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Support provided by older Italian people: evidence from ego networks
##manager.scheduler.building##: Velodromo - Bocconi University
##manager.scheduler.room##: N02
Date: 2019-01-26 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Last modified: 2018-12-26
Abstract
It is well known that the social network in which individuals are embedded plays a key role in the study of social support, either provided or received. In particular, the support elderly provide to their networks members is an indicator of an active participation in the social life that is one dimension of the active ageing. Providing support to a non-kin is advised as a sign of social engagement outside their immediate family sphere; furthermore, due to the increase of childlessness in later life, the intergenerational exchange with a non-kin will assume a great importance, especially for men. Using data from 2009 edition of “Famiglia e Soggetti Sociali (FSS)” survey carried out by the Italian National Statistical Institute, in the present contribution we first examine the features of elders who provide support in Italy; then we analyze the characteristics that affects the probability to observe a support tie from an older to a non-kin.
Keywords
ego-centered support networks; provided and received support; Bayesian hierarchical model