TY - JOUR
T1 - Fertility decline, family structure, and support for older persons in Latin America and Asia
AU - Glaser, Karen
AU - Agree, Emily M.
AU - Costenbader, Elizabeth
AU - Camargo, Antonio
AU - Trench, Belkis
AU - Natividad, Josefina
AU - Chuang, Yi Li
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - Objectives: To compare family structures and support for older persons in two Asian countries (Taiwan and the Philippines) and six urban areas in Latin America (Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Havana, Santiago, Mexico City, and Montevideo). Methods: Using the 1999 Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan, the 2000 Philippine Survey of the Near Elderly and Elderly, and the 2001 Pan American Health Organisation surveys on Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe, descriptive tables show variations across countries in family structure, proximity, and transfers of support by the timing of the fertility transition in each location. Results: Older people in settings with earlier transitions had fewer children and more childlessness, higher levels of solitary living, and lower levels of coresidence with children. In earlier transition settings, receipt of family support was lower and provision higher. Discussion: The timing of the demographic transition has significant implications for kin availability and support.
AB - Objectives: To compare family structures and support for older persons in two Asian countries (Taiwan and the Philippines) and six urban areas in Latin America (Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Havana, Santiago, Mexico City, and Montevideo). Methods: Using the 1999 Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan, the 2000 Philippine Survey of the Near Elderly and Elderly, and the 2001 Pan American Health Organisation surveys on Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe, descriptive tables show variations across countries in family structure, proximity, and transfers of support by the timing of the fertility transition in each location. Results: Older people in settings with earlier transitions had fewer children and more childlessness, higher levels of solitary living, and lower levels of coresidence with children. In earlier transition settings, receipt of family support was lower and provision higher. Discussion: The timing of the demographic transition has significant implications for kin availability and support.
KW - Asia
KW - Elderly people
KW - Family support
KW - Kin availability
KW - Latin America
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U2 - 10.1177/0898264305285668
DO - 10.1177/0898264305285668
M3 - Article
C2 - 16614344
AN - SCOPUS:33646689373
SN - 0898-2643
VL - 18
SP - 259
EP - 291
JO - Journal of Aging and Health
JF - Journal of Aging and Health
IS - 2
ER -