Work restrictions experienced by midlife family care-givers of older people: evidence from six European countries

被引：39

作者：

Principi, Andrea ^{[1
]}

Lamura, Giovanni ^{[1
]}

Sirolla, Cristina ^{[1
]}

Mestheneos, Liz ^{[2
]}

Bien, Barbara ^{[3
]}

Brown, Jayne ^{[4
]}

Krevers, Barbro ^{[5
]}

Melchiorre, Maria Gabriella ^{[1
]}

Doehner, Hanneli ^{[6
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Inst Hlth & Sci Aging INRCA, I-60124 Ancona, Italy

[2] Sextant Grp 50 Hellas, Athens, Greece

[3] Med Univ Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland

[4] Scottish Ctr Evidence Based Care Older People, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland

[5] Linkoping Univ, S-58183 Linkoping, Sweden

[6] Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

来源：

AGEING & SOCIETY | 2014年 / 34卷 / 02期

关键词：

welfare regimes; family carers; European comparison; working carers; INFORMAL CARE; PAID-WORK; PARTICIPATION; RETIREMENT; ASSISTANCE; SERVICES; GENDER; COSTS; WOMEN; MEN;

D O I：

10.1017/S0144686X12000967

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

This paper examines differences in work restrictions of midlife family carers of older people in terms of prevalence, gender and explanatory variables, in six European countries: Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. A sample of 2,897 carers aged 45-64 was extracted from the EUROFAMCARE (Services for Supporting Family Carers of Older People in Europe: Characteristics, Coverage and Usage) European project database, in order to analyse four possible work restrictions experienced in connection with the activity of care-giving: the reduction of working hours; giving up working; difficulties in career developments and forced occasional work. The results show that work restrictions are experienced differently between countries especially by women: they are reported to a higher degree in the United Kingdom, Germany and Greece, less so in Italy, and seldom in Poland and Sweden. Gender differences within countries are not so marked. Country differences are explained in the light of the different welfare regimes characterising the countries under investigation, in order to elucidate how policy makers may act to improve working carers' conditions through appropriate policies.

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页码：209 / 231

页数：23