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Principi, A., Lamura, G., Sirolla, C., Mestheneos, L., Bień, B., Brown, J. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-9489-1654, Krevers, B., Melchiorre, M.G. and Döhner, H.,
2014.
Work restrictions experienced by midlife family care-givers of older people: evidence from six European countries.
Ageing and Society, 34 (2), pp. 209-231.
ISSN 0144-686X
Abstract
This paper examines differences in work restrictions of midlife family carers of older people in terms of prevalence, gender and explanatory variables, in six European countries: Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. A sample of 2,897 carers aged 45–64 was extracted from the EUROFAMCARE (Services for Supporting Family Carers of Older People in Europe: Characteristics, Coverage and Usage) European project database, in order to analyse four possible work restrictions experienced in connection with the activity of care-giving: the reduction of working hours; giving up working; difficulties in career developments and forced occasional work. The results show that work restrictions are experienced differently between countries especially by women: they are reported to a higher degree in the United Kingdom, Germany and Greece, less so in Italy, and seldom in Poland and Sweden. Gender differences within countries are not so marked. Country differences are explained in the light of the different welfare regimes characterising the countries under investigation, in order to elucidate how policy makers may act to improve working carers' conditions through appropriate policies.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Ageing and Society | ||||||
| Creators: | Principi, A., Lamura, G., Sirolla, C., Mestheneos, L., Bień, B., Brown, J., Krevers, B., Melchiorre, M.G. and Döhner, H. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press (CUP) | ||||||
| Date: | February 2014 | ||||||
| Volume: | 34 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0144-686X | ||||||
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| Rights: | Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012. | ||||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Record created by: | Linda Sullivan | ||||||
| Date Added: | 24 Oct 2023 11:23 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2023 11:23 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50110 |
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