Living Arrangements and Intergenerational Support in Puerto Rico: Are Fathers Disadvantaged?
Living Arrangements and Intergenerational Support in Puerto Rico: Are Fathers Disadvantaged?
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波多黎各的生活安排和代际支持：父亲是否处于弱势？
DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gbac044
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2022
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García,Catherine
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Quashie,NekehiaT;Andrade,FlaviaCD;Meltzer,Gabriella;García,Catherine
目的研究波多黎各父母生活安排对代际支持的影响，以及在接受支持方面是否存在性别差异。方法数据来自2006-2007年波多黎各老年人和健康状况项目，这是一项针对波多黎各60岁及以上成年人的代表性纵向研究（n= 2,288）。我们研究了父母的生活安排（独自一人，仅与配偶/伴侣，与孩子）与他们从孩子那里获得的功能支持（帮忙跑腿/家务/交通）和健康支持（生病时的帮助）之间的关系，以及父母的性别是否会调节这种关系。结果与单独生活相比，代际同居获得功能和健康支持的几率更高。女性比男性更有可能得到这两种形式的支持。父母的性别显著调节了生活安排与获得健康支持之间的关系——与伴侣同住的男性从子女那里获得健康支持的可能性低于在类似生活安排下的女性。当分析仅限于残疾人时，这些关联仍然存在。我们的研究结果表明，父母从孩子那里得到的支持取决于他们的生活安排和性别，即使他们的功能健康受到损害。我们将这些结果与生活安排对老年人支持需求的异质性影响进行讨论，并为波多黎各快速老龄化的未来研究提供政策和方向建议。
ObjectivesTo examine how intergenerational support varies by parents’ living arrangements and whether there are gender differences in received support in Puerto Rico.MethodsData come from the 2006–2007 Puerto Rican Elderly and Health Conditions Project, a representative longitudinal study of adults aged 60 and older in Puerto Rico (n= 2,288). We examined the association between parents’ living arrangements (alone, with spouse/partner only, with children) and their receipt of functional (help with errands/housework/transport) and health (help when sick) support from children, and whether parents’ gender moderates the association.ResultsIntergenerational coresidence was associated with higher odds of receiving functional and health support than living alone. Women were more likely than men to receive both forms of support. Parents’ gender significantly moderated the association between living arrangements and receiving health support—men living with their partners were less likely to receive health support from children than women in similar living arrangements. These associations persisted when analyses were restricted to those with disability.DiscussionOur findings suggest that parents’ receipt of support from children is conditioned upon their living arrangement and gender, even when their functional health is jeopardized. We discuss these results in relation to the heterogeneous influence of living arrangements for older adults’ support needs and provide suggestions for policy and directions for future research in rapidly aging Puerto Rico.