Open AccessSocial Contacts and Receipt of Help Among Older People in England: Are There Benefits of Having More Children?
Author(s) -
Emily Grundy,
Sanna Read
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbs082
Subject(s) - receipt , daughter , psychology , face (sociological concept) , social contact , gerontology , developmental psychology , medicine , sociology , computer science , political science , world wide web , law , social science
To investigate whether number of children and, among parents, having a daughter is associated with older people's likelihood of at least weekly face-to-face social contact and later receipt of help if needed.
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