Lee G R, Dwyer J W, Coward R T
Department of Sociology, University of Florida.
J Gerontol. 1993 Jan;48(1):S9-16. doi: 10.1093/geronj/48.1.s9.
This study tested the hypothesis that, when aging parents are assisted in the tasks of daily living by their adult children, the gender of the child providing care depends in part upon the gender of the parent requiring care. Data on 4,371 infirm elders and their 13,172 adult children from the National Long-Term Care Survey were analyzed by means of logistic regression. Separate analyses show that adult children are more likely to provide care to a parent of the same gender, and infirm elders are more likely to receive care from a child of the same gender. Because the substantial majority of elderly parents requiring care from children are mothers, this tendency toward gender consistency in the caregiving relationship partially accounts for the fact that daughters are more likely than sons to be involved in parent care.
当成年子女协助年迈的父母完成日常生活任务时，提供照料的子女的性别部分取决于需要照料的父母的性别。利用逻辑回归分析了来自国家长期护理调查的4371名体弱老年人及其13172名成年子女的数据。单独的分析表明，成年子女更有可能为同性别的父母提供照料，体弱的老年人更有可能从同性别的子女那里获得照料。由于绝大多数需要子女照料的老年父母是母亲，这种照料关系中性别一致性的倾向部分解释了女儿比儿子更有可能参与父母照料这一事实。
