Autonomy and Gender in Egyptian Families

Nawar, L; Lloyd, Cynthia B.; Ibrahim, Barbara Lethem

doi:10.2307/3012461

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“…Exploring the decision to use long-term care is important to understand how families adapt their caregiving strategies to the changing circumstances of family life in a social context that has changed dramatically over the past 30 years (Nawar et al 1994). Because few formal long-term care centers exist in Egypt, this study exposes an emerging social trend that has multiple implications for the allocation of public resources.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Family life and socioeconomic changes in Egypt relating to elder care Dramatic socioeconomic changes in Egypt during the past 30 years may be associated with important changes in family life (Nawar et al 1994). Examples include more frequent nuclear living in response to internal and international labor migration (Omran and Roudi 1993;Nandakumar et al 1998), as well as delays in marriage (Singerman and Ibrahim 2001;Rashad et al 2005).…”

Section: Demographic Transitions and Care Dependency In Egyptmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although norms of obligation among kin remain strong, they are evolving to fit a setting that has changed markedly in the last 30 years (Nawar et al 1994).…”

Section: Adaptive Strategies: New Idealsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…She wants her family to be only a small family. (50-year-old woman caring for mother at home) Moreover, women's autonomy and say in family decisions has been higher in urban settings, and among the better educated and working women (Nawar et al 1994;Yount 2005b). As women become more educated contributors to the family's income, they may have more say about the care of their husbands' parents.…”

Section: Adaptive Strategies: New Idealsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Informal and Formal Long-term Care for Frail Older Adults in Cairo, Egypt: Family Caregiving Decisions in a Context of Social Change

Sinunu

Yount

Afify³

2008

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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This paper explores the factors that lead family caregivers to place their frail older relatives into long-term care centers in Cairo, Egypt despite norms of family care. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 "case" caregivers who placed their older relatives into long-term care and 17 "control" caregivers who provided for their older relatives at home. Cases and controls differed in their relationship to the older adult, number and proximity of supportive siblings, and perceived health status of the older adult. Caregivers who used long-term care justified their decision by stressing the need for relief from the burden of caregiving, and by conceiving long-term care as part of a broadened definition of family care. Egyptians are devising new strategies of care despite persistent norms of reciprocity among kin. As demographic, epidemiologic, and socioeconomic changes continue, families may adopt new combinations of care to support their frail older relatives. Findings underscore the need for population-based research about strategies of caring for frail older relatives in this context.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Demographic Transitions and Care Dependency In Egyptmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although norms of obligation among kin remain strong, they are evolving to fit a setting that has changed markedly in the last 30 years (Nawar et al 1994).…”

Section: Adaptive Strategies: New Idealsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Adaptive Strategies: New Idealsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Informal and Formal Long-term Care for Frail Older Adults in Cairo, Egypt: Family Caregiving Decisions in a Context of Social Change

Sinunu

Yount

Afify³

2008

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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“…Findings from this study, however, contradicted expectations with older women co-residing with married children having the least advantageous household socio-economic status scores (HSES) compared to other living arrangements, particularly among unmarried women. In Lebanon, as elsewhere in the region, it is the norm that children live with their parents until marriage and then couples would leave their parent's home to establish an independent household (Khadr 1997;Nawar et al 1995;Yount 2005). However, as parents age and in the case of health decline or financial shortage, co-residence with a married child, often the son, is resumed especially when one of the two parents passes away.…”

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confidence: 99%

Living Arrangements of Ever-Married Older Lebanese Women: Is Living with Married Children Advantageous?

Sibai

Beydoun²,

Tohme

2008

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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In many Middle Eastern countries including Lebanon, the family as a social institution is greatly valued and local norms regarding family ties and living arrangements are especially important for older adults, in particular older women. While the presence of an adult child is often seen as responsive to the financial, health and social needs of older parents, it is not clear whether co-residence with married children offers a similar advantage as in the case of co-residence with unmarried children. Using data from a national Population and Housing Survey, this study examines associations of co-residence with adult children among ever-married women aged 65 years and older in Lebanon. Results showed a considerable proportion of elderly women who were living alone (18%) at the time of the survey. Co-residence was more frequent with unmarried than married children, but the gender ratio of the co-residing child varied with the marital status of both the older woman and the child. Moreover, among those co-residing with married children, results indicate a greater likelihood of co-residence with married sons over married daughters. Co-residence with an adult child associated positively with the availability of surviving children and negatively with the socioeconomic status of the woman and her spouse. Compared to other living arrangements, co-residence with a married child entailed the least advantageous Household Socioeconomic Status (HSES) score in terms of housing characteristics, infrastructure, and material possessions, for both married and unmarried women.

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Parenting Stress and Foster Children’s Adjustment in an Egyptian Context

Megahead

Deater‐Deckard

2017

J Child Fam Stud

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Autonomy and Gender in Egyptian Families

Cited by 19 publications

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Informal and Formal Long-term Care for Frail Older Adults in Cairo, Egypt: Family Caregiving Decisions in a Context of Social Change

Informal and Formal Long-term Care for Frail Older Adults in Cairo, Egypt: Family Caregiving Decisions in a Context of Social Change

Living Arrangements of Ever-Married Older Lebanese Women: Is Living with Married Children Advantageous?

Parenting Stress and Foster Children’s Adjustment in an Egyptian Context

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