Patterns and Determinants of Social Service Utilization: Comparison of the Childless Elderly and Elderly Parents Living With or Apart From Their Children
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- 1 June 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 34 (3) , 353-362
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/34.3.353
Abstract
Approximately one out of five elderly persons are childless. In the absence of children who provide important emotional and instrumental support, are childless elderly more likely to usesocial services than are elderly parents? Analysis of data from the Longitudinal Survey of Agingshows that the childless elderly were more likely to say that they lacked informal instrumental support at times of illness than were the elderly parents. Nevertheless, the childless were nomore likely to use social services than were the elderly parents. Strategies to improve thechildless elderly's social service use are recommended.Keywords
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