Fsw 466 Exam 3

Front 1

3 problems with caregiving research:

Back 1

1. cross-sectional
2. primary caregiver only
3. gender bias

Front 2

Profile of who does caregiving:

Back 2

1. unmarried daughter
2. daugher
3. sons if only child (or if sister lives far away)
4. working class sons
5. black children
6. white spouse
7. black/white children help with finances, Hispanic less likely (black children will sacrifice own needs to meet parents' $ needs)

Front 3

How child is chosen to do caregiving:

Back 3

1. de-facto (by default)
2. family meeting
3. parent chooses
4. just evolves
5. child volunteers

Front 4

most caregivers are in the age category of ___ to ___

Back 4

45-64

Front 5

what kind of care do caregivers provide

Back 5

1. cooking, caring for environment
2. finances
3. visiting, activities, memories, songs
4. affection

Front 6

Things parents do for adult children:

Back 6

1. childcare
2. financially
3. meals
4. laundry
5. transportation
6. cleaning, house and yard work

Front 7

_____ wins out over everything in caregiving

Back 7

geography

Front 8

If all children work, who caregives in order:

Back 8

1. women
2. working class
3. higher pay

Front 9

Reasons elders live with children:

Back 9

1. declining health
2. loss of former caregiver
3. companionship
4. low income

Front 10

feeling rules of caregiving

Back 10

1. anger
2. frustration
3. sadness
4. guilt
5. resentment
6. love
7. fear

Front 11

emotional concerns of caregiving:

Back 11

1. stress decreases over time
2. parents have 2 extreme opposite emotions (make kids feel guilty or comply with kids' wishes)

3.

Front 12

why do sons caregive?

Back 12

1. "pay back" parents
2. gives sense of purpose and personal growth
3. role model for children

Front 13

why daughers give care?

Back 13

1. learn more about each other
2. tolerance and acceptance

Front 14

-parents are less likely to send ____ to daycare if they are disabled
-____ disabilities are much easier to care for

Back 14

-daughters
-developmental

Front 15

3 routes to childlessness:

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1. never married
2. involuntary childlessness
3. voluntary childlessness (no grandchildren, no people to care for them)

Front 16

____ is when both spouses have a job but not kids

Back 16

DINK (double income no kids)

Front 17

-____ had increased
-more ___ decide for it
-____ had increased
-it is still ____
-cannot be assumed if ___

Back 17

-voluntary childlessness
-whites
-cohabitation
-a-typical
-single

Front 18

highest rate of childlessness was people born in ___, lowest rate of childlessness was people born in _____

Back 18

-1910, 1930

Front 19

-2 things that affect fertility
-singles who choose childlessness

Back 19

-economics and society
-fate, altruism, self-actualization

Front 20

married who choose childlessness

Back 20

1. age
2. spouse
3. altruism
4. practical concerns

Front 21

advantages to not having kids

Back 21

1. fewer worries
2. financial wealth
3. greater freedom

Front 22

top 3 disadvantages to not having kids

Back 22

1. lack of companionship
2. feeling of missed experience
3. lack of support or care

Front 23

___ parents are more lonely than ___ parents

Back 23

divorced, divorced childless

Front 24

parents and childless people are _____ ____ with choice

Back 24

equally satisfied

Front 25

-in 1900, ___% of children had 4 grandparents living at birth. By age 30, only ___% had one grandparent

Back 25

-25%, 20%

Front 26

-in 2000, __% of children have 4 GP at birth. By age 30, __% will have at least one GP
-___% of GP are under 65

Back 26

-65%, 75%
-50%

Front 27

-___% of GP age 50+ have seen 1 g-child in past month

Back 27

80%

Front 28

6 factors influencing contact with GP

Back 28

1. geography
2. order of contact (marital) (married, widowed, remarried, divorved)
3. age of grandchild (younger have higher contact)
4. g-children with jobs = less contact
5. g-child marriage or divorce (more contact)
6. much lower "obligation"

Front 29

-6 grandparenting styles
-____ is most common and best

Back 29

1. companion (feel close but no active parenting roles)
2. apportioned (participate in life and development of child yet still reserve the right to indulge)
3. remote (less involved and live far away)
4. involved (take on parenting responsibilities)
5. individualized (emotionally closer than remote but less contribution to actual lives)
6. authoritative (black culture more likely....fully responsbility)

-apportioned

Front 30

2 huge grandparent benefits

Back 30

1. immorality
2. reliving childhood

Front 31

grandmas are more __. G-pas are known for ____

Back 31

expressive, instrumental help

Front 32

3 specific pleasures of g=parenting

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1. company and affection
2. watching grandchildren grow and learn
3. pride in grandchildren

Front 33

____ care is better than ___ and ___ care

Back 33

partime, no care and full time

Front 34

-__% of fams have 3 generations living together in U.S.
-____ is when there is a grandparent and grandchild, no middle

Back 34

-6%
-skipped generation

Front 35

6 reasons grandchildren are living with grandparents:

Back 35

1. substance abuse
2. divorce
3. health problems/death
4. child abuse
5. teen pregnancy
6. incarceration

Front 36

-3 gen fam ar-e more likely to be ___ and on ___
-the worst age to have a divorce is ___
-divorce can cause stronger ties between ____

Back 36

-poor, welfare
-grandparents and grandchildren

Front 37

step parents lead to less ___ contact: 3 reasons

Back 37

GP, 1. geography, 2. G-C are older, 3. custody

Front 38

grandchild ties to a g-parent in order of closeness:

Back 38

1. parent-step parent
2. single parent
3. intact family

Front 39

-sibling contact ___ with arrival of children, ___ as the children grow
-___ siblings have highest contact, then __ to ___, __ to ___, and ____ to ____

Back 39

-decreases, increases
-single, single-widow, single-divorced, married-married

Front 40

types of sibling exchanges:

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1. intimate (daily contact)
2. congenial (friend, not daily contact)
3. loyal (most common)
4. apathetic/hostile (2 hostile brothers more likely white, 2 hostile sisters more likely black)

Front 41

____ is the person who keeps the family together (usually the mom, then another female)

Back 41

kin-keeper

Front 42

-the larger the family, the ____ sibling rivalry.

Back 42

less

Front 43

order of obligation:

Back 43

1. children
2. husband
3. parents
4. siblings

Front 44

what kind of care do sisters give?

Back 44

1. in charge
2. personal support
3. housekeeping support
4. more likely to talk to siblings about what to do

Front 45

what kind of care do brothers give?

Back 45

1. finance
2. management
3. visiting
4. sometimes personal care (fathers)
5. deal directly with parents

Front 46

-if there are only brothers in the family, parents are more likely to ___
-____ provides the number one excuse for not caregiving
-gay and lesbian people are number___ to care

Back 46

-get outside help
-marriage
-#2

Front 47

-death of a parent ___ sibling ties. Why?

Back 47

-increases
1. siblings are last tie to original family
2. links present to the past

Front 48

support with siblings is more likely ____

Back 48

social

Front 49

future of families providing care is going to go down in the future without help. Why?

Back 49

1. not as many children
2. working women
3. divorce

Front 50

government views ____ way over _____

Back 50

community service, institutionalization