The Cost of Care: an Analysis of Care from the Gender Perspective

The Cost of Care: an Analysis of Care from the Gender Perspective

This paper presents the main conclusions of a research project on family care provided to elderly and dependent people in Galicia. Galicia has a high aging rate and a significant socio-demographic contrast between rural and urban areas, making it an interesting environment to examine how family care...

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Main Authors: Purificación Mayobre, Iria Vázquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) 2015-01-01
Series:Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS)
Subjects:
Living Conditions
Family Care
Gender Differences
Ageing Population
Woman
Intergenerational Relationships
Health
Online Access:http://reis.cis.es/REIS/PDF/REIS_151_Article_05_ENGLISH1436261056073.pdf
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spelling doaj-2c5d6d44207e4bcb9be110a0b5377a7d2020-11-24T22:30:49ZengCentro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS)Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS)0210-52331988-59032015-01-0111518310010.5477/cis/reis.151.832539The Cost of Care: an Analysis of Care from the Gender PerspectivePurificación MayobreIria VázquezThis paper presents the main conclusions of a research project on family care provided to elderly and dependent people in Galicia. Galicia has a high aging rate and a significant socio-demographic contrast between rural and urban areas, making it an interesting environment to examine how family care tasks are combined. This study examines the kind of intrafamily negotiations that lead women, usually unmarried daughters (but not other family members) to carry out caregiving work. Furthermore, it presents the type of working conditions related to family care, as well as their impact on the living conditions and health of the caregivers.http://reis.cis.es/REIS/PDF/REIS_151_Article_05_ENGLISH1436261056073.pdfLiving ConditionsFamily CareGender DifferencesAgeing PopulationWomanIntergenerational RelationshipsHealth
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The Cost of Care: an Analysis of Care from the Gender Perspective
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS)
Living Conditions
Family Care
Gender Differences
Ageing Population
Woman
Intergenerational Relationships
Health
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Iria Vázquez
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title The Cost of Care: an Analysis of Care from the Gender Perspective
title_short The Cost of Care: an Analysis of Care from the Gender Perspective
title_full The Cost of Care: an Analysis of Care from the Gender Perspective
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publisher Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS)
series Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS)
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1988-5903
publishDate 2015-01-01
description This paper presents the main conclusions of a research project on family care provided to elderly and dependent people in Galicia. Galicia has a high aging rate and a significant socio-demographic contrast between rural and urban areas, making it an interesting environment to examine how family care tasks are combined. This study examines the kind of intrafamily negotiations that lead women, usually unmarried daughters (but not other family members) to carry out caregiving work. Furthermore, it presents the type of working conditions related to family care, as well as their impact on the living conditions and health of the caregivers.
topic Living Conditions
Family Care
Gender Differences
Ageing Population
Woman
Intergenerational Relationships
Health
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