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Exploring intergenerational, intra-generational and transnational patterns of family caring in minority ethnic communities: the example of England and Wales

Christina R. Victor, Christine Dobbs, Kenneth Gilhooly, Vanessa Burholt Orcid Logo

International Journal of Care and Caring, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 75 - 96

Swansea University Author: Vanessa Burholt Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1332/239788219x15488381886362

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We investigated family caring using established questions from national surveys of 1,206 adults aged 40+ from six minority ethnic communities in England and Wales. We included in our analysis factors that predisposed caring (age, sex, marital status and household composition) and enabled caring (hea...

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Published in: International Journal of Care and Caring
ISSN: 2397-8821 2397-883X
Published: Bristol University Press 2019
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64594
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Abstract: We investigated family caring using established questions from national surveys of 1,206 adults aged 40+ from six minority ethnic communities in England and Wales. We included in our analysis factors that predisposed caring (age, sex, marital status and household composition) and enabled caring (health, material resources, education, employment and cultural values). In the general population, 15% of adults are family carers. Three groups reported lower levels of caring (Black African [12%], Chinese [11%] and Black Caribbean [9%]) and three reported higher levels of caring (Indian [23%], Pakistani [17%] and Bangladeshi [18%]). However, ethnicity predicted caring independent of other factors only for the Indian group.
Keywords: Minority ethnic groups, family caring, intra-generational care, intergenerational care, transnational care
College: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Funders: This work was supported by the Leverhulme Trust (award no. F/00275/Q) and the National Institute of Social Care and Health Research (award no. SCRA/10/02)
Issue: 1
Start Page: 75
End Page: 96

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