The socioeconomic within-gender gap in informal caregiving among middle-aged women: Evidence from a Japanese nationwide survey

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• 作者：Mutsumi Tokunaga ; ^{mutt-tky@umin.ac.jp} ; Hideki Hashimoto
• 关键词：Informal care ; Women's gender role ; Socioeconomic status ; Unequal burden of care ; Japan
• 刊名：Social Science & Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：173
• 期：Complete
• 页码：48-53
• 全文大小：217 K
• 卷排序：173

文摘

Long-term elderly care has mainly been provided informally by women. Our study focused on unequal burden within women across socioeconomic status (SES). Single women with lower education were at risk of heavier caregiving burdens. A broader policy is needed to reduce SES-bound disparity in women's caregiving.