More family responsibility, more informal care? The effect of motivation on the giving of informal care by people aged over 50 in the Netherlands compared to other European countries

Health Policy

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-235

  Oudijk, Debbie ^a   Woittiez, Isolde ^a   de Boer, Alice ^a  

^a The Netherlands Institute for Social Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Informal care; Logit model; Motivation; SHARE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; DENMARK; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PLEASURE; RESPONSIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 79960129199     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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