Social Class, Family Size, and the Sick Role  

Oleh:

Petroni, Frank A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Marriage and the Family vol. 31 no. 04 (Nov. 1969), page 728.

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Illness frequency, physician utilization, and perceived legitimacy to the sick role were examined in relationship to SES and family size. A household respondent in each unit from 67 three generation families was interviewed quarterly over the period of one year. SES and family size were inversely related to perceived right to assume the sick role. However SES was not significantly related to the frequency of reported illnesses or physician utilization. In contrast, the latter were inversely related to family size. The association between "illness behavior" and family size was specified when controlling for age (generation) and social class. Family size was inversely related to both illness frequency and doctor visits in the lower class, but not in the middle class or among respondents in the grandparent generation.

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