Titre du document / Document title

Urban and rural african american female caregivers' family reunion participation = Participation à la réunion familiale des femmes afro-américaines aidantes en milieu urbain et rural

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

CHADIHA Letha A. ⁽¹⁾ ; MILLER-CRIBBS Julie ⁽²⁾ ; RAFFERTY Jane ⁽³⁾ ; ADAMS Portia ⁽⁴⁾ ; PIERCE Robert ⁽⁵⁾ ; KOMMIDI Swapna ⁽⁶⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ University of Michigan, School of Social Work, ETATS-UNIS
⁽²⁾ University of South Carolina-Columbia, College of Social Work, Columbia, SC 29208, ETATS-UNIS
⁽³⁾ Department of Sociology, 1225 South University, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2590, ETATS-UNIS
⁽⁴⁾ Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, 113 60th Street, New York, NY 10023, ETATS-UNIS
⁽⁵⁾ Washington University, The George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Campus Box 1196, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, ETATS-UNIS
⁽⁶⁾ International Institute of Metro, St. Louis, 3654 South Grand, St. Louis, MO 63112, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

This study examined reunion participation among 256 urban and 265 rural African American female caregivers of older African Americans. A majority of caregivers reported having reunions and reported favorably about their function. Logistic regression results indicated that for urban caregivers, reporting young children, as compared to not reporting young children, and reporting two or more helpers with caregiving, as compared to reporting no other helpers, increased odds of reunion participation. Caring for an elderly person with a high number of chronic conditions decreased odds of reunion participation. For rural caregivers, higher levels of family functioning increased odds of reunion participation; being a spouse caregiver, as compared to a daughter caregiver, decreased odds of reunion participation. Post-hoc Wald chi-square test results confirmed significant urban-rural differences when predicting urban caregivers' reunion participation from two or more caregiver helpers and number of chronic conditions for the elder. Research and service implications are discussed.

Revue / Journal Title

Marriage & family review   ISSN 0149-4929 

Source / Source

2005, vol. 37, n^o 1-2 (219 p.)  [Document : 18 p.] (2 p.), pp. 129-146 [18 page(s) (article)]

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Haworth Press, New York, NY, ETATS-UNIS  (1978) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Rural environment ; Urban environment ; Comparative analysis ; Elderly person ; Care ; Afro-American ; Woman ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Milieu rural ; Milieu urbain ; Analyse comparative ; Personne âgée ; Prise en charge ; Afro-américain ; Femme ;

Mots-clés d'auteur / Author Keywords

African American ; caregivers ; family reunions ; females ; rural ; urban ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 24048, 35400013819306.0070