This report, published by the California Center for Population Research, examined differences in how siblings provide care for their parents.
Using a 50-year longitudinal study of 10,317 men and women who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957, the report analyzed whether parents received caregiving assistance and if so, which children provided the assistance. The odds of one child helping the parents (as compared to no children helping) increased by 30% when one of the offspring was a sister. Parents with two sons (but no daughters) were least likely to receive help. In addition, married men were significantly more likely to assist their parents.
To read "Providing for Older Parents: Is It a Family Affair?" by Esther Friedman and colleagues, visit:
http://papers.ccpr.ucla.edu/papers/PWP-CCPR-2010-012/PWP-CCPR-2010-012.pdf
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