The implications of today’s family structures for support giving to older parents

There is considerable debate about the effects of today’s family structures on support arrangements for older people. Using representative data from The Netherlands, the study reported in this paper investigates which sociodemographic characteristics of adult children and their elderly parents, and which motivations of the adult children, correlate with children giving practical and social support to their parents. The findings indicate that the strongest sociodemographic correlates of a higher likelihood of giving support were: having few siblings, having a widowed parent without a new partne... Mehr ...