Informal and formal home-care use among older adults in Europe: Can cross-national differences be explained by societal context and composition?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 491-515

  Suanet, Bianca ^a   Van Groenou, Marjolein Broese ^a   Van Tilburg, Theo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cross national comparison; culture; demographic composition; informal and formal care use; welfare state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CULTURE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WELFARE PROVISION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84858225250     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X11000390     Document Type: Article

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