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Title: Caregiving, Health Status and Total Family Net Worth Among Men and Women Approaching Retirement Age
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1. DeRigne, LeaAnne
Porterfield, Shirley
Quinn, Linda
Tedor, Miyuki Fukushima
Stoddard-Dare, Patricia
Bai, Rong
Collins, Cyleste
Caregiving, Health Status and Total Family Net Worth Among Men and Women Approaching Retirement Age
Community, Work and Family published online (28 March 2022): DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2022.2055997.
Also: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13668803.2022.2055997
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Carfax Publishing Company ==> Taylor & Francis
Keyword(s): Caregivers, Adult Children; Disabled Workers; Health, Chronic Conditions; Net Worth

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Background and Objectives: Building on opportunity cost theory and an understanding of how gender impacts household labor decisions, this study examines how family net worth may be impacted by three variables (having a work-limiting health condition, caregiving inside the home, caregiving outside of the home) while controlling for demographic and employment-related variables for married and unmarried male and female caregivers.

Research Design and Methods: This study uses a nationally representative sample of 5,173 older adults ages 51-60 from the 2016 round of 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79).

Results: Findings from the weighted sample suggest having a limiting health condition is significantly and negatively related to total family net worth: people with a work limiting health condition experience a $55,000-$180,000 decline in total family net worth. Further, caregiving inside the home had a significant negative relationship with total family net worth for two subgroups: married males and unmarried females. Providing care to someone outside the home was significantly and positively related to total family net worth only for unmarried males.

Bibliography Citation
DeRigne, LeaAnne, Shirley Porterfield, Linda Quinn, Miyuki Fukushima Tedor, Patricia Stoddard-Dare, Rong Bai and Cyleste Collins. "Caregiving, Health Status and Total Family Net Worth Among Men and Women Approaching Retirement Age." Community, Work and Family published online (28 March 2022): DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2022.2055997.