The Pivotal Role of Women in Informal Care

Autor/inn/en	Bracke, Piet; Christiaens, Wendy; Wauterickx, Naomi
Titel	The Pivotal Role of Women in Informal Care
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 29 (2008) 10, S.1348-1378 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X08316115
Schlagwörter	Daughters; Gender Differences; Females; Social Influences; Foreign Countries; Family Relationship; Siblings; Mothers; Grandparents; Friendship; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Networks; Marital Status; Socioeconomic Status; Caregivers; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Daughter; Tochter; Geschlechterkonflikt; Weibliches Geschlecht; Sozialer Einfluss; Ausland; Sibling; Geschwister; Mother; Mutter; Großeltern; Freundschaft; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Familienstand; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Belgien
Abstract	Supporting and caring for each other are crucial parts of the social tissue that binds people together. In these networks, men and women hold different positions: Women more often care more for others, listen more to the problems of others, and, as kin keepers, hold families together. Is this true for all life stages? And are social conditions, among other things bound to the organization of work and family, an essential explanation of these differences? Data from the sixth wave (1997) of the Panel Study of Belgian Households allow us to answer these questions. The results show that women are the glue holding social relations together. They play a central role as friends, daughters, sisters, mothers, and grandmothers throughout all stages of the life course. Similar life commitments do not reduce these gender differences but instead emphasize them even further. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10