The impacts of providing family care on caregivers’ daily life
Keywords:
informal care, caregivers, use of time, life spheres, labourAbstract
The aim of this paper is to analyse the use of time of caregivers in their life spheres (the labour sphere, personal life and housework). The study is based on the analysis of data from the Spanish Time Budget Survey 2002-2003 carried out by the National Statistics Institute. The results show informal care negative impacts in terms of personal time reduction, decrease participation in the labour market and increased overall time devoted to unpaid and paid work. Also, the results show the different impacts of informal care on caregivers’ daily life according to gender, age and household income level.Downloads
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2009-01-01
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Masanet Ripoll, E., & La Parra Casado, D. (2009). The impacts of providing family care on caregivers’ daily life. Spanish Journal of Sociology, (11). Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/res/article/view/65143
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