Men: The Forgotten Carers
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- other
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociology
- Vol. 23 (1), 111-118
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038589023001008
Abstract
The extent to which men are the primary carers of infirm elderly people and the amount of support men carers receive from the statutory and voluntary services relative to women carers is examined using data from the 1980 General Household Survey. It is shown that men make a larger contribution to caring than is often recognised.Keywords
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