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The baby-boomer generation and family support -
a European perspective
Jim OGG, Young Foundation, London and Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Vieillesse, Paris
33rd Global conference of ICSW, Tours, France, 2 July 2008
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Research questions
• Do patterns of time transfers by baby-boomers to their elderly parents reflect the culture, demography and political history of individual European nations?
• What is the profile of baby-boomers who help their parents?
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Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - 2004
Households with members 50+
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0,0
0,5
1,0
1,5
2,0
2,5
3,0
3,5
4,0
4,5
1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005
Danemark
Suède
Angleterre
France
Pays-Bas
0,0
0,5
1,0
1,5
2,0
2,5
3,0
3,5
4,0
4,5
1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005
Allemagne
Autriche
Suisse
0,0
0,5
1,0
1,5
2,0
2,5
3,0
3,5
4,0
4,5
1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005
Espagne
Grèce
Italie
Completed Fertility Rates for SHARE countries Mean number of children born to women of a given generation
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0
0,2
0,4
0,6
0,8
1
1,2
1,4
1,6
SW DK NT DE SW AT FR IT ES GR
Parents Ascendants
Mean number of parents and ascendants alive for birth cohort 1945-1954
Sweden Denmark Netherlands Germany Switzerland Austria France Italy Spain Greece
Birth cohort 1945-1954
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Help given to parents and parents-in-law (outside household)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
%
SE DK NL DE CH A F I SP GR
chores help with paperwork personal care
Sweden Denmark Netherlands Germany Switzerland Austria France Italy Spain Greece
Birth cohort 1945-1954
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Help given to parents and parents-in-law (outside household)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
%
SE DK NL DE CH A F I SP GR
Help almost daily
Sweden Denmark Netherlands Germany Switzerland Austria France Italy Spain Greece
Birth cohort 1945-1954
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0
5
10
15
20
25
SW DK NL DE CH AT FR IT SP GR
Proportion of baby boomers (among those with a parent alive)who live in the same house or building
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Help given to parents (in-laws) or living in the same household/building
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
%
SE DK NL DE CH A F I SP GR
Help help or living in the same household or building
Sweden Denmark Netherlands Germany Switzerland Austria France Italy Spain Greece
Birth cohort 1945-1954
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Help/no help between parents and children (inside/outside the household)
-5
5
15
25
35
45
55
%
SE DK NL DE CH A F I SP GR
Baby-boomers: help given to parents (in_laws)Elderly parents : help received from a child (in-law)
Sweden Denmark Netherlands Germany Switzerland Austria France Italy Spain Greece
Birth cohort 1945-1954
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Help almost daily between parents and children (inside/outside the household)
-5
5
15
25
35
45
55
65
75
%
SE DK NL DE CH A F I SP GR
Baby-boomers: help given to parents (in_laws)Elderly parents : help received from a child (in-law)
Sweden Denmark Netherlands Germany Switzerland Austria France Italy Spain Greece
Birth cohort 1945-1954
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Gives help(base=all)
Gives help almost daily (base=gives help)
Women ++ ++
Has children but no g/child
+ ns
Working ns -
Live near +++ +++
Good finances + ns
Socially active + ns
Poor parent’s health ++ +
Country effect (ref=sweden)
--- +++
Summary of significant regression coefficients (baby-boomers giving help to parents
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Summary
• European baby boomers help their elderly parents in different ways
• Notions of help differ – response effect?
• No evidence of substantial weakening of intergenerational relations among baby boomers in northern and continental Europe