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Changes in the provision of instrumental support by older adults in nine European countries during 2004-2015: a panel data analysis
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- Lestari, Septi K. (author)
- Umeå universitet,Enheten för demografi och åldrandeforskning (CEDAR),Institutionen för epidemiologi och global hälsa
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- de Luna, Xavier, Professor (author)
- Umeå universitet,Statistik
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- Eriksson, Malin, 1969- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för socialt arbete
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- Malmberg, Gunnar, 1957- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Enheten för demografi och åldrandeforskning (CEDAR),Institutionen för geografi
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- Ng, Nawi, 1974 (author)
- Umeå universitet,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine,Institutionen för epidemiologi och global hälsa,Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute ofMedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- 2020-10-31
- 2020
- English.
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In: BMC Geriatrics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-2318. ; 20:1
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- BackgroundProviding support to others has been shown to be beneficial to older adults. As people age, their health and social relationships change. These changes may also relate to changes in social support provision. We examined the trajectory of instrumental support provision by older people in three European regions throughout 11 years of follow-up. We then examined the extent to which age at baseline, sex, and region (representing welfare state regime) influenced the variations in the trajectory.MethodsData collected from 8354 respondents who had completed at least waves 1 and 6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) was analysed. Instrumental support provision was determined from asking a single question regarding whether the respondent provided help personally for people outside their household. Region, sex, and age at baseline were the main predictors tested. We used growth modelling to address the aims of this study.ResultsThe northern European region (Sweden and Denmark) had the highest odds ratio of instrumental support provision. The likelihood of being involved in providing instrumental support decreased by 8% annually (OR: 0.916, 95%CI: 0.893,0.940) over the 11 years of follow-up. Older respondents were less likely to provide instrumental support and their trajectories declined faster than those of the younger respondents. Sex difference in instrumental support provision was more apparent among younger-older people in the southern European region.ConclusionsOlder European adults are an important source of instrumental support, especially for their families. The probability of instrumental support provision by European older adults declines over time. Age, sex, and welfare state regime predict this trajectory.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Geriatrik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Geriatrics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Social support
- Ageing
- Europe
- Panel data analysis
- Growth model
- self-rated health
- social support
- life-course
- family
- determinants
- networks
- gender
- retirement
- children
- parents
- Geriatrics & Gerontology
- Social support
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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