ArticleEuropean journal of ageing2019
Number of children and social contacts among older people: the moderating role of filial norms and social policies.
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- The Impact of Stepfamily Structure on Older Parents' Frequency of Contact With and Care Receipt From Adult Biological and Stepchildren in the Netherlands.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Role of family factors in provision and perception of social support for older people in Iran: a cross-sectional survey.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Is Social Media a New Type of Social Support? Social Media Use in Spain during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association between Parenthood and Health Behaviour in Later Life-Results from the Population-Based CARLA Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Experiencing the Unprecedented COVID-19 Lockdown: Abu Dhabi Older Adults' Challenges and Concerns.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Physically distant but socially close? Changes in non-physical intergenerational contacts at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic among older people in France, Italy and Spain.European journal of ageing · 2021Article
- Alternatives to Aging Alone?: "Kinlessness" and the Importance of Friends Across European Contexts.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
Social contacts offer opportunities for provision of emotional and instrumental support that enhances well-being throughout the life course, and the importance of these contacts is especially evident at advanced ages. In this paper, we take a cross-country comparative perspective to examine the association between the number of children and the frequency of social contacts among older people. Using data from the European Quality of Life Survey, we employ multilevel models with cross-level interactions between the number of children and macro-level indicators of filial norms and social policies supporting older people. Our results suggest that older adults with children are more likely than older adults without children to have frequent social interactions, but that the number of children does not affect social contact frequency. The magnitude of the association between having children and social contact frequency varies across European societies. The social contact frequency gap between older adults with children and older adults without children is larger in more familialistic countries with strong filial norms. Our results do not confirm that having children affects social contact frequency less in countries where the state provides more support for older people.
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