Does caregiving increase poverty among women in later life? Evidence from the Health and Retirement survey
| Autor: | Chizuko Wakabayashi, Katharine M. Donato |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Population Risk Assessment 03 medical and health sciences 0504 sociology Geriatric Nursing Medicine Humans education Poverty media_common Aged education.field_of_study Retirement 030505 public health business.industry Public health Data Collection 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 050401 social sciences methods Health and Retirement Study Middle Aged Long-Term Care United States Long-term care Caregivers Female 0305 other medical science business Welfare Medicaid Poverty threshold |
| Zdroj: | Journal of health and social behavior. 47(3) |
| ISSN: | 0022-1465 |
| Popis: | Given the rapid aging of the U.S. population and reductions in federal funding, elder care has become a major issue for many families. This paper focuses on a long-term consequence of elder care by asking how caring for elderly parents affects women's subsequent risks of living in poverty. Using longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study, we examine whether and how caregiving for parents in 1991 increases women's risks of living in households with incomes less than the poverty threshold, receiving public assistance, and receiving Medicaid in 1999. Our findings illustrate that caregiving in earlier life raises women's poverty risks in later life by intensifying the negative effects of stopping work and declining health on women's economic well-being. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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