Just in the mailbox, the last issue of Polis with our review of studies on social stratification of access to long-term-care in Italy #sociology #aging
Some k points:
- we need more data, and comparability across surveys
- education of care recipient seems the most consequential characteristic (vs income or wealth)
- education positively related with receiving formal care
- home ownership negatively associated with receiving formal care
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Is that home ownership result likely to be an urbanisation proxy?
Usually I think of home ownership as being a measure of wealth, and wealth brings strong health benefits so that finding really surprises me. But I'm not Italian so I don't know to what extent this idea is correct in that setting.
@tobychev means testing for access and intensity of public care services is likely a factor explaining this result