Older adults' networks and public care receipt: Do partners and adult children substitute for unskilled public care?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1711-1729

  Schenk, Niels ^a   Dykstra, Pearl ^a   Maas, Ineke ^b   Van Gaalen, Ruben ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gendered care; informal care; older adults; public care; registry data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE; KINSHIP;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84931382095     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X13000469     Document Type: Review

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