文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Informal Care Provision and the Reduction of Economic Activity Among Mid-Life Carers in Great Britain - A Mixed-Methods Approach

作者：Vlachantoni, Athina[1];Wang, Ning[2];Feng, Zhixin[3];Falkingham, Jane[4]

机构：[1]Univ Southampton, Ctr Res Ageing & ESRC Ctr Populat Change, Fac Social Sci, Southampton, Hants, England;[2]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Social & Publ Adm, Shanghai, Peoples R China;[3]Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Geog & Planning, Guangzhou, Peoples R China;[4]Univ Southampton, ESRC Ctr Populat Change, Fac Social Sci, Southampton, Hants, England

年份：2024

卷号：23

期号：2

起止页码：344

外文期刊名：SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIETY

收录：;WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:001425071800007)】；

基金：The research conducted for this article was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council's Secondary Data Analysis Initiative, Grant Number: ES/P001947/1. Ethical approval was granted from the University of Southampton's Research Governance Office (Submission ID: 29758).

语种：英文

外文关键词：Informal parental care; midlife; economic activity; mixed-methods; National Child Development Study

摘要：Informal care provision is an integral part of the long-term care system. However, it has been shown to have negative effects on the carers' economic activity, and understanding the mechanisms behind this is crucial for social policy design. This study provides new insight into mid-life carers' decisions to reduce their economic activity through a convergent mixed-methods design. Quantitative analysis of a sample of 2,233 carers aged fifty from the National Child Development Study (NCDS) Wave 8 with follow up at age fifty-five, and qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews of forty-eight carers between 2008-2010, were used. The combined results indicate that being female, single never married, having financial issues, being an employee, and frequently meeting a parent are associated with economic activity reduction; the carers' own perspectives further elucidate key factors, such as their value and identity, family structure, life course events, and care intensity, which affect their decisions.