TY - JOUR
T1 - The value frameworks and motivations for intergenerational transfers from older Australians
AU - O'Dwyer, Lisel
AU - Buckley, Jennifer
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Transfers of time and money from people aged 50 or more may be made upward to living parents or downward to children, or both. The role of family in such transfers has strong implications for the level of social support offered by the state. This article takes a qualitative approach to reveal the value frameworks and motivations behind these transfers, based on a subsample of 30 respondents from a larger Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) survey. Family solidarity is still a strong norm in Australian society but adherence to this norm is flexible. Most Australians expect the state to supplement interfamilial assistance.
AB - Transfers of time and money from people aged 50 or more may be made upward to living parents or downward to children, or both. The role of family in such transfers has strong implications for the level of social support offered by the state. This article takes a qualitative approach to reveal the value frameworks and motivations behind these transfers, based on a subsample of 30 respondents from a larger Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) survey. Family solidarity is still a strong norm in Australian society but adherence to this norm is flexible. Most Australians expect the state to supplement interfamilial assistance.
KW - Family
KW - Intergenerational
KW - Motivations
KW - Transfer
UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/frs/pre-prints/content-PP_FRS-D-13-00063R2
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84944409884&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1332/204674314X13965329386969
DO - 10.1332/204674314X13965329386969
M3 - Article
VL - 4
SP - 103
EP - 116
JO - Families, Relationships and Societies: an international journal of research and debate
JF - Families, Relationships and Societies: an international journal of research and debate
SN - 2046-7435
IS - 1
ER -