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The Type of Support that Adult Children Solicit from Their Mothers in European Welfare Systems

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  • María Martín-Lagos López

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The objective of this article is to examine if the kind of relationship and the support which mothers offer adult children living outside the home can be explained by different welfare systems and structural indicators. Propositions derived from intergenerational relationship theories and national welfare typologies have been analysed and indicate that there are structural variables that influence the type of relationship and support offered. The data we have used is from the survey “Social Relations and Support Systems”of the International Survey Programme. We selected those respondents whose mothers were alive and did not reside in the same dwelling, a total of 9,261 interviewees. The results of a factor analysis reduce the relationship between mother and child to two dimensions. Both dimensions are correlated with structural factors and make it possible to situate countries based on different welfare models consistent with the literature. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

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  • María Martín-Lagos López, 2014. "The Type of Support that Adult Children Solicit from Their Mothers in European Welfare Systems," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 117(1), pages 209-233, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:117:y:2014:i:1:p:209-233
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0345-4
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    1. J. Jill Suitor & Karl Pillemer & Jori Sechrist, 2006. "Within-Family Differences in Mothers' Support to Adult Children," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 61(1), pages 10-17.
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