Men and older persons also care, but how much? Assessing amounts of caregiving in Spain and Sweden
We estimate how much caregiving men and women respectively do, and how much of the caregiving is done by older (65+) and younger persons, inside their household and for other households, in Spain and in Sweden. To assess this, we use self-reported hours of caregiving from two national surveys about...
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| author | Gerdt Sundström Magnus Jegermalm Antonio Abellán Alba Ayala Julio Pérez Rogelio Pujol Javier Souto |
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| description | We estimate how much caregiving men and women respectively do, and how much of the caregiving is done by older (65+) and younger persons, inside their household and for other households, in Spain and in Sweden. To assess this, we use self-reported hours of caregiving from two national surveys about caregiving, performed in 2014 (Spain, N = 2003; Sweden, N = 1193). Spain and Sweden have dissimilar household structures, and different social services for older (65+) persons. Caregivers, on average, provide many more hours of care in Spain than in Sweden. Women provide about 58% of all hours of caregiving, in Spain in all age groups, in Sweden only among younger caregivers. The reason is the dominance of partner caregivers among older Swedes, with older men and women providing equal hours of care. Family caregiving inside the household is more extensive in the more complex Spanish households than in Swedish households. Family care between households prevails in Sweden, where the large majority of older persons live with a partner only, or alone. This is increasingly common in Spain, although it remains at a lower level. We estimate that older persons provide between 22% and 33% of all hours of caregiving in Spain, and between 41% and 49% in Sweden. Patterns of caregiving appear to be determined mainly by demography and household structure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-809d0a3c22044789a29422e157bea3bc2022-12-22T01:17:43ZengLinköping University Electronic PressInternational Journal of Ageing and Later Life1652-86702018-08-0112110.3384/ijal.1652-8670.17356Men and older persons also care, but how much? Assessing amounts of caregiving in Spain and SwedenGerdt Sundström0Magnus Jegermalm1Antonio Abellán2Alba Ayala3Julio Pérez4Rogelio Pujol5Javier Souto6 Institute of Gerontology, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden Institute of Gerontology, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden Centre for Human and Social Sciences, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain Centre for Human and Social Sciences, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain Centre for Human and Social Sciences, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, Spain Unión Democrática de Pensionistas, Madrid, Spain We estimate how much caregiving men and women respectively do, and how much of the caregiving is done by older (65+) and younger persons, inside their household and for other households, in Spain and in Sweden. To assess this, we use self-reported hours of caregiving from two national surveys about caregiving, performed in 2014 (Spain, N = 2003; Sweden, N = 1193). Spain and Sweden have dissimilar household structures, and different social services for older (65+) persons. Caregivers, on average, provide many more hours of care in Spain than in Sweden. Women provide about 58% of all hours of caregiving, in Spain in all age groups, in Sweden only among younger caregivers. The reason is the dominance of partner caregivers among older Swedes, with older men and women providing equal hours of care. Family caregiving inside the household is more extensive in the more complex Spanish households than in Swedish households. Family care between households prevails in Sweden, where the large majority of older persons live with a partner only, or alone. This is increasingly common in Spain, although it remains at a lower level. We estimate that older persons provide between 22% and 33% of all hours of caregiving in Spain, and between 41% and 49% in Sweden. Patterns of caregiving appear to be determined mainly by demography and household structure.https://journal.ep.liu.se/IJAL/article/view/1292Caregiversfamily caregenderhouseholdpartnerSpain |
| spellingShingle | Gerdt Sundström Magnus Jegermalm Antonio Abellán Alba Ayala Julio Pérez Rogelio Pujol Javier Souto Men and older persons also care, but how much? Assessing amounts of caregiving in Spain and Sweden International Journal of Ageing and Later Life Caregivers family care gender household partner Spain |
| title | Men and older persons also care, but how much? Assessing amounts of caregiving in Spain and Sweden |
| title_full | Men and older persons also care, but how much? Assessing amounts of caregiving in Spain and Sweden |
| title_fullStr | Men and older persons also care, but how much? Assessing amounts of caregiving in Spain and Sweden |
| title_full_unstemmed | Men and older persons also care, but how much? Assessing amounts of caregiving in Spain and Sweden |
| title_short | Men and older persons also care, but how much? Assessing amounts of caregiving in Spain and Sweden |
| title_sort | men and older persons also care but how much assessing amounts of caregiving in spain and sweden |
| topic | Caregivers family care gender household partner Spain |
| url | https://journal.ep.liu.se/IJAL/article/view/1292 |
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