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https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v24i1.1368
50+ Population in the Role of Providers and Receivers of Informal Care in Croatia
Marin Strmota
; Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Sažetak
Contemporary demographic trends, primarily the fertility decline (less young people) and increased life expectancy complicate the functioning of the informal help and support system within the community. In order to ease the today's overburdened social, health and pension care systems, it is necessary to investigate determinants of giving and receiving all forms of informal care. The aim of this paper is to present the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents relevant in determining received or provided help outside the household. The survey conducted in 2012 as a part of the scientific research project "Economics of Aging", funded by the University of Zagreb, is used as a database for this empirical analysis. The questionnaire methodology is based on the SHARE project (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe). Logistic regression was used in order to define relevant determinants of received and provided help and support. The analysis showed that gender and living arrangements of people older than 50 years are not significant predictors of practical assistance outside the household. Other respondents’ characteristics - age, education, type of settlement, having children, health status and employment status have proved to be significant predictor variables in at least one model of research of informal care.
Ključne riječi
population 50+; informal care; practical help
Hrčak ID:
178497
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Datum izdavanja:
28.3.2017.
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