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Fertility Decline, Family Structure, and Support for Older Persons in Latin America and Asia

Karen Glaser

King’s College London

Emily M. Agree

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Elizabeth Costenbader

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Antonio Camargo

Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados

Belkis Trench

Instituto de Saúde

Josefina Natividad

University of the Philippines

Yi-Li Chuang

Taiwan Bureau of Health Promotion

Objectives: To compare family structures and support for older persons in two Asian countries (Taiwan and the Philippines) and six urban areas in Latin America (Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Havana, Santiago, Mexico City, and Montevideo). Methods: Using the 1999 Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan, the 2000 Philippine Survey of the Near Elderly and Elderly, and the 2001 Pan American Health Organisation surveys on Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe, descriptive tables show variations across countries in family structure, proximity, and transfers of support by the timing of the fertility transition in each location. Results: Older people in settings with earlier transitions had fewer children and more childlessness, higher levels of solitary living, and lower levels of coresidence with children. In earlier transition settings, receipt of family support was lower and provision higher. Discussion: The timing of the demographic transition has significant implications for kin availability and support.

Key Words: Latin America • Asia • kin availability • family support • elderly people

Journal of Aging and Health, Vol. 18, No. 2, 259-291 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0898264305285668
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