Kinship Ties and Solitary Living Among Unmarried Elderly Women in Chile and Mexico  

Oleh:

Vos, Susan De

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Research On Aging vol. 22 no. 3 (Mei 2000), page 262-289.
Fulltext: 262ROA223.pdf (75.28KB)

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Using census microdata, the article describes living arrangements among unmarried elderlywomen in Chile andMexico around 1990, two rather different Latin American countries. In both countries, most unmarried elderly women lived with kin. Even those without children still usually lived with relatives, often nephews, nieces, or siblings. Elderlywomen who never married nor had any children had a higher likelihood of co-residence than counterparts who never married but did have children or who married but did not have children. Residence with relatives may well decline notably in Chile and Mexico in the next 25 to 50 years among unmarried elderly people. That certainly has been the case in more developed countries. The question could become how to retain valuable kin ties while respecting increased autonomy.

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