Jeffrey W Dwyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 222077 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey W Dwyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey W |
| FAMILY NAME | Dwyer |
| SIGNATURE | DWYER J W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The influence of community context on the decision to enter a nursing home
Aging Parent-Adult Child Coresidence
Several recent studies have concluded that coresidence between aging parents and their adult children is caused by the children's dependency needs, whereas parental characteristics are irrelevant. We argue that these studies are based on samples that contain insufficient proportions of elderly parents who possess the characteristics that eventuate in coresidence. Such elders, however, represent a large and important segment of the elderly populat…
The Effects of On‐ and Off‐reservation Residence on In‐home Service Use Among Great Lakes American Indians
Community‐based, in‐home services are a crucial component in the long‐term care continuum. Research has shown rural populations to be less likely to use these services. American Indian elders are more likely than their non‐American Indian counterparts to reside in non‐metropolitan areas, yet little rural research has focused on this subpopulation. The purpose of this article is to explore differences in in‐home service use among urban, rural off‐…
Decomposing Area of Residence Differences in Multiple Regression Studies
When rural/urban differences are found in health status or health care use, it is often desirable to identify those factors (such as age, social structure, income, etc.) that influence such differences. To this end, researchers often test rural/urban differences in age, social structure, income, etc., for statistical significance. Also, researchers commonly perform multivariate analyses (such as multiple regressions) to examine rural‐urban differ…
Reciprocity, Elder Satisfaction, and Caregiver Stress and Burden
Jeffrey W. Dwyer, Gary R. Lee, Thomas B. Jankowski, Reciprocity, Elder Satisfaction, and Caregiver Stress and Burden: The Exchange of Aid in the Family Caregiving Relationship, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Feb., 1994), pp. 35-43
Job Satisfaction Among Hospital Nurses
Despite recent declines in turnover and vacancy rates, maintaining a stable nursing staff continues to be critical to the effective operation of American hospitals, fob satisfaction is a pivotal element in nurse retention, and organizational theory suggests that some of the factors that influence job satisfaction vary by facility size. This is a study of job satisfaction among a sample of 731 nurses providing direct patient care in 22 hospitals. …
Gender, Families, and Elder Care
PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER AND FAMILY CAREGIVING Gender, Family and Long-Term Care of the Elderly - Jeffrey W Dwyer and Raymond T Coward Demographic Perspectives on Gender and Family Caregiving - Raymond T Coward, Claydell Horne and Jeffrey W Dwyer Conceptual Perspectives on Gender and Family Caregiving - Alexis J Walker PART TWO: THE STRUCTURE OF CAREGIVING RELATIONSHIPS Gender Differences in the Experiences of Caregiving Spouses - Eleanor…
Gender, Families, and Elder Care
A longitudinal study of residential differences in the composition of the helping networks of impaired elders
Elder Care as Family Labor
This research indicates that gender differences in the performance of specific caregiving tasks and the amount of time spent providing care by family caregivers of frail elders should be considered in the context of family position-related norms and expectations. Using a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized impaired elderly people in the United States ( N = 813), the results show that husbands (when compared to wives) and daug…
Recruitment and Retention of Rural Physicians
This paper briefly describes a number of structural and economic changes in the profession of medicine and in the rural medical care delivery system that have occurred since about 1970. Changes in the national physician supply; in the training, work, and practice characteristics of physicians; in the demographic characteristics of physicians; in the medical resources available in rural communities; and in federal and state support for the provisi…
Determinants of Primary Caregiver Stress and Burden
This research examines the association among characteristics of the caregiving network, primary caregiver stress and burden, and area of residence. The purpose is two‐fold: to determine whether the structure of the relationship between the caregiving network, and stress and burden is uniform across rural, small city, and urban samples; and, to assess whether stress and burden are explained by a similar set of variables within area of residence ca…
Rural America in the 1980s
The decade of the 1980s was a roller coaster ride for many rural Americans, rural health care providers, and scholars of rural life. The “rural renaissance” of the late 1970s and early 1980s was followed by the economic “farm crisis” of the mid‐1980s and, in the late 1980s, by a resurgence of interest and policy making related to small towns and rural communities. It was a tempestuous time. Perhaps such fluctuations in national attention and conc…
The Health Status, Health Services Utilization, and Support Networks of the Rural Elderly
Research from the 1980s on several dimensions of health and health care among the rural elderly is reviewed. Following a brief discussion of the demographic patterns and life conditions of the rural elderly, the current state of knowledge regarding health status, health services utilization, and the potential for informal and familial care of the elderly is examined. The review concentrates on studies that include comparisons between rural and ur…
The Effect of Religious Concentration and Affiliation on County Cancer Mortality Rates
