Work restrictions experienced by midlife family care-givers of older people: evidence from six European countries

Principi, A, Lamura, G, Sirolla, C, Mestheneos, L, Bień, B, Brown, J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9489-1654, Krevers, B, Melchiorre, MG 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

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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
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
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1017/s0144686x12000967 DOI 1824267 Other
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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