How Mothers Allocate Support Among Adult Children: Evidence From a Multiactor Survey
How Mothers Allocate Support Among Adult Children: Evidence From a Multiactor Survey
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gbs110
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Kalmijn, Matthijs
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作者：
Kalmijn, Matthijs
使用家庭内部的角度来看，我们研究母亲如何分配他们的成年子女之间的支持，我们测试替代理论的支持exchanges.We使用一个大规模的多演员调查从荷兰的母亲和孩子进行了独立采访。我们分析了与604位母亲（平均年龄63岁）有联系的兄弟姐妹对（平均年龄36岁）。采用固定效应回归模型和工具变量模型研究了儿童特征对获得支持的影响，发现母亲对没有伴侣、有子女、有健康问题和受教育程度较低的儿童给予的支持多于不具备这些特征的儿童。更强烈支持孝道规范的儿童也得到更多的支持。给予一个孩子的支持对母亲给予另一个孩子的支持有很小的积极影响。分析为父母是利他主义动机的概念提供了新的支持性证据。与此同时，年长的父母也受到交换的激励，因为他们在更有可能回报的孩子身上投资更多。有一些证据表明平等是一种规范。
Using a within-family perspective, we examine how mothers allocate support among their adult children, and we test alternative theories about support exchange.We use a large-scale multiactor survey from the Netherlands in which mothers and children were interviewed independently. We analyze sibling pairs (aged 36 on average) who were connected to 604 mothers (aged 63 on average). Fixed effects regression models and instrumental variable models are used to examine effects of child characteristics on received support.Mothers give more support to the child who lives without a partner, has children, has health problems, and is lower educated than to the child who does not have these characteristics. Children who more strongly support filial norms also receive more support. Support given to one child has a small positive effect on the support that the mother gives to the other child.The analyses provide new and supportive evidence for the notion that parents are altruistically motivated. At the same time, older parents are motivated by exchange because they invest more in children who are more likely to reciprocate. Some evidence exists for the norm of equality.