TY - JOUR
T1 - Family relationships of older, rural women
T2 - Stability and change
AU - Scott, Jean Pearson
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - The purpose of the study was to examine stability and change in family interaction patterns (availability, interaction, and assistance) of older, rural women as they moved from young-old to late old age. Women (N = 96) were interviewed at two times, twelve years apart. Although there were family network losses, most notably loss of spouse and siblings, family availability and contact showed more stability than change. By late old age, the women were receiving significantly more help from adult children relative to what they gave. Proximity of the adult child was most salient as a predictor of help received from children al both Times 1 and 2. Quality of the adult child relationship was higher for women who received more types of help from adult children at Time 2, The findings suggest that with loss of family members, proximate kin may take up the slack in providing support to rural women of advanced age.
AB - The purpose of the study was to examine stability and change in family interaction patterns (availability, interaction, and assistance) of older, rural women as they moved from young-old to late old age. Women (N = 96) were interviewed at two times, twelve years apart. Although there were family network losses, most notably loss of spouse and siblings, family availability and contact showed more stability than change. By late old age, the women were receiving significantly more help from adult children relative to what they gave. Proximity of the adult child was most salient as a predictor of help received from children al both Times 1 and 2. Quality of the adult child relationship was higher for women who received more types of help from adult children at Time 2, The findings suggest that with loss of family members, proximate kin may take up the slack in providing support to rural women of advanced age.
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U2 - 10.1300/J074v10n04_05
DO - 10.1300/J074v10n04_05
M3 - Article
C2 - 9919873
AN - SCOPUS:0032239973
SN - 0895-2841
VL - 10
SP - 67
EP - 80
JO - Journal of Women and Aging
JF - Journal of Women and Aging
IS - 4
ER -