Doing Their Share: Comparing Patterns of Help Given by Older and Younger Adults.

Gallagher, Sally K.

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ERIC Number: EJ490593

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Doing Their Share: Comparing Patterns of Help Given by Older and Younger Adults.

Gallagher, Sally K.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v56 n3 p567-78 Aug 1994

Compares help older people give with patterns of help given by younger adults via analysis of interviews with married men and women. Suggests that older adults are less involved in helping kin and friends but volunteer more than younger adults and that gender is a significant and consistent predictor of caregiving. (CRR)

Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Caregivers, Comparative Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Interviews, Older Adults, Privatization, Questionnaires, Social Support Groups, Volunteers, Young Adults

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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