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Myths and statistics: an exploration of the assumptions connected to ethnicity and family support

Myths and statistics: an exploration of the assumptions connected to ethnicity and family support
Myths and statistics: an exploration of the assumptions connected to ethnicity and family support
This paper discusses PhD research on the topic of social supportamong older people from different ethnic groups. There are repeatedmentions in the literature of the idea that some ethnic groups aremore likely than others to provide informal support to their relatives.This paper explores the reasons why this idea exists, and then teststhe related hypothesis that older people from some ethnic minoritiesare more likely than the White British to support relatives not livingwith them. The literature on informal support has tended to portrayolder people as passive recipients rather than as active providers(Hermalin, Ofstedal, & Chang, 1992). This paper therefore seeks toexamine the extent to which older people give support. The analysisfocuses on support given by older people to relatives outside thehousehold through an analysis of survey data from England andWales. Other related work has already explored support within thehousehold (Willis, 2008)
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Willis, Rosalind
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Willis, Rosalind
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Willis, Rosalind (2010) Myths and statistics: an exploration of the assumptions connected to ethnicity and family support. Radical Statistics, 2010 (100), 17-27.

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This paper discusses PhD research on the topic of social supportamong older people from different ethnic groups. There are repeatedmentions in the literature of the idea that some ethnic groups aremore likely than others to provide informal support to their relatives.This paper explores the reasons why this idea exists, and then teststhe related hypothesis that older people from some ethnic minoritiesare more likely than the White British to support relatives not livingwith them. The literature on informal support has tended to portrayolder people as passive recipients rather than as active providers(Hermalin, Ofstedal, & Chang, 1992). This paper therefore seeks toexamine the extent to which older people give support. The analysisfocuses on support given by older people to relatives outside thehousehold through an analysis of survey data from England andWales. Other related work has already explored support within thehousehold (Willis, 2008)

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Published date: 2010

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Local EPrints ID: 179785
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/179785
ISSN: 0268-6376
PURE UUID: 4075ffec-cfcc-4640-8237-bd411f786212
ORCID for Rosalind Willis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6687-5799

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Date deposited: 07 Apr 2011 08:36
Last modified: 14 Jan 2023 02:44

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