The Connections between Attitudes towards Nursing Home Placement, Intergenerational Solidarity, and the Conflict between Tradition and Modernity among Three Generations of Arab Muslim Families in Israel
Table 1
Background characteristics (N = 378).
Generation
Variable
N
%
Grandparents
Number of participants
126
33.3
Parents
126
33.3
Grandchildren
126
33.3
Entire sample
Gender
Male
102
37.0
Female
276
63.0
Entire sample
Family status
Married/living with a spouse
299
79.1
Unmarried/live alone
77
20.9
Entire sample
Level of religiosity
Orthodox
102
27.0
Conservative
165
43.6
Secular
111
29.4
Age
M
SD
Grandparents
76.48
6.71
Parents
49.86
5.78
Grandchildren
23.29
3.45
Grandparents
Years of education
6.02
5.05
Parents
11.18
4.4
Grandchildren
14.55
2.39
Grandparents
Number of children
5.84
2.27
Parents
3.47
1.39
Grandchildren
0.89
0.5
Grandparents
Attitudes towards nursing homes
3.89
.48
Parents
3.52
.54
Grandchildren
3.05
.60
Grandparents
Attitudes against nursing homes
2.75
.51
Parents
3.37
.88
Grandchildren
4.10
1.13
Grandparents
Intergenerational solidarity
5.42
1.15
Parents
3.69
1.39
Grandchildren
3.51
1.61
Grandparents
Predicting the intent to place a relative in a nursing home
