MARITAL GENDER ROLES AND DYNAMICS OF SPOUSAL CARE

婚姻中的性别角色和配偶照顾的动态

• 批准号: 2769337
• 负责人: SUSAN M ALLEN
• 金额: $ 11.94万
• 依托单位: BROWN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-01 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2769337
• 关键词: attitude; behavioral /social science research tag; bias; caregivers; depression; family structure /dynamics; female; functional ability; gender difference; hospital utilization; household; human data; human middle age (35-64); human old age (65+); longitudinal human study; male; marriage /marital status; nursing homes; person with disability; role; spouses

The overall goal of the proposed research is to investigate whether traditional gender roles within marriage have negative implications for women in times of ill health, given that traditional masculine gender roles may leave some men ill-prepared to assume the caregiving role. Given current health policy trends and many families preferences for care, the issue of husbands as caregivers has salience for today's aging society. Specifically, this research will address the following aims: 1.To describe cross-sectional gender differences in caregiving arrangements, including reciprocity in helping patterns when both husband and wife are in need of care. Further, to describe gender differences in transitions in caregiving arrangements over time, including formal and informal service mix, in response to husbands/wives escalating care needs; 2. To test whether husbands are more likely than wives to withdraw or decrease caregiving involvement over time, controlling for declining caregiver health status and other potentially confounding factors; 3. To test whether patterns of care characteristic of caregiving husbands influence wives' cross- sectional and longitudinal care outcomes, specifically, functional health status, hospital and nursing home use, and reported unmet need for care; 4. To investigate whether age, gender role attitudes, prior household work and the quality of the marital relationship mediate the effect of gender on spousal caregiving patterns and outcomes of care; 5. To compare gender differences in caregiving patterns, and resulting care outcomes, between cohabiting and married couples; 6. To estimate the magnitude of gender role bias in the measurement of need for assistance with gender-related activities among elderly married men and women, and to adjust estimates of need accordingly. This investigation will involve secondary analyses of existing data, focusing on two longitudinal national data sets, the Longitudinal Survey on Aging and the National Survey of Families and Households, both of which contain interview data collected from both members of the marital couple. Additionally, data from a randomly selected regional sample of working age and elderly persons with disabilities will be analyzed.

本研究的总体目标是调查 婚姻中的传统性别角色具有负面影响， 妇女在健康不佳的时候，鉴于传统的男性， 性别角色可能会让一些男人准备不足， 扮演的角色。鉴于目前的卫生政策趋势和许多 家庭对照料的偏好，丈夫作为照料者的问题 对当今老龄化社会具有重要意义。具体来说，这项研究 将致力于以下目标：1.描述横截面 工作安排方面的性别差异，包括 当夫妻双方都在 需要照顾。此外，为了描述性别差异， 随着时间的推移， 和非正式的服务组合，以应对丈夫/妻子不断上升的 护理需求; 2.为了测试丈夫是否比妻子更有可能 随着时间的推移， 控制护理人员健康状况的下降和其他 潜在的混淆因素; 3.为了测试 丈夫的关心特征影响妻子的跨性别行为， 分段和纵向护理结果，特别是功能性 健康状况、医院和疗养院使用情况以及报告的未满足情况 护理需求; 4。调查年龄、性别、角色 态度、以前的家务劳动和婚姻的质量 关系中介性别对配偶分离的影响 护理模式和结果; 5.比较性别差异， 护理模式，以及由此产生的护理结果， 同居和已婚夫妇; 6.估计…的大小 在衡量援助需求方面的性别角色偏见 已婚老年男女的性别相关活动，以及 相应调整需求估计。这次调查将 涉及对现有数据的二次分析，重点是两个 纵向国家数据集，老龄化纵向调查 以及全国家庭和住户调查， 包含从婚姻双方成员收集的访谈数据， 夫妇此外，从随机选择的区域样本中获得的数据 工作年龄和老年残疾人将 分析了