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4. Explaining the Gender Gap in the Caregiving Burden of Partner Caregivers.

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Swinkels, Joukje, Tilburg, Theo van, Verbakel, Ellen, and Groenou, Marjolein Broese van

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DATABASE management, EMOTIONS, HEALTH status indicators, NEEDS assessment, SEX distribution, PSYCHOLOGICAL stress, SURVEYS, SOCIOECONOMIC factors, STRUCTURAL equation modeling, BURDEN of care
Abstract

Objectives We examine gender differences in the experienced burden of partner caregivers using the stress-appraisal model. Gender differences can be explained by differences in conditions of burden (primary stressors, help from others, hours of caregiving, and secondary stressors) and how strong their effects are. Method The data are from the Netherlands' Older Persons and Informal Caregivers Survey—Minimum Data Set (N = 1,611 caregivers). We examine mediation and moderation effects using structural equation modeling. Results Women experience greater partner caregiver burden than men, which is related to women experiencing more secondary stressors (relational and financial problems, problems combining different tasks). For women and men alike, there is a positive association between burden and more primary stressors (partner's care need indicated by health impairment), help from other caregivers, and secondary stressors. For male caregivers, caregiving intensity also contributes to a greater burden. Discussion This study corroborates the structural impact of gender on the conditions of as well as their effects on the partner caregiver burden. Reducing the hours of caregiving for male caregivers in severe care situations and helping female and male caregivers deal emotionally with the caregiving situation can reduce the partner caregiver burden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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6. Contacts between elderly parents and their children in four European countries: current patterns and future prospects

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Tomassini, Cecilia, Kalogirou, Stamatis, Grundy, Emily, Fokkema, Tineke, Martikainen, Pekka, Groenou, Marjolein Broese van, and Karisto, Antti

Abstract

Frequency of contacts with the family is an indicator of the strength of intergenerational exchange and potential support for older people. Although the availability of children clearly represents a constraint on potential family support, the extent of interaction with and support received from children depends on factors other than demographic availability alone. This study examined the effects of socio-economic and demographic variables on weekly contacts with children in Great Britain, Italy, Finland and The Netherlands using representative survey data which included information on availability of children and extent of contact. Our results confirm the higher level of parent adult-child contact in Italy than in northern European countries, but levels of contact in all the countries considered were high. Multivariate analysis showed that in most countries characteristics such as divorce were associated with a reduced probability of contact between fathers and children; in Finland this also influenced contact between mothers and children. Analyses are also included of possible future scenarios of contact with children that combine the observed effects of the explanatory variables with hypothetical changes in population distribution.

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2004
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