Family Support for the Nigerian Elderly

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2990972
AutoresMargaret Peil (Centre of West African Studies, Birmingham University, Birmingham B 15 2TT, United Kingdom, autor de correspondencia)
Año1991
Volumen22
Número1
Páginas85-100
Fecha de publicación1991-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
EditorialUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.22.1.85
OpenAlexW2979660966
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13

Modernization theorists have argued that the breakdown of the family is an inevitable result of urbanization and industrialization. The elderly are deprived of many of their roles and isolated from younger generations, who no longer listen to or support them. A survey of men and women over 60 years of age in southern Nigerian cities and villages questions the accuracy of this model. It is obvious that theia,mily is still a strong basis for support for the elderly, though varying resources and opportunities produce different levels, types and frequency of support. While economic help is more often given to women than to men, male households are more likely (for demographic and economic reasons) to include service providers than female-headed households. Elderly widows without children are the most likely to get inadequate assistance, since they often lack enough resources to attract dependents to look after them in their old age. In spite of the help they receive, economic insecurity, fostered by inflation, is a major and increasing problem for the Nigerian elderly

Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Industrialisation · Modernization theory · Service (business) · Urbanization · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Urban and Rural Development Challenges