Previous research has documented lower cancer mortality rates among religious groups characterized by doctrinal orthodoxy and behavioral conformity. In addition, there is evidence that the general population in an area with a high concentration of religious participants may experience health benefits resulting from diminished exposure to or increased social disapproval of behaviors related to cancer mortality. This research examines the effect of…
Earnings Differentials between Whites and Japanese
Recent studies of wage inequality show that there are many similarities between Brazil and other multiracial countries. The present research adds to this literature by examining wage differentials between white and Japanese-Brazilian males ages 18 to 64 in the state of Sao Paulo. Data are from the 0.8 percent sample of the 1980 Brazilian census. The effects of labor force experience, schooling, class of worker, location, and background characteri…
Residential Location and Proximity to Children Among Impaired Elderly Parents1
The availability of adult children as potential caregivers is particularly critical to the rural elderly because of the dearth of health and human services in rural areas. This paper analyzes proximity to adult children among a large sample of older persons with some degree of functional impairment, employing four residence categories and two indicators of proximity: coresidence with a child, and residence within a half-hour's travel time. Result…
Income transfers and income inequality
Residential Location and Proximity to Children Among Impaired Elderly Parents1
The availability of adult children as potential caregivers is particularly critical to the rural elderly because of the dearth of health and human services in rural areas. This paper analyzes proximity to adult children among a large sample of older persons with some degree of functional impairment, employing four residence categories and two indicators of proximity: coresidence with a child, and residence within a half-hour's travel time. Result…
Reciprocity, Elder Satisfaction, and Caregiver Stress and Burden
Jeffrey W. Dwyer, Gary R. Lee, Thomas B. Jankowski, Reciprocity, Elder Satisfaction, and Caregiver Stress and Burden: The Exchange of Aid in the Family Caregiving Relationship, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Feb., 1994), pp. 35-43
The Effect of Religious Concentration and Affiliation on County Cancer Mortality Rates
Previous research has documented lower cancer mortality rates among religious groups characterized by doctrinal orthodoxy and behavioral conformity. In addition, there is evidence that the general population in an area with a high concentration of religious participants may experience health benefits resulting from diminished exposure to or increased social disapproval of behaviors related to cancer mortality. This research examines the effect of…
Aging Parent-Adult Child Coresidence
Several recent studies have concluded that coresidence between aging parents and their adult children is caused by the children's dependency needs, whereas parental characteristics are irrelevant. We argue that these studies are based on samples that contain insufficient proportions of elderly parents who possess the characteristics that eventuate in coresidence. Such elders, however, represent a large and important segment of the elderly populat…
Elder Care as Family Labor
This research indicates that gender differences in the performance of specific caregiving tasks and the amount of time spent providing care by family caregivers of frail elders should be considered in the context of family position-related norms and expectations. Using a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized impaired elderly people in the United States ( N = 813), the results show that husbands (when compared to wives) and daug…
A longitudinal study of residential differences in the composition of the helping networks of impaired elders
The influence of community context on the decision to enter a nursing home
Earnings Differentials between Whites and Japanese
Recent studies of wage inequality show that there are many similarities between Brazil and other multiracial countries. The present research adds to this literature by examining wage differentials between white and Japanese-Brazilian males ages 18 to 64 in the state of Sao Paulo. Data are from the 0.8 percent sample of the 1980 Brazilian census. The effects of labor force experience, schooling, class of worker, location, and background characteri…
Income transfers and income inequality
Income transfers and income inequality
Recruitment and Retention of Rural Physicians
This paper briefly describes a number of structural and economic changes in the profession of medicine and in the rural medical care delivery system that have occurred since about 1970. Changes in the national physician supply; in the training, work, and practice characteristics of physicians; in the demographic characteristics of physicians; in the medical resources available in rural communities; and in federal and state support for the provisi…
Determinants of Primary Caregiver Stress and Burden
This research examines the association among characteristics of the caregiving network, primary caregiver stress and burden, and area of residence. The purpose is two‐fold: to determine whether the structure of the relationship between the caregiving network, and stress and burden is uniform across rural, small city, and urban samples; and, to assess whether stress and burden are explained by a similar set of variables within area of residence ca…
Rural America in the 1980s
The decade of the 1980s was a roller coaster ride for many rural Americans, rural health care providers, and scholars of rural life. The “rural renaissance” of the late 1970s and early 1980s was followed by the economic “farm crisis” of the mid‐1980s and, in the late 1980s, by a resurgence of interest and policy making related to small towns and rural communities. It was a tempestuous time. Perhaps such fluctuations in national attention and conc…
