[cid:image005.jpg@01DCA1BD.02BCA2C0] [Tageskalender]<https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Institute/VID/ICAL-files/Colloquium/20260303.ics>Tuesday, 3/3/2026 12:00-13:00 (CET) Location: PSK, Meeting Room 1, 3rd floor. Please register here<https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium/wic-colloquium-registration>. Family Diversity and Care Contexts: Who Provides Family and Non-Family Care in Europe? Ariane Bertogg, University of Konstanz Abstract: Family members provide a substantial share of unpaid care to older adults. Less is known about the pathways into non-family care, despite the increasing family diversity. Research gaps concern the role of kinship structure and the specific "care context". My contribution asks: (1) how are individuals' embedment in kinship structures is associated with care provision to family members and non-family persons, and (2) how these associations vary between care contexts with their old-age care policies and care norms? Applying random effects logistic regression models to SHARE data, I find that one in four caregivers provides care to non-family persons. Individuals with neither partner nor children are more than twice as likely to provide non-family care as those with both a partner and children. Stronger family care norms discourage non-family care. This association is strongest for individuals with neither partner nor children. Regarding policies, I find evidence for a "crowding in"-effect: the greater state expenditures on formal services and care allowance, the more likely we observe non-family care. About the presenter: Ariane Bertogg is an assistant professor and research group leader at the University of Konstanz. The aim of her research is to study gender and socio-economic inequalities in health and wellbeing, unpaid care work and paid employment across the life course, with a special interest in later life. Taking a comparative perspective, her work investigates the cultural and institutional foundations for new inequalities arising in ageing societies. Ariane's work has been published in Social Forces, Gender and Society, and Journals of Gerontology - Series B. ********************************************************************************** PLEASE SEE https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/wic-colloquium FOR OUR UPCOMING AND PREVIOUS COLLOQUIA **********************************************************************************
