Waehrer K, Crystal S
Department of Economics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1995 Jul;50(4):S250-8. doi: 10.1093/geronb/50b.4.s250.
Cross-sectional data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation were used to estimate the impact of coresidence on the economic well-being of elderly widows and of coresident family members. Coresidence improves well-being for both the widow and the other participants in 51 percent of cases; improves it for the widow and diminishes it for the others in 28 percent of cases; and improves it for the others while diminishing it for the widow in 21 percent of cases. Among non-Whites, coresidence benefits the widow less, and other members more, than among Whites. A regression model of the economic benefit to elderly widows from coresidence was used to explain why non-White widows receive less benefit from coresidence than Whites. Much of the racial difference can be explained by differences in household composition and the lower earnings of adult males in the households of non-White elders. While coresidence is often thought of as a response to an elderly widow's needs, her presence typically contributes to rather than diminishes the economic well-being of the household, and this is especially true among non-Whites.
来自收入与项目参与调查的横截面数据被用于估计同住对老年寡妇及同住家庭成员经济状况的影响。在51%的案例中，同住对寡妇和其他同住者的福祉都有改善；在28%的案例中，同住改善了寡妇的福祉，但降低了其他同住者的福祉；在21%的案例中，同住改善了其他同住者的福祉，但降低了寡妇的福祉。在非白人中，与白人相比，同住给寡妇带来的益处更少，给其他成员带来的益处更多。一个关于同住给老年寡妇带来经济益处的回归模型被用来解释为什么非白人寡妇从同住中获得的益处比白人少。大部分种族差异可以通过家庭构成的差异以及非白人老年人家庭中成年男性收入较低来解释。虽然同住通常被认为是对老年寡妇需求的一种回应，但她的存在通常会促进而非降低家庭的经济状况，在非白人中尤其如此。
