Marital Status of Caregiving Daughters and Co-Residence With Dependent Parents

The role of caregiving daughters' marital status is examined as it relates to their sharing households with disabled elderly parents. Married daughters fared best in well-being, income, and social support. Never-married women were the most likely to have never moved out of the parental home. Se...

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Published in:The Gerontologist 1995-02, Vol.35 (1), p.75-85
Main Authors: Brody, Elaine M., Litvin, Sandra J., Hoffman, Christine, Kleban, Morton H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis of Variance
Caregiver Attitudes
Caregivers
Caregivers - economics
Caregivers - psychology
Caregivers - statistics & numerical data
Caregiving daughters
Co-residence
Cross-Sectional Studies
Daughters
Dependents
Elder care
Family Caregivers
Family Relationship
Female
Females
Frail Elderly
Frail elderly parents
Gerontology
Home Nursing - economics
Home Nursing - psychology
Humans
Intergenerational Relations
Long term health care
Male
Marital Status
Marriage
Middle Aged
Nuclear Family - psychology
Older Adults
Older people
Parent Child Relationship
Parents
Parents & parenting
Socioeconomic Background
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
Women
Workforce
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Summary:The role of caregiving daughters' marital status is examined as it relates to their sharing households with disabled elderly parents. Married daughters fared best in well-being, income, and social support. Never-married women were the most likely to have never moved out of the parental home. Separated/divorced caregivers, more than the married and widowed, had moved into the parent's home rather than the reverse and widowed daughters had lived in re-formed joint households longest. The main reason for re-forming shared households was disability of the parent. Among other reasons were death or withdrawal of previous caregiver and financial problems, with separated/divorced daughters the most likely to mention finances.
ISSN:0016-9013
1758-5341
DOI:10.1093/geront/35.1.75