- Title
- Family transfers and long-term care: an analysis of the WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)
- Creator
- Murphy, Adrianna; Kowal, Paul; Albertini, Marco; Rechel, Bernd; Chatterji, Somnath; Hanson, Kara
- Relation
- Journal of the Economics of Ageing Vol. 12, p. 195-201
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2017.08.003
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Background: Populations globally are ageing, resulting in increased need for long-term care. Where social welfare systems are insufficient, these costs may fall to other family members. We set out to estimate the association between long-term care needs and family transfers in selected low- and middle- income countries. Methods: We used data from the World Health Organization's Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). Using regression, we analysed the relationship between long-term care needs in older households and i) odds of receiving net positive transfers from family outside the household and ii) the amount of transfer received, controlling for relevant socio-demographic characteristics. Results: The proportion of household members requiring long-term care was significantly associated with receiving net positive transfers in China (OR: 1.76; p = 0.023), Ghana (OR: 2.79; p = 0.073), Russia (OR: 3.50; p < 0.001). There was a statistically significant association with amount of transfer received only in Mexico (B: 541.62; p = 0.010). Conclusion: In selected LMICs, receiving family transfers is common among older households, and associated with requiring long-term care. Further research is needed to better understand drivers of observed associations and identify ways in which financial protection of older adults' long-term care needs can be improved.
- Subject
- family transfers; long term care; social welfare; older households
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1400377
- Identifier
- uon:34764
- Identifier
- ISSN:2212-828X
- Rights
- © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Language
- eng
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