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Stability and Change in Financial Transfers from Adult Children to Older Parents*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2012

Maximiliane E. Szinovacz  and
Adam Davey
Maximiliane E. Szinovacz*
Affiliation:
Department of Gerontology, University of Massachusetts Boston
Adam Davey
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Temple University
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†Correspondence and requests for offprints should be sent to / La correspondance et les demandes de tirés-à-part doivent être adressées à: Maximiliane E. Szinovacz , Ph.D. Department of Gerontology University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 (maxres@visi.net)
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Résumé

Nous avons cherché à identifier l’ampleur et les facteurs prédictifs de l’évolution longitudinale de l’aide financière aux parents des descendants adultes et des réseaux de transferts pendant une période de deux ans. Les analyses s’appuyent sur les données regroupées de l’Étude de la Santé et de la Retraite (1994–2000), utilisant les familles dans lesquelles les descendants adultes ont au moins un, mais pas plus de quatre frères et sœurs, qui ont fourni un soutien financier aux parents pendant deux ans. Certains changements dans le réseau d’aide surviennent dans environ 40 pour cent de ces familles au cours de la période de deux ans. Quand le changement se produit, il s’agit le plus souvent de la cessation du soutien par un enfant, suivie par l’addition d’un nouvel enfant au réseau, alors que l’échange de soutien aux enfants est relativement rare. Le changement reflète la capacité de la progéniture avant tout à fournir des soins et le fardeau créé par les besoins des parents. Cependant, la taille et la composition du réseau adulte-enfant et du groupe de soutien initial jouaient un rôle important aussi bien. Les résultats soulignent le caractère dynamique et systémique des réseaux financiers intergénérationnels.

Keywords

vieillissementtransferts financierssoutien financier aux parentsrelations intergénérationelleslongitudinalagingfinancial transfersparental supportintergenerational relationslongitudinal
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , December 2012 , pp. 367 - 378
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2012 

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This article was funded in part by grant NIA R01AG024045, Maximiliane E. Szinovacz, principal investigator. The Health and Retirement Study is conducted by the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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