Schools, schooling and children's support of their ageing parents in rural Nepal

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11201410
AutoresSarah R Brauner-Otto, Sarah Brauner-Otto (0000-0002-4098-7351, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen29
Número7
Páginas1015-1039
Fecha de publicación2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAgeing and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0144686x09008575
PMID20161526
PMCIDPMC2801906
OpenAlexW2048870861
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas54

Intergenerational transfers play an important role in individuals' lives across the lifecourse. This paper reviews theories on intergenerational transfers and social change to inform our understanding of how changes in the educational context that arise from the spread of mass education influence children's support of their parents. By examining multiple aspects of the educational context in rural Nepal, including husbands' and wives' education and exposure to schools, this paper provides new information on the mechanisms through which changes in social context influence children's support of their parents. Multilevel logistic regression was used to estimate the relationship between schooling, exposure to schools, and the likelihood of couples giving to their parents. It was found that schooling and exposure to schools have independent and opposite effects on the support of older parents. Higher levels of schooling for husbands were associated with a higher likelihood of having given support to husbands' parents. On the other hand, increased exposure to schools for husbands and wives was associated with a lower likelihood of having given to wives' parents. The findings provide evidence that multiple motivations for intergenerational support exist simultaneously and are related to social context through different mechanisms

Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Geography · Logistic regression · Multilevel model · Social environment · Social science · Sociology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology