Does the Health of Adult Child Caregivers Vary by Employment Status in the United States?

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 1631-1651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noreen M. Kohl ◽  
Krysia N. Mossakowski ◽  
Ivan I. Sanidad ◽  
Omar T. Bird ◽  
Lawrence H. Nitz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Role Strain ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Aging Parents ◽  
Enhancement Method ◽  
Role Enhancement

Objective: This study investigates whether the health effects of informal caregiving for aging parents vary by employment status in the United States. Two opposing hypotheses are tested: dual role strain and role enhancement. Method: Using national longitudinal data from the U.S. Health and Retirement Study, multivariate regression models predicted self-rated health and mental health among older adult children caregiving for their parents (2009-2012) and noncaregivers. Results: A statistically significant interaction was found between caregiving duration and employment, indicating that employed caregivers had significantly worse health than retired caregivers. Caregiving duration also predicted significantly higher levels of depressive symptoms. Discussion: Our results support the dual role strain hypothesis and suggest that caregiving for a parent up to 4 years is enough to predict significantly worse health among older adult Baby Boomers, especially those in the labor force. The broader implications for public health and workplace policies are discussed.

Rorschach Comprehensive System Data for a Sample of 52 Older Adult Nonpatients From the United States

2007 ◽  
Vol 89 (sup1) ◽  
pp. S166-S173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Pertchik ◽  
Thomas W. Shaffer ◽  
Philip Erdberg ◽  
David Ira Margolin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
The United States ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Rorschach Comprehensive System ◽  
System Data

scholarly journals Older adult pedestrian injuries in the United States: what are the leading causes and how big is the problem?

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. A71-A72
Author(s):  
R. B. Naumann ◽  
A. M. Dellinger ◽  
T. Haileyesus ◽  
G. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pedestrian Injuries

scholarly journals Unraveling Demand for Dairy-Alternative Beverages in the United States: The Case of Soymilk

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senarath Dharmasena ◽  
Oral Capps
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Income Elasticities ◽  
Price And Income Elasticities ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Targeted Marketing ◽  
The U.S

Soymilk is one of the fastest growing categories in the U.S dairy alternative functional beverage market. Using household-level purchase data from Nielsen's 2008 Homescan panel and the Tobit econometric procedure, we estimate conditional and unconditional own-price, cross-price, and income elasticities for soymilk, white milk, and flavored milk. Income, age, employment status, education level, race, ethnicity, region, and presence of children in a household are significant drivers of demand for soymilk. White milk and flavored milk are competitors for soymilk, and soymilk is a competitor for white milk. Strategies for pricing and targeted marketing of soymilk are also discussed.

Understanding Children’s Perspectives on the Definitions and Importance of Play

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayna Goldfarb
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
The United States ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Normative Beliefs ◽  
Children’S Perspectives ◽  
Societal Values ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Children’S Agency ◽  
Canadian City

Ideas about children and play are socially constructed by hegemonic societal values, beliefs, and institutions. Research engages with children’s play in ways that are constructed and reinforced by adults. Therefore, it is important to deconstruct dominant discourses about play because they are used to maintain adult-dominated power stratification and enforce normative beliefs. This study aims to understand how children define, conceptualize, and operationalize play in ways that may diverge from adult assumptions. Focusing on 6-9 year olds in a mid-sized Canadian city, it makes an important contribution to the field, which is overwhelming based on studies conducted in the United States. This study uses a drawing analysis to elicit children’s perspectives, which are frequently ignored in adult-centric research. Five to ten children will be recruited from an afterschool program. The children will draw pictures of themselves playing and be interviewed about their drawings. The results will be interpreted within the paradigms of the new sociology of childhood and playwork. These theories acknowledge the socially constructed nature of children and play, engage with children’s agency, and address the power dynamics that govern adult-child relations. This study does not aim to make predictable or generalizable findings. Instead, this study focuses on eliciting and expressing the opinions and worldviews of the children who participate. Expected results are that children conceptualize play in non-traditional ways that adults do not consider.

Engaging Vital Older Adults in Intergenerational Service-Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 266-287
Author(s):  
Reneé A. Zucchero
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Life Review ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Adult Volunteers

The population of older adults within the United States is growing rapidly, which calls for increased understanding of that population. However, ageism is pervasive and one of the most engrained forms of prejudice. Intergenerational service-learning may be one way to reduce negative stereotypes and ageism. The Co-Mentoring Project is an intergenerational service-learning project that matches undergraduate students and vital older adult volunteers. Students meet with their partners at least four times over the course of the semester to conduct a life review and gather information to begin the older adults' memoirs. This chapter provides a rationale for intergenerational service-learning and information about its theoretical underpinnings. The chapter also offers information about service-learning best practices, including structured reflection, and how the Project's methodology is consistent with them. The multi-modal assessment conducted for the Project and its outcomes are discussed. Finally, directions for future research are described.

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