Gender and social class dynamics in intergenerational financial transfers among older adults: national trends over two decades in Sweden.
Despite the universal social policies of Sweden's welfare state, recent decades have seen decreasing public benefits and increasing socio-economic disparities, affecting the financial wellbeing of older adults and their younger family members. This repeated cross-sectional study explores the develop...
| Publicado en: | Ageing & Society Vol. 45; no. 10; pp. 2116 - 2141 |
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Cambridge University Press
Oct2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=189178148&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 189178148 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0144686X AGS jtl: Ageing & Society issn: 0144686X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2025 vid: 45 iid: 10 pid: 15979 pub: Cambridge University Press artinfo: ui: 189178148 10.1017/S0144686X24000825 ppf: 2116 ppct: 25 formats: tig: atl: Gender and social class dynamics in intergenerational financial transfers among older adults: national trends over two decades in Sweden. aug: au: von Saenger, Isabelle Dahlberg, Lena Silverstein, Merril Fritzell, Johan Lennartsson, Carin affil: Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden School of Health and Welfare, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden Department of Sociology, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Aging Studies Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden su: Sweden Cross-sectional method Sex distribution Interviewing Socioeconomic factors Family support Social classes Intergenerational relations Old age Research funding Questionnaires Logistic regression analysis Descriptive statistics Financial management Confidence intervals Data analysis software sug: subj: Cross-sectional method Sex distribution Interviewing Socioeconomic factors Family support Social classes Intergenerational relations Old age Sweden Portfolio Management Research funding Questionnaires Logistic regression analysis Descriptive statistics Financial management Confidence intervals Data analysis software keyword: gender grandchildren intergenerational financial support older parents social class gender grandchildren intergenerational financial support older parents social class ab: Despite the universal social policies of Sweden's welfare state, recent decades have seen decreasing public benefits and increasing socio-economic disparities, affecting the financial wellbeing of older adults and their younger family members. This repeated cross-sectional study explores the development of intergenerational financial transfers in Sweden over the past two decades, examining transfers involving older parents and their children and grandchildren, and patterns related to gender and social class. It utilises data from the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old, from 2002 to 2021, along with descriptive statistics and logistic regression models, to study shifts in donor–receiver proportions and gender/social-class disparities. The findings revealed that approximately one in four parents provided financial support to younger generations, while very few received such support. Downward financial transfers increased over time, with growing focus on grandchildren. No significant gender differences in providing were identified; however, women's contributions increased in frequency and amount, compared to previous cohorts of women. Men's contributions remained relatively stable over time. Parents in higher social classes were more inclined to provide financial support than parents in lower classes; this difference grew over time. Additionally, parents in higher social classes more frequently provided higher amounts than their counterparts. In conclusion, this study underscores changing gender and social-class patterns in financial contributions made by parents to their children and grandchildren in contemporary Sweden. Understanding these levels and subgroup differences is crucial for shaping policies and mitigating the potential growth of socio-economic inequality in future generations. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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