The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted communities throughout the United States and worldwide. While implications of concomitant economic downturn for older adults are just beginning to be recognized, past experience suggests that consequences could devastating many. Analyses indicate more than one out five Americans aged 65 years or live in counties where high infection rates insecurity risks occur simultaneously. These findings highlight overlap between current patterns subsequent challenges...

Numerous role shifts occur between the ages of 55 and 74 as individuals typically relinquish paid work some family roles make choices about how to use their expanding discretionary time. Using data from first two waves Americans' Changing Lives survey we examine association status formal informal volunteer activity. No evidence for an volunteering is found, suggesting that helping friends, neighbors, relatives occurs independent constraints associated with work. A relationship established...

Race and ethnic diversity in attachment to the norms of intergenerational filial responsibility is examined a sample older persons drawn from National Survey Families Households (NSFH). The findings show that Blacks Hispanics are more likely than non-Hispanic Whites agree each generation should provide coresidence assistance when needed. In terms attitudes about exchanging financial aid, there tend be fewer differences between group. Moreover, longitudinal analysis living arrangements,...

In this paper we examine the hypothesis that health differences between Blacks and Whites in later life are related to socioeconomic status. Using 1984 panel of Survey Income Program Participation, construct four measures two care service utilization. Multivariate analyses show racial eliminated some utilization after holding constant individual-level characteristics resources. However, even accounting for status, Black self-rated is poorer than Whites. Further, report more visits medical...

The latter part of the 20th century was a period characterized by fundamental transition in scholarship on activity and aging process. Theory emphasizing inevitable decline human capacity gradually replaced with concepts stressing positive, multidimensional views aging. In this article, we highlight key contributors trace origins overlapping themes successful aging, productive civic engagement later life: 3 examples representing "positive" gerontology. Rowe Kahn's model highlights interplay...

Abstract Background and Objectives Framed within Conservation of Resources theory, this study addressed race–ethnic differences in the relationships between emotional distress current expected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic stressors. Research Design Methods The employed data from Household Pulse Survey, a large national survey collecting weekly to understand experiences Americans during COVID-19 (age 55 above; N = 94,550). Emotional included depression anxiety symptoms....

On the basis of data from 1998 and 2000 waves Health Retirement Study, this study tested two alternative hypotheses, role overload extension, about relationship between volunteering spousal caregiving among older married persons. Spousal was not significantly associated with likelihood formal or informal for men; however, female caregivers were found to be less likely than noncaregivers have engaged in a certain extent, thus lending partial support hypothesis. Functional health status other...

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between two forms helping behavior among older adults—informal caregiving and formal volunteer activity.

Objectives. This study investigated the latent structure of productive activity among middle-aged and older adults. Whereas most researchers have examined forms as discrete behaviors, our approach captured reality that many persons engage in more than one commit varying degrees time to these activities.

The purpose of this study is to examine alternative pathways labor force exit among older men. Based on the life course perspective, we distinguish between crisp exits from force, which are characterized as being unidirectional, and blurred transition patterns, include repeated exits, entrances, unemployment spells. Using longitudinal data 1984 Survey Income Program Participation, find that one-quarter sample men aged 55 74 at first interview experienced least one in status over a 28-month...

This study examined the relationship between volunteer activity and hypertension, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, renal failure, cognitive impairment.Employing data from Health Retirement Study, we estimated regression models of hypertension status that include psychosocial health behavior factors middle-aged older persons.Multivariate analyses showed volunteers had lower systolic diastolic blood pressure than nonvolunteers threshold effect was present, whereby modest amount time...

Estimates suggest that more than 6 million children live with at least one grandparent. Despite evidence establishing the growing prevalence of this arrangement, limited research has focused on estimating implications coresidence for economic well-being grandchildren. Using data from 2001 panel Survey Income and Program Participation, article examines levels financial hardship among a particularly vulnerable group children—those living in mother-only families. Findings families include...

Abstract Family care provision is the norm for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities ( I / DD ), even as they their support networks grow older. As families age together, role of primary carer frequently transitions from parent to a sibling, aging parents die or become too frail provide continued support. The purpose this paper explore transition in perspective sibling who has replaced an individual . Data are drawn semi‐structured, in‐depth interviews sample over 40,...

The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a model labor force participation among group older women in the United States. A comprehensive measure women's combined work family experiences across adult life course created. Employing data from 1984 Survey Income Program Participation, we applied multinomial logistic regression techniques examine association between work-family later supply. Our findings generally support an attachment hypothesis, showing that who were most...

Two competing hypotheses based on the relationship between living arrangements, social class, and cultural factors are developed. These examined for a sample of unmarried elderly Hispanic females, employing logistic regression techniques with data from 1980 census. Support is found hypothesis that as economic status increases, impact arrangement diminishes. This result holds Mexican American Puerto Rican women but not Cuban women.

This study investigated the association between internet use and loneliness among older Chinese adults, mediating effects of family support, friend social participation. These associations were evaluated in context urban non-urban geographic settings. used data from 2018 wave China Longitudinal Ageing Social Survey (N = 10,126), examining samples (n 3,917) 6,209) adults separately. Linear regression path analysis within a structural equation modeling framework employed. Internet was...

Objectives. The goal of the analysis was to examine association between health status and work behavior among men aged 55–69. We specifically examined conditions under which is most strongly associated with labor force exit reentry. Methods. transitions using logistic regression analyses, based on data from 1984 1985 panels Survey Income Program Participation. Results. found that for 55–69 in mid-1980s, poor positively exit, negatively returns work. Although these main effects are very...

Using 1980 Census data, we examined the household and nonhousehold living arrangements for older, unmarried women of Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean descent, finding substantial variation across ethnic groups. We tested three hypotheses regarding effects acculturation, economic status, nativity/immigration status. The results from our multivariate analyses show that Chinese-origin Filipino-origin who are less acculturated more likely to live with others than those acculturated. Members...

Using the 2001 Survey of Income and Program Participation, current study examines poverty material hardship among children living in 3‐generation ( n = 486), skipped‐generation 238), single‐parent 2,076), 2‐parent 6,061) households. Multinomial logistic regression models indicated that grandparent‐headed households experience elevated risk health insecurity (as measured by receipt public insurance uninsurance)—a disproportionate given rates within those Children with single parents did not...