This research investigates individual expectations of economic support from different sources: partner, family, friends and formal help. Using data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) the study compares Norway, as representative of the Scandinavian model, and Spain, as representative of the Mediterranean model. The findings confirm that family plays a more important role as a source of economic support in Spain while formal help is far more important in Norway. Moreover, gender and life course have a significant impact on expectations of economic support in both countries, although the differences do not go in the same direction. Women expect more financial support from their partners than men do in Norway, while Spanish women tend to rely more on support from their families. Regarding life course, although expectations of economic support from the family are higher for young and older people in both countries, the life-cycle effect is stronger in Spain.
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%1 fernandezalonso2016welfare
%A Fernández-Alonso, Mercedes
%A Jaime-Castillo, Antonio M
%D 2016
%J International Sociology
%K 2016 FDZ_IUP ISSP ISSP2001 ISSP_input2016 SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed ZA3680 article checked economic_support indexproved input2016 isspbib2016 norway review_proved reviewed social_network spain welfare_state
%N 1
%P 37-56
%R 10.1177/0268580915613192
%T Welfare state and individual expectations of economic support: A comparison of Norway and Spain
%U http://iss.sagepub.com/content/31/1/37.abstract
%V 31
%X This research investigates individual expectations of economic support from different sources: partner, family, friends and formal help. Using data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) the study compares Norway, as representative of the Scandinavian model, and Spain, as representative of the Mediterranean model. The findings confirm that family plays a more important role as a source of economic support in Spain while formal help is far more important in Norway. Moreover, gender and life course have a significant impact on expectations of economic support in both countries, although the differences do not go in the same direction. Women expect more financial support from their partners than men do in Norway, while Spanish women tend to rely more on support from their families. Regarding life course, although expectations of economic support from the family are higher for young and older people in both countries, the life-cycle effect is stronger in Spain.
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title = {Welfare state and individual expectations of economic support: A comparison of Norway and Spain},
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