Book Chapter

Parents’ health and children’s help

By John Ermisch

Edited by Michaela Benzeval, Ricky Kanabar, Nicole Martin, Victoria Nolan and Raj Patel

Publication details

Publication date
Series or book
Insights 2016: findings from the largest longitudinal study of UK households
Series or chapter number
Ch. 3: Parents and children
Pages
pp. 32–33
Publisher
University of Essex: Institute for Social and Economic Research
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Summary

At some points in the life course the needs of one generation of adults substantially affect the behaviour of the preceding or subsequent generations. This study is concerned with the impact of the health of older parents on the extent and kind of help they receive from their middle-aged offspring. It is one manifestation of solidarity between parents and children during the adult family life course.

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