Unequal Inequalities: The Stratification of the Use of Formal Care Among Older Europeans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The general aim of the article is to incorporate the stratification perspective into the study of (long-term) care systems. In particular, 3 issues are investigated: the extents to which (a) personal and family resources influence the likelihood of using formal care in later life; (b) the unequal access to formal care is mediated by differences in the availability of informal support; (c) the relationship between individuals' resources and the use of formal care in old age varies across care regimes and is related to the institutional design of long-term care policies.

Method

Data from Waves 1 and 2 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe for 4 countries: Denmark, Germany, France, and Italy, and population aged at least 65 (N = 9,824) were used. P

SUBMITTER: Albertini M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5927152 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature