Sex and birth order differences in filial behavior |
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| Authors: | Betsy Bosak Houser Sherry L. Berkman Phil Bardsley |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
2. Office of Academic Computing, University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue, 90024, Los Angeles, California
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| Abstract: | Personal interviews were conducted with 499 children of elderly white widows. Results showed no birth order differences in the provision of assistance to the elderly; however, there were significant sex differences. Daughters performed more caretaking activities and social services and provided more emotional support for their mothers than did sons. Sons had a tendency, though insignificant, to provide more advisory assistance to their mothers. After adjusting for situational differences between daughters and sons a sex difference remained only for the provision of emotional support. |
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