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Intergenerational support among migrant families in Europe
Valeria Bordone1, Helga A G de Valk2
1Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK ; Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU), World Population Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
Abstract:
Intergenerational support is important throughout the individual life course and a major mechanism of cultural continuity. In this study, we analyse support between older parents and their adult children among international migrant and non-migrant populations in North, Centre and Southern Europe. Data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe are used to compare upward and downward practical support, grandparenting, and frequency of contact among 62,213 parent-child dyads. Findings indicate limited differences in support between migrants and non-migrants as well as between migrants of various origins. However, persistent differences in intergenerational support across Europe along a north-south gradient are found irrespective of migrant status.
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