Does Caring for Parents Take its Toll? Gender Differences in Caregiving Intensity, Coresidence, and Psychological Well-Being Across Europe
Labbas, Elisa LU
and Stanfors, Maria
LU
(2023)
In European Journal of Population
39(1).
- Abstract
- Given population ageing and the emphasis on in-home care, more working-age adults are facing the demands of providing unpaid care to the elderly with potential implications for their own well-being. Such effects likely vary across Europe because care is differently organized with a differing emphasis on public support, dependence on family, and orientation toward gender equality. We studied the relationship between unpaid caregiving for elderly parents and the psychological well-being of older working-age (50–64) men and women by analysing data from the Survey of Health, Retirement, and Ageing in Europe (SHARE), covering 18 countries between 2004 and 2020 (N = 24,338), using ordinary least squares (OLS). We examined risk of depression by... (More)
- Given population ageing and the emphasis on in-home care, more working-age adults are facing the demands of providing unpaid care to the elderly with potential implications for their own well-being. Such effects likely vary across Europe because care is differently organized with a differing emphasis on public support, dependence on family, and orientation toward gender equality. We studied the relationship between unpaid caregiving for elderly parents and the psychological well-being of older working-age (50–64) men and women by analysing data from the Survey of Health, Retirement, and Ageing in Europe (SHARE), covering 18 countries between 2004 and 2020 (N = 24,338), using ordinary least squares (OLS). We examined risk of depression by caregiving intensity and tested whether coresidence mediated outcomes. Men and women providing care to parents experience important psychological well-being losses across Europe, especially when caregiving is intensive. A heavier caregiving burden associated with coresidence explains a regime gradient in depression, not least for women in Southern Europe. Results highlight the spillover costs of unpaid caregiving across Europe and the need to address caregiver psychological well-being, especially in contexts where state support for elder care is low and coresidence is common. (Less)
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- Labbas, Elisa
LU
and Stanfors, Maria
LU
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- 2023-06-28
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Unpaid caregiving, Psychological well-being, Coresidence, Gender, Country comparison, SHARE, OLS
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- European Journal of Population
- volume
- 39
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 18
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- Springer
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- pmid:37378787
- scopus:85163741026
- ISSN
- 0168-6577
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10680-023-09666-3
- project
- Longer working lives and unpaid caregiving: costs, conflicts and tradeoffs in a comparative perspective
- Longer working lives and informal caregiving: Tradeoffs and economic value
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- English
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