Ageing and Informal Support for the Elderly in Selected European Countries
Ageing and Informal Support for the Elderly in Selected European Countries

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the article is to compare the scope of the informal support that older people with difficulties in everyday life receive from outside the family in chosen European Countries. Binomial logit models were used to verify the hypothesis that receiving informal help from outside the household depends on the living arrangements and socio-economic features of those who receive the assistance. The empirical analysis draws upon a new approach to population ageing presented in the Multilinks project. The results of the work allow us to demonstrate the characteristics of Central-Eastern Europe and to reveal how they differ from Northern, Western and Southern Europe. The general conclusions are compatible with results obtained by other researchers working on different databases and using different methods.

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