The impact of work status on adult daughters' early and future caregiving

✍ Scribed by Kate Conway-Turner; Rona Karasik

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 94 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0090-4392
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199711)25:6<505::aid-jcop1>3.0.co;2-o

✦ Synopsis

This study explores the impact of work status on the provision of adult daughters' caregiving for elderly mothers. The research focuses on both present level of caregiving while mothers are still within the "young" range of elder years and the care daughters anticipate providing in the future. In this research, 103 adult daughters with a mean age of 37 years were interviewed. The participants were primarily White, middle-class women who worked partor full-time outside the home. Utilizing interview techniques, information was gathered concerning work status, job-related variables, and present and anticipated caregiving. Women employed full-time reported higher levels of early caregiving than those working part-time, while variables relating to adult daughters' accessibility while at work or job flexibility were not significantly related to anticipated caregiving behavior. The significance of these results and the need for future exploration of this area are discussed.