Older generation: features of communication with children
Research Article
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Nazarova I.B. Older generation: features of communication with children. Population. 2024. Vol. 27. No. S1. P. 81-93. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24412/1561-7785-2024-S1-81-93 (in Russ.).
Abstract
Based on data from a comprehensive observation of the living conditions of the population, representative of all regions of the Russian Federation (more than 100 thousand people were surveyed), an analysis is given of the characteristics of communications between family members within the family itself and with external contractors on the issues of support and care. The older the parents, the more they need help from their children: 86.9% elderly people aged 70 years or more need care during illness 82.1% need help with housework, 78.5% with buying food and things, 72.9%.need monetary assistance One third of parents (27.8%) receive financial assistance from their children. More than half (57.2%) of parents aged 60–65 years and the majority of those aged 80 years and older (77.7%) report that their children take care for them during illness. One type of support is provided for 12.3% of parents, two types of help — for 16.4%, three — 17.9%, four — 12.8%, five — 14.1% (26. 5% do not receive any help). Parents also help their children under the age of 18 who live separately, for example, pensioners aged 70 years and older help in raising their grandchildren (51.2%), give them money (34.3%), food (14.1%), buy things (8.6%). With age, family ties are less and less often reinforced by meetings and “close-range” communication. At pre-retirement age (55–59 years) 18.4% people do not meet with friends, relatives or colleagues at least once a week, at the age of 60–64–19.8%, 65–69 years — 24.2%, 70–74 years — 27.6%, 75–79 years — 31.1%, and the situation is even worse for people aged 80 years and older — 37.8%. Parents and children support each other financially and physically; at the same time, it is important to pass on the traditions and values of preserving family ties and transmitting family values from the older generation to the younger.
Keywords:
family, the elderly, parents, older generation, care
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Article
Received: 19.02.2024
Accepted: 24.05.2024
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Nazarova, I. B. (2024). Older generation: features of communication with children. Population, 27(S1), 81-93. https://doi.org/10.24412/1561-7785-2024-S1-81-93
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