Why Do Families Differ? Children's Care for an Unmarried Mother.

Journal of Marriage and the Family
John C HenrettaMatthew F Van Voorhis

Abstract

An adult child's provision of care to an unmarried elderly mother varies both within and between families. Within-family differences address the variation in different children's behavior within in a family. Between-family differences refer to the propensities that members of a family-the children of one mother-share and that differentiate them from other families. Previous research suggests five hypotheses affecting either within-family or between-family differences. Data from multiple waves of the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) cohort of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS; 16,719 observations on 5,607 mother-child dyads in 1,925 families) are used to estimate a multilevel model with a binary outcome. Results indicate substantial differences between families. Mother's characteristics, family composition, and family history account for about half the between-family differences.

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Sep 10, 2013·The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences·Judith A Seltzer, Esther M Friedman
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