期刊名称：International Journal of Ageing and Later Life
印刷版ISSN：1652-8670
出版年度：2018
卷号：12
期号：1
页码：75-90
DOI：10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.17365
出版社：Linkoping University Electronic Press
摘要：We estimate how much caregiving men and women respectively do, andhow much of the caregiving is done by older (65+) and younger persons,inside their household and for other households, in Spain and in Sweden.To assess this, we use self-reported hours of caregiving from two nationalsurveys about caregiving, performed in 2014 (Spain, N = 2003; Sweden,N = 1193). Spain and Sweden have dissimilar household structures, anddifferent social services for older (65+) persons. Caregivers, on average,provide many more hours of care in Spain than in Sweden. Women provideabout 58% of all hours of caregiving, in Spain in all age groups, inSweden only among younger caregivers. The reason is the dominanceof partner caregivers among older Swedes, with older men and womenproviding equal hours of care. Family caregiving inside the household is more extensive in the more complex Spanish households than in Swedish households. Family care between households prevails in Sweden, where the large majority of older persons live with a partner only, or alone. This is increasingly common in Spain, although it remains at a lower level. We estimate that older persons provide between 22% and 33% of all hours of caregiving in Spain, and between 41% and 49% in Sweden. Patterns of caregiving appear to be determined mainly by demography and household structure.
关键词：caregivers; family care; gender; household; partner; Spain;Sweden.
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