (59.10%), highly differentiated (29.60%) and united-filial (11.30%). Older parents in the highly differentiated families tended to be older, mothers, divorced/widowed and to have poorer physical health compared to their counterparts in the dissociated families. In contrast, the composition characteristics of multiple adult children played more important roles in determining the united-filial within-family pattern. The united-filial families were more likely to have fewer adult children, at least one adult daughter and at least one co-residing adult child.

From “Secret” to “Sensitive Issue”: Shifting Ideas About HIV Disclosure Among Middle-Aged and Older Rural South Africans in the Era of Antiretroviral Treatment

2021 ◽  
pp. 089826432110202
Author(s):  
Enid Schatz ◽  
Ifeolu David ◽  
Nicole Angotti ◽  
F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé ◽  
Sanyu A. Mojola
Keyword(s):  
Older Persons ◽  
Antiretroviral Treatment ◽  
Hiv Disclosure ◽  
Death Sentence ◽  
Treatment As Prevention ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Rural South ◽  
South Africans

Objective As HIV shifts from “death sentence” to “chronic condition,” disclosure of HIV status to intimate partners and family is a significant component of both prevention and treatment adherence. While disclosure is closely considered in many studies, few examine middle-aged and older persons’ (age 40+) perspectives or practices. We trace older rural South Africans’ views on HIV disclosure to their partners and family members in a high prevalence community over a period of extensive antiretroviral treatment (ART) rollout. Methods Community focus group discussions (FGD) conducted in 2013 and 2018 show shifts in older persons’ thinking about HIV disclosure. Findings Our FGD participants saw fewer negative consequences of disclosure in 2018 than in 2013, and highlighted positive outcomes including building trust (partners) as well as greater support for medication collection and adherence (family). Discussion Particularly as the epidemic ages in South Africa and globally, tracing changes in older persons’ views on disclosure is an important step in developing messaging that could enhance treatment as prevention and ART adherence.

scholarly journals The ageing of parent carers: classed and gendered care-giving patterns at higher ages

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Ursula Henz
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
Parent Care ◽  
Multivariate Models ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Marital Union

Abstract Increasing longevity has led to a rising number of adult children who are at higher ages when they provide care for their parents. Drawing on the lifecourse approach and exchange theory, the paper addresses similarities and differences in parent care between late middle-aged and older adult children. The study uses the UK Household Longitudinal Study, restricting the analysis sample to individuals aged 50 and older with a living parent or parent-in-law. It presents multivariate models to examine differences between late middle-aged (aged 50–64) and older (aged 65+) children in being a parent carer, providing intensive care, the duration of parent care and providing selected types of help to parents. The involvement in parent care increases among women up to the end of their seventh decade of life and for men up to their eighth decade of life. At higher ages, the proportion of parent carers decreases more strongly for women than men. Older carers have shorter care-giving episodes than younger carers, but there is no significant difference in the type of care provided. Even past retirement age, parent care remains classed and gendered, with women from lower social classes having the highest likelihood of providing intensive parent care in old age. Having dependent children or living in a non-marital union depress the likelihood of caring for a parent even past retirement age.

Land Loss with Compensation: What Are the Determinants of Income Among Households in Central Vietnam?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-55
Author(s):  
Nguyen Quang Phuc ◽  
A. C. M. (Guus) van Westen ◽  
Annelies Zoomers
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Skill Training ◽  
Land Loss ◽  
Central Vietnam ◽  
Compensation Packages ◽  
Household Members ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data

The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of household income following the loss of land owing to urban expansion in central Vietnam. Using data mainly from household surveys in the peri-urban areas of Hue city, the regression model indicates that demographic factors and livelihood strategy choices have important impacts on household income; financial compensation and support packages do not appear to be strong determinants of household income after the loss of land. This implies a failure of the current compensation programmes in the process of compulsory land acquisition, because the government believes that compensation packages make important contributions to livelihood reconstruction. This study suggests that investing in education and skill training for household members affected by land loss as well as assistance in converting compensation money into an adequate livelihood should be taken into consideration.

scholarly journals Association between denture use, chewing ability, and all-cause mortality in middle-aged and older adults who exercised regularly in Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Hwa Jang ◽  
Ji-Liang Kim ◽  
Jae-Hyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Masticatory Ability ◽  
Chewing Ability ◽  
All Cause Mortality ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Middle Aged Adults

AbstractHerein, using data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006–2018), we evaluated denture use and chewing ability to determine the status of oral health in middle-aged adults who exercised regularly; further, we investigated the relationship of oral health with all-cause mortality. From the basic survey conducted in 2006, we interviewed 10,254 participants who were followed up until death. The participants were grouped based on regular exercise into REG (n = 3921) and non-REG (n = 6290) groups. The mortality rate was higher in the non-REG group than in the REG group (35.8% versus 26.9%; p < 0.001). The mortality rate was higher in denture users (versus non-denture users), non-drinkers (versus alcohol drinkers), and those on medical aid (versus national health insurance). The mortality rate was higher in participants with poor masticatory ability, lower education level, and poor subjective health perception (p < 0.001). Denture use and masticatory discomfort were not significant risk factors for mortality in the non-REG group (p > 0.05). In conclusion, masticatory discomfort was a risk factor for increased mortality in middle-aged Korean adults who exercised regularly, at least once a week. Thus, assessment of masticatory ability could be a useful indicator of life expectancy in middle-aged adults.

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