Kahn Joan R, McGill Brittany S, Bianchi Suzanne M
Department of Sociology and Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
J Marriage Fam. 2011 Feb 1;73(1):77-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00790.x.
This paper uses recent data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (N = 5,220) to explore gender differences in the extent to which adults in their 50s and 60s provide informal help to their adult children, elderly parents and friends We find that both men and women report very high levels of helping kin and nonkin alike, though women do more to assist elderly parents and women provide much more emotional support to others than do men. Men provide more assistance than do women with "housework, yard work and repairs." As they retire from the workforce, married men become significantly more involved in the care of their grandchildren, virtually eliminating any gender difference by the time they are in their 60s.
本文利用威斯康星纵向研究的最新数据（样本量N = 5220），探讨50多岁和60多岁的成年人在为成年子女、老年父母和朋友提供非正式帮助方面的性别差异。我们发现，男性和女性报告的帮助亲属和非亲属的程度都非常高，不过女性在帮助老年父母方面做得更多，并且女性比男性为他人提供更多的情感支持。在“家务、庭院工作和维修”方面，男性提供的帮助比女性更多。随着已婚男性从劳动力市场退休，他们在照顾孙辈方面的参与度显著提高，到60多岁时，几乎消除了所有性别差异。
