Advantageous inequality or disadvantageous equality? Ethnicity and family support among older people in Britain
Willis, Rosalind (2008) Advantageous inequality or disadvantageous equality? Ethnicity and family support among older people in Britain. Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, 1, (2), 18-23.
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There is a popular perception that particular ethnic groups have a stronger sense of filial responsibility than is found in Western European societies, which has led to a belief that formal services are not required by minority groups. However, it has been suggested that some minority ethnic older people are actually in greater need of support, because of factors such as poorer health and lower socio-economic status, than the white majority in Britain. Employing data from the 2005 Home Office Citizenship Survey, ethnic group differences in help given to family members are examined. Contrary to prevailing assumptions, there was only one ethnic group difference; black Caribbean older people had significantly lower odds than white British people of supporting members of their household. Support was equally likely among all other minority groups and the white British group, providing nationally representative evidence for an idea only previously speculated upon
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1757-0980 (print) 2042-8367 (electronic) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences |
| Item ID: | 179787 |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2011 13:47 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:16 |
| Contributors: | Willis, Rosalind (Author) |
| Date: | December 2008 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/179787 |
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