INFORMAL AND FORMAL SUPPORTS IN AGING

非正式和正式的老龄化支持

• 批准号: 3117901
• 负责人: John R Logan
• 金额: $ 27.38万
• 依托单位: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-05-01 至 1991-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3117901
• 关键词: aging; centenarian human (100+); employment /unemployment; family structure /dynamics; human middle age (35-64); human old age (65+); human population distribution; human population study; interview; marriage /marital status; parent offspring interaction; questionnaires; social support network; socioeconomics; socioenvironment

This research will investigate the formal and informal support systems of Americans in the age range of 40 and above. The project focuses on two major social changes. The first is changes in family structure, which disrupts traditional patterns of marital and intergenerational support. The second is changes in location, particularly suburbanization, which may leave a growing segment of the population with weaker neighborhood support networks and hinder access to existing public service systems as well. The principal research questions will be answered through a survey of 1200 adult residents of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan area. Survey materials will provide detailed information on contact between respondents and their parents (- in-law) and/or adult children, on their provision of assistance to these other generations, and their receipt of assistance from them. Among other explanatory variables, the study will emphasize the effects of both child's and parent's marital and employment status. The survey will also describe contact and receipt of assistance from other relatives, friends, neighbors, and public/private organizations. Another set of intensive interviews with expert informants will provide data on availability of public services. It is anticipated that formal support and non-family informal support systems are directly affected by respondent's place of residence. Finally, the study will examine several other sources of support patterns, including political attitudes, age consciousness, and attitudes toward support norms.

这项研究将调查正式和非正式的支持 40岁以上美国人的制度。 这 项目重点关注两大社会变革。 首先是变化 家庭结构，打破了传统的婚姻模式 和代际支持。 二是地点的变化， 特别是郊区化，这可能会留下不断增长的部分 邻里支持网络较弱的人口以及 也阻碍了对现有公共服务系统的利用。 主要研究问题将通过 对奥尔巴尼-斯克内克塔迪-特洛伊地区 1200 名成年居民的调查 大都市区。 调查材料将提供详细 受访者与其父母之间的联系信息（- 姻亲）和/或成年子女，向他们提供协助 这些其他几代人，以及他们得到的援助 他们。 除其他解释变量外，该研究将 强调孩子和父母婚姻的影响 就业状况。 该调查还将描述联系方式和 接受其他亲戚、朋友、邻居的帮助 公共/私人组织。 又一组密集采访 专家信息提供者将提供有关公众可用性的数据 服务。 预计正式支持和非家庭支持 非正式支持系统直接受到受访者的影响 居住地。 最后，该研究将检验其他几个 支持模式的来源，包括政治态度、年龄 意识和对支持规范的态度。