TY - JOUR T1 - Spouse and Child Availability for Newly Disabled Older Adults: Socioeconomic Differences and Potential Role of Residential Proximity. JF - J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci Y1 - 2015 A1 - Choi, Hwajung A1 - Robert F. Schoeni A1 - Kenneth M. Langa A1 - Michele M Heisler KW - Activities of Daily Living KW - Adult children KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Aging KW - Disabled Persons KW - Female KW - Home Nursing KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Nursing homes KW - Residence Characteristics KW - Social Class KW - Spouses AB -

OBJECTIVES: To examine the potential role of child and spousal availability in facilitating community-based care for disabled older adults.

METHOD: We used the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal study of older adults. The analysis sample included older adults who were nondisabled at baseline, but who then developed at least one activity of daily living (ADL) limitation over the subsequent 2-year period (N = 2,094). Using multivariate, multinomial logistic regression, we examined the association of child and spouse availability prior to disablement of the older adults with ADL care receipt status after the onset of disablement, after adjusting for other sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

RESULTS: Lower socioeconomic status (SES) was associated with less availability of a spouse but greater availability of children at baseline. Compared with older adults who had no children nearby (i.e., all children lived further than 30 miles), older adults who had at least one child living with or near them prior to the onset of the ADL limitation were less likely to go to a nursing home (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 0.26 for coresident; AOR: 0.44 for 1- 30 miles) and less likely to depend on formal care (AOR: 0.39 for coresident; AOR: 0.51 for 1-30 miles) after the onset of new ADL limitation/s.

DISCUSSION: Understanding SES variations in the informal care resources, and potential role of child geographic availability, may inform the development of cost-effective community-based care programs and policies.

PB - 70 VL - 70 UR - http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/03/06/geronb.gbu015.abstract IS - 3 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24607786?dopt=Abstract U4 - Disability/Disability/Geographic proximity/Informal care/Socioeconomic status/community-based care/activities of daily living ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Transfer Behavior Within the Family: Results from the Asset and Health Dynamics Survey JF - The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences Y1 - 1997 A1 - Kathleen McGarry A1 - Robert F. Schoeni KW - Adult children KW - Public Policy AB - This paper provides new empirical evidence on the relationship between the income of the recipients and the likelihood and magnitude of cash transfers. Results offer strong evidence that respondents are more likely to make transfers and more likely to transfer larger amounts to their children who are less well off. These findings are consistent with recent studies that support the altruistic model of behavior. This study also presents descriptive statistics which cast some doubt on the exchange model of behavior, which views financial transfers as a payment for services. PB - 52B VL - 52B IS - Spec U4 - Family/Transfers/Wills/Welfare/Altruism ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Measurement and the Redistribution of Resources Within the Family Y1 - 1996 A1 - Kathleen McGarry A1 - Robert F. Schoeni KW - Adult children KW - Income AB - Recent work by a number of economists has opened a debate about the role played by intergenerational transfers. Using the new Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we are better able to address the issues involved. Contrary to the current literature on bequests, we do not find that parents give transfers, respondents give greater financial assistance to their less well off children than to their children with higher incomes. PB - RAND, Reprint Series 96-11 UR - http://ideas.repec.org/p/fth/randrs/96-11.html U4 - Income Distribution/Intergenerational Transfers ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Transfer Behavior in the Health and Retirement Study: Measurement and the Redistribution of Resources within the Family JF - Journal of Human Resources Y1 - 1995 A1 - Kathleen McGarry A1 - Robert F. Schoeni KW - Adult children KW - Demographics PB - 30 VL - 30 IS - Suppl. N1 - ProCite field 3 : UCLA; RAND Corp U4 - Household Behavior--General/Demographic Trends and Forecasts/Family/Transfers ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Transfer Behavior Within the Family: Results From the Asset and Health Dynamics Survey Y1 - 1995 A1 - Kathleen McGarry A1 - Robert F. Schoeni KW - Adult children KW - Public Policy AB - If an individual falls on hard times, can he rely on his family for financial support? In view of proposed reductions in public assistance programs, it is important to understand the mechanisms through which families provide support for their members. In this paper we provide evidence that intra-family transfers are compensatory, directed disproportionally to less well-off members. These results hold both for the incidence of transfers and for the amounts. Within a given year, adult children in the lowest income category are 6 percentage points more likely to receive a financial transfer from their parents, and on average they receive over 300 more than siblings in the highest income category. The data used in this study, the new Asset and Health Dynamics Survey (AHEAD), contain information on all children in the family. Thus we are able to estimate models which control for unobserved differences across families. Our results are robust to these specifications. Additionally, we do not find evidence that parents provide financial assistance to their children in exchange for caregiving. PB - National Bureau of Economic Research UR - https://www.nber.org/papers/w5099 N1 - ProCite field 8 : UCLA and NBER; RAND Corporation U4 - Family/Transfers/Wills/Welfare/Altruism ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Transfer Behavior: Measurement and the Redistribution of Resources within the Family Y1 - 1994 A1 - Kathleen McGarry A1 - Robert F. Schoeni KW - Adult children KW - Methodology PB - NBER UR - https://www.nber.org/papers/w4607 U4 - Family transfers, structure/Methodology ER -