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Shared caregiving responsibilities of adult siblings with elderly parents

  • University of Virginia

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Abstract

This paper uses a nonstructural, ordered discrete choice model to measure the effects of various parent and child characteristics upon the independent caregiving decisions of the adult children of elderly parents sampled in the 1982 and 1984 National Long Term Care Survey (NLTCS). While significant effects are noted, emphasis is placed on test statistics constructed to measure the independence of caregiving decisions. The test statistic results are conclusive: The caregiving decisions of adult children are dependent across time and family members. Structural models taking dependencies among family members into account note effects similar to those in the nonstructural model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)441-478
Number of pages38
JournalJournal of Human Resources
Volume37
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

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