Abstract
Family support is highly relevant for individual, family and social resilience. Intergenerational solidarity, understood as the link between parents and children, constitutes a fundamental component of cohesive family relationships. There are several dimensions of intergenerational solidarity. One dimension, instrumental support (involving financial, emotional and physical assistance), is a subject of this study. Our first analytical approach addresses the financial and emotional support in the EU countries. We focused on private monetary and time transfers, using the national transfer accounts. We found that, starting from the working age, gender gap emerges, with men being net payers of private transfers. During retirement, the gender gap becomes smaller but persists. As regards country differences, Greece has the highest relative transfers paid by men in the working age. The second part of the analysis revolves around physical help. Based on the GGS-II data from 12 countries, the association between various resilience markers and intergenerational housework help was investigated using the two-level logistic regressions. We found that the share of people receiving intergenerational help decreases and the share of people providing help increases along with the regional social development level. Furthermore, medium or low education, lower life satisfaction, higher religiosity and worse physical and mental health seem to increase the likelihood of being a help receiver. Moreover, accounting for differences between respondents from 64 NUTS 1 and 2 regions indicated that men from highly developed regions (unlike those from less developed regions) are slightly more likely than women to be net providers of intergenerational help.
Presenters
Michał TarachaResearch Assistant, Institute of Statistics and Demography, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Mazowieckie, Poland
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Social and Cultural Perspectives on Aging
KEYWORDS
Intergenerational Solidarity, Instrumental Support, NTA, GGS-II, Regional Disaggregation, Multilevel Modelling