The Health Status, Health Services Utilization, and Support Networks of the Rural Elderly
Research from the 1980s on several dimensions of health and health care among the rural elderly is reviewed. Following a brief discussion of the demographic patterns and life conditions of the rural elderly, the current state of knowledge regarding health status, health services utilization, and the potential for informal and familial care of the elderly is examined. The review concentrates on studies that include comparisons between rural and ur…
The Effect of Religious Concentration and Affiliation on County Cancer Mortality Rates
Previous research has documented lower cancer mortality rates among religious groups characterized by doctrinal orthodoxy and behavioral conformity. In addition, there is evidence that the general population in an area with a high concentration of religious participants may experience health benefits resulting from diminished exposure to or increased social disapproval of behaviors related to cancer mortality. This research examines the effect of…
Earnings Differentials between Whites and Japanese
Recent studies of wage inequality show that there are many similarities between Brazil and other multiracial countries. The present research adds to this literature by examining wage differentials between white and Japanese-Brazilian males ages 18 to 64 in the state of Sao Paulo. Data are from the 0.8 percent sample of the 1980 Brazilian census. The effects of labor force experience, schooling, class of worker, location, and background characteri…
Residential Location and Proximity to Children Among Impaired Elderly Parents1
The availability of adult children as potential caregivers is particularly critical to the rural elderly because of the dearth of health and human services in rural areas. This paper analyzes proximity to adult children among a large sample of older persons with some degree of functional impairment, employing four residence categories and two indicators of proximity: coresidence with a child, and residence within a half-hour's travel time. Result…
A longitudinal study of residential differences in the composition of the helping networks of impaired elders
Elder Care as Family Labor
This research indicates that gender differences in the performance of specific caregiving tasks and the amount of time spent providing care by family caregivers of frail elders should be considered in the context of family position-related norms and expectations. Using a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized impaired elderly people in the United States ( N = 813), the results show that husbands (when compared to wives) and daug…
Job Satisfaction Among Hospital Nurses
Despite recent declines in turnover and vacancy rates, maintaining a stable nursing staff continues to be critical to the effective operation of American hospitals, fob satisfaction is a pivotal element in nurse retention, and organizational theory suggests that some of the factors that influence job satisfaction vary by facility size. This is a study of job satisfaction among a sample of 731 nurses providing direct patient care in 22 hospitals. …
Gender, Families, and Elder Care
PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER AND FAMILY CAREGIVING Gender, Family and Long-Term Care of the Elderly - Jeffrey W Dwyer and Raymond T Coward Demographic Perspectives on Gender and Family Caregiving - Raymond T Coward, Claydell Horne and Jeffrey W Dwyer Conceptual Perspectives on Gender and Family Caregiving - Alexis J Walker PART TWO: THE STRUCTURE OF CAREGIVING RELATIONSHIPS Gender Differences in the Experiences of Caregiving Spouses - Eleanor…
Gender, Families, and Elder Care
Decomposing Area of Residence Differences in Multiple Regression Studies
When rural/urban differences are found in health status or health care use, it is often desirable to identify those factors (such as age, social structure, income, etc.) that influence such differences. To this end, researchers often test rural/urban differences in age, social structure, income, etc., for statistical significance. Also, researchers commonly perform multivariate analyses (such as multiple regressions) to examine rural‐urban differ…
Reciprocity, Elder Satisfaction, and Caregiver Stress and Burden
Jeffrey W. Dwyer, Gary R. Lee, Thomas B. Jankowski, Reciprocity, Elder Satisfaction, and Caregiver Stress and Burden: The Exchange of Aid in the Family Caregiving Relationship, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Feb., 1994), pp. 35-43
The Effects of On‐ and Off‐reservation Residence on In‐home Service Use Among Great Lakes American Indians
Community‐based, in‐home services are a crucial component in the long‐term care continuum. Research has shown rural populations to be less likely to use these services. American Indian elders are more likely than their non‐American Indian counterparts to reside in non‐metropolitan areas, yet little rural research has focused on this subpopulation. The purpose of this article is to explore differences in in‐home service use among urban, rural off‐…
The influence of community context on the decision to enter a nursing home
Aging Parent-Adult Child Coresidence
Several recent studies have concluded that coresidence between aging parents and their adult children is caused by the children's dependency needs, whereas parental characteristics are irrelevant. We argue that these studies are based on samples that contain insufficient proportions of elderly parents who possess the characteristics that eventuate in coresidence. Such elders, however, represent a large and important segment of the elderly populat…
Medicine (13 works) · Gerontology (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (7 works) · Residence (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (5 works)