Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v12i1.18
Informal and Formal Support to One-Parent and Two-Parent Families
Zora Raboteg-Šarić
; Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Ninoslava Pećnik
; Studijski centar socijalnog rada, Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Sažetak
The paper presents a research, the goals of which were as follows: (1) to examine various features of informal and formal support to families with children, considering the sources, type and perceived quality of the support, and (2) determine whether those features of informal and formal system of help to the parents differ in the view of the family structure and sex of the parents. The sample consisted of 384 parents from two-parent families and 317 parents from one-parent families from the four largest cities in Croatia. The data on the type of support (financial, material, practical and emotional) and the sources of support received by the natural network members, as well as on the received and necessary forms of the state support to families in money or services, were collected. The factor analysis was used to determine the latent dimensions of the parents satisfaction with the social support. The dimensions were called satisfaction with the system of formal support to families, satisfaction with the support of persons close to them and satisfaction with the support of the other parent and their family. The results confirmed the connection of the family structure with the receipt of informal and formal support. Single parenthood generally enhances the probability of receiving more support from various sources of the informal network, apart from the support of the other parent and their parents, which is largely received by the parents from two-parent families. Single parents mainly receive more help from the formal system of family support. However, the data show that a large part of needs for formal support remains unsatisfied in both types of families. The results are discussed in the context of obstructions in the realisation of social rights. The determined differences between the sexes show that single fathers tend to retain a gender-wise stereotypical relations towards requesting and receiving help, although in terms of gender they play an atypical role in the provision of care for the children.
Ključne riječi
one-parent families; family structure; social support; informal and formal support; gender difference
Hrčak ID:
30210
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.1.2005.
Posjeta: 6.314 *