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Childlessness, geographical proximity and non-family support in 12 European countries

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dc.abstract.enThe number of relatives and geographical proximity between them affects informal support provided to older persons. In this study, we investigate whether (a) childless persons and parents living remotely from their adult children experience similar shortages in informal support, and (b) whether neighbours, friends and other non-family helpers compensate for these shortages. On the basis of Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) data for 12 European countries, we estimate the probability and amount of informal non-financial support received by persons aged 65 and over who remain childless or live at different distances to their children. The contribution of non-family individuals is rather complementary to the help from family. Parents residing in the proximity of their children rely almost exclusively on family; as the geographical distance between adult children and older parents increases, the probability and amount of non-family support increase as well. But childless individuals differ from parents of remotely living children: the former rely on smaller support networks and resort more often to other relatives than the latter. Non-family individuals compensate for the scarcity of informal support only in the case of parents of distant children, but not in the case of childless individuals.
dc.affiliationUniwersytet Warszawski
dc.contributor.authorFihel, Agnieszka
dc.contributor.authorNicińska, Anna
dc.contributor.authorKalbarczyk, Małgorzata
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-24T19:13:08Z
dc.date.available2024-01-24T19:13:08Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.financePublikacja bezkosztowa
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0144686X21000313
dc.identifier.issn0144-686X
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item/102988
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0144686X21000313
dc.languageeng
dc.pbn.affiliationeconomics and finance
dc.relation.ispartofAgeing and Society
dc.relation.pages1-26
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dc.titleChildlessness, geographical proximity and non-family support in 12 European countries
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication