Department of Health Studies, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA.
School of Social Work, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2022 Nov 23;77(11):2078-2090. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbac044.
To examine how intergenerational support varies by parents' living arrangements and whether there are gender differences in received support in Puerto Rico.
Data come from the 2006-2007 Puerto Rican Elderly and Health Conditions Project, a representative longitudinal study of adults aged 60 and older in Puerto Rico (n = 2,288). We examined the association between parents' living arrangements (alone, with spouse/partner only, with children) and their receipt of functional (help with errands/housework/transport) and health (help when sick) support from children, and whether parents' gender moderates the association.
Intergenerational coresidence was associated with higher odds of receiving functional and health support than living alone. Women were more likely than men to receive both forms of support. Parents' gender significantly moderated the association between living arrangements and receiving health support-men living with their partners were less likely to receive health support from children than women in similar living arrangements. These associations persisted when analyses were restricted to those with disability.
Our findings suggest that parents' receipt of support from children is conditioned upon their living arrangement and gender, even when their functional health is jeopardized. We discuss these results in relation to the heterogeneous influence of living arrangements for older adults' support needs and provide suggestions for policy and directions for future research in rapidly aging Puerto Rico.
考察波多黎各父母的居住安排如何影响代际支持的差异，以及在接受子女支持方面是否存在性别差异。
数据来自 2006-2007 年波多黎各老年人和健康状况项目，这是一项针对波多黎各 60 岁及以上成年人的代表性纵向研究（n=2288）。我们考察了父母的居住安排（独自居住、与配偶/伴侣居住、与子女居住）与他们从子女处获得功能（跑腿/家务/交通帮助）和健康（生病时的帮助）支持之间的关系，并探讨了父母的性别是否调节了这种关系。
与独自居住相比，代际同住与获得功能和健康支持的可能性更高。女性比男性更有可能获得这两种形式的支持。父母的性别显著调节了居住安排与获得健康支持之间的关系——与处于类似居住安排的女性相比，与伴侣同住的男性从子女处获得健康支持的可能性较小。当分析仅限于有残疾的人时，这些关联仍然存在。
我们的研究结果表明，即使父母的身体健康受到威胁，他们获得子女支持的情况也取决于他们的居住安排和性别。我们根据居住安排对老年人支持需求的异质性影响讨论了这些结果，并为波多黎各这个老龄化迅速的地区的政策和未来研究方向提供了建议。
