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Work restrictions experienced by midlife family care-givers of older people: evidence from six European countries.
- Source :
- Ageing & Society; 02/01/2014, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p209-231, 23p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This paper examines differences in work restrictions of midlife family carers of older people in terms of prevalence, gender and explanatory variables, in six European countries: Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. A sample of 2,897 carers aged 45–64 was extracted from the EUROFAMCARE (Services for Supporting Family Carers of Older People in Europe: Characteristics, Coverage and Usage) European project database, in order to analyse four possible work restrictions experienced in connection with the activity of care-giving: the reduction of working hours; giving up working; difficulties in career developments and forced occasional work. The results show that work restrictions are experienced differently between countries especially by women: they are reported to a higher degree in the United Kingdom, Germany and Greece, less so in Italy, and seldom in Poland and Sweden. Gender differences within countries are not so marked. Country differences are explained in the light of the different welfare regimes characterising the countries under investigation, in order to elucidate how policy makers may act to improve working carers' conditions through appropriate policies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- EMPLOYMENT
ELDER care
PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers
COMPARATIVE studies
CONCEPTUAL structures
FAMILIES
GOODNESS-of-fit tests
INTERVIEWING
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PROFESSIONAL employee training
SEX distribution
SURVEYS
EMPLOYEES' workload
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
MULTIPLE regression analysis
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0144686X
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Ageing & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 95621212
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X12000967