King, MK; Xue, B; Lacey, RE; Di Gessa, G; Wahredorf, M; McMunn, A; Deindl, C
(2023)
Does young adulthood caring influence educational attainment and employment in the UK and Germany?
Journal of Social Policy.
ISSN 0047-2794
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279423000454
SGUL Authors: Lacey, Rebecca Emily
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Abstract
Informal care plays an important role in the provision of care. However, previous research has mainly focused on middle- or older-aged informal carers and less is known about informal care among young adults, its consequences on educational achievement and employment transitions and whether this varies across country contexts. Using data from the 2009–2018 waves of the UK Household Longitudinal Study (N = 25,856) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (N = 16,666), we investigated the influence of informal care responsibilities of 17–29 year olds on their chances of achieving a university degree using logistic regression and employment transitions using Cox proportional hazard regression models. Our results revealed that young adulthood caring was negatively associated with the likelihood of obtaining a university degree, reduced the likelihood of entering employment and increased the likelihood of unemployment. These associations were more pronounced if people reported caring for more weekly hours (especially in the UK) or caring for longer durations (especially in Germany). The potential negative influence of caring in young adulthood on education was stronger for women than for men in Germany, and the influence of caring on entering unemployment was stronger for women than for men in the UK.
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Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |||||||||
Keywords: | 1605 Policy and Administration, 1607 Social Work, 2203 Philosophy, Political Science & Public Administration | |||||||||
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: | Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH) | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Social Policy | |||||||||
ISSN: | 0047-2794 | |||||||||
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URI: | https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/115806 | |||||||||
Publisher's version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279423000454 |
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