TY - JOUR
T1 - Kin availability and the living arrangements of older women
AU - Wolf, Douglas A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research has been funded in part with federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services under contract NOl-HD-12183. The contents of this paper do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. government or of The Urban Institute or its sponsors. Thanks are due to Robert Avery, Robin Barnes, William Birdsall, Tom Burch, Julia Ericksen, Tom Espenshade. Terri Murray, and members of the Labor and Household Behavior Workshop at the University of Pennsylvania for their contributions to this work. Requests for reprints should be sent to Douglas A. Wolf, The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037.
PY - 1984/3
Y1 - 1984/3
N2 - This paper models the distribution of older women across household types, taking account of variations in the availability of kin, as well as other explanatory variables such as income and race. Household types are distinguished by the presence or absence in the household of siblings, parents, children, or others, including unrelated individuals. A modified multinomial logit model is used to represent the simultaneous effects of kin availability and other variables on the probability of living in each household type. The results indicate that while income is related to the propensity to live alone, the relationship appears to operate solely through the effect of income upon the propensity to share a household with close relatives. Older black women are shown to be more likely to live in extended-family households, holding constant both income and the availability of kin.
AB - This paper models the distribution of older women across household types, taking account of variations in the availability of kin, as well as other explanatory variables such as income and race. Household types are distinguished by the presence or absence in the household of siblings, parents, children, or others, including unrelated individuals. A modified multinomial logit model is used to represent the simultaneous effects of kin availability and other variables on the probability of living in each household type. The results indicate that while income is related to the propensity to live alone, the relationship appears to operate solely through the effect of income upon the propensity to share a household with close relatives. Older black women are shown to be more likely to live in extended-family households, holding constant both income and the availability of kin.
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U2 - 10.1016/0049-089X(84)90005-X
DO - 10.1016/0049-089X(84)90005-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0002172091
SN - 0049-089X
VL - 13
SP - 72
EP - 89
JO - Social Science Research
JF - Social Science Research
IS - 1
ER -