Gender Differences in Spousal Caregivers' Care and Housework: Fact or Fiction?
Gender Differences in Spousal Caregivers' Care and Housework: Fact or Fiction?
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gby087
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发表时间：
2020-01-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Furstenberg, Frank F.
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作者：
Langner, Laura A.;Furstenberg, Frank F.
目的：许多研究表明，在晚年的配偶护理方面存在性别差异。然而，这一差距可能是方法限制的产物(小的和不具代表性的横断面样本)。使用克服了这些限制的数据集，我们重新检验了严重疾病发生时配偶护理和家务调整方面的性别差异问题。方法：我们使用2001-2015年两次的德国社会经济小组研究和增长曲线分析。我们对夫妻进行纵向跟踪(在家庭调查问卷中确定)，以分析配偶照顾时间和家务以及作为对配偶照顾需求的回应而发生的跑腿时间的变化。我们测试了护理需求水平和性别之间的交互作用。结果：我们发现男性增加的护理时间与女性一样多，结果是相似的护理时间。她们还比女性更多地增加家务和跑腿的时间。然而，在较低水平的配偶护理需求中，女性仍然会做更多的家务和琐事，因为她们在患病前花在做家务上的时间更多。讨论：即使在子女照顾父母的能力下降的背景下，在依赖公共和私人护理的系统中，男性配偶也承担着必要的照顾角色。
Objective: Many studies reveal a gender gap in spousal care during late life. However, this gap could be an artifact of methodological limitations (small and unrepresentative cross-sectional samples). Using a data set that overcomes these limitations, we re-examine the question of gender differences in spousal care and housework adjustment when a serious illness occurs.Method: We use biannual waves between 2001 and 2015 of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and growth curve analyses. We follow couples longitudinally (identified in the household questionnaire) to analyze shifts in spousal care hours and housework plus errand hours that occur as a response to the spousal care need. We test for interactions with levels of care need and with gender.Results: We found that men increase their care hours as much as women do, resulting in similar care hours. They also increase their housework and errand hours more than women do. Yet at lower levels of spousal care need, women still do more housework and errands because they spent more time doing housework before the illness.Discussion: Even in a context of children's decreasing availability to care for parents, male spouses assume the required caregiving role in systems relying on a mixture of public and private care.