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Informal support for the carers of disabled children
Author(s) -
COOKE KENNETH,
LAWTON DOROTHY
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1984.tb00168.x
Subject(s) - voluntary association , psychology , sample (material) , turnover , developmental psychology , child care , social psychology , medicine , nursing , political science , chemistry , management , chromatography , law , economics
Summary This article draws on data from a nationally representative sample of disabled children to investigate the support which carers receive from spouses, relatives, friends, neighbours and voluntary organizations. The results confirm the findings of previous studies that, within families, mothers bear the major burden both of child care and housework. However, the results indicate that families with disabled children generally do not receive as much support from relatives, friends and neighbours as some previous studies of children with particular disorders have suggested, and that membership of voluntary organizations is very low.