Abstract
Care for family members is a central feature of the human life cycle. Most of us are tenderly cared for as children and hope to be tenderly cared for in old age. In between, most of us provide some care for family members and friends. Current descriptions of unpaid care work tend to focus on one particular demographic group. In this chapter, we examine unpaid care for children, both healthy and with disabilities, and for adults who need personal assistance (because of age-related or other disabilities), emphasizing the features common to both. We discuss both the economic and health correlates of providing care to others.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | For Love and Money |
| Subtitle of host publication | Care Provision in the United States |
| Publisher | Russell Sage Foundation |
| Pages | 40-64 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780871543530 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences