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Elder Care as Family Labor
The Influence of Gender and Family Position
JEFFREY W. DWYER
University of Florida
KAREN SECCOMBE
University of Florida
This research indicates that gender differences in the performance of specific caregiving tasks and the amount of time spent providing care by family caregivers of frail elders should be considered in the context of family position-related norms and expectations. Using a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized impaired elderly people in the United States (N = 813), the results show that husbands (when compared to wives) and daughters (when compared to sons) report spending more time and performing a greater number of caregiving tasks. The authors suggest that family position may confound interpretations regarding the association between gender and family caregiving.
Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 12, No. 2,
229-247 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/019251391012002006
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