This paper discusses the effects of social assistance on kinship relationships in Roma, a disadvantaged European minority population, and how variation in kin support affects self-reported health and reproductive success. Data were collected in 2016–7 in several rural Roma settlements in central Serbia. The sample consisted of 143 men and 221 women. Demographic information (e.g., age, gender, educational level, marital and reproductive history, level of socioeconomic status and residence pattern), social assistance history, health status, height, and weight were collected, in addition to kinship relationship dynamics. Receiving social assistance was consistently negatively associated with all measures of kin support, more so for Roma males than females while decreased kin support was found to result in poorer self-rated health and decline in reproductive success.
Keywords:
kinship / Roma / minority populations / Central Serbia
Source:
Biodemography and Social Biology, 2020, 65, 1, 16-30
TY - JOUR
AU - Čvorović, Jelena
AU - Vojinović, Željko
PY - 2020
UR - http://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/7235
AB - This paper discusses the effects of social assistance on kinship relationships in Roma, a disadvantaged European minority population, and how variation in kin support affects self-reported health and reproductive success. Data were collected in 2016–7 in several rural Roma settlements in central Serbia. The sample consisted of 143 men and 221 women. Demographic information (e.g., age, gender, educational level, marital and reproductive history, level of socioeconomic status and residence pattern), social assistance history, health status, height, and weight were collected, in addition to kinship relationship dynamics. Receiving social assistance was consistently negatively associated with all measures of kin support, more so for Roma males than females while decreased kin support was found to result in poorer self-rated health and decline in reproductive success.
PB - Taylor and Francis Inc.
T2 - Biodemography and Social Biology
T1 - The Effect of Social Assistance on Kin Relationships: Evidence from Roma communities
SP - 16
EP - 30
VL - 65
IS - 1
DO - 10.1080/19485565.2019.1681256
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abstract = "This paper discusses the effects of social assistance on kinship relationships in Roma, a disadvantaged European minority population, and how variation in kin support affects self-reported health and reproductive success. Data were collected in 2016–7 in several rural Roma settlements in central Serbia. The sample consisted of 143 men and 221 women. Demographic information (e.g., age, gender, educational level, marital and reproductive history, level of socioeconomic status and residence pattern), social assistance history, health status, height, and weight were collected, in addition to kinship relationship dynamics. Receiving social assistance was consistently negatively associated with all measures of kin support, more so for Roma males than females while decreased kin support was found to result in poorer self-rated health and decline in reproductive success.",
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Čvorović J, Vojinović Ž. The Effect of Social Assistance on Kin Relationships: Evidence from Roma communities. Biodemography and Social Biology. 2020;65(1):16-30
Čvorović, J.,& Vojinović, Ž. (2020). The Effect of Social Assistance on Kin Relationships: Evidence from Roma communities.
Biodemography and Social BiologyTaylor and Francis Inc.., 65(1), 16-30.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2019.1681256
Čvorović Jelena, Vojinović Željko, "The Effect of Social Assistance on Kin Relationships: Evidence from Roma communities" 65, no. 1 (2020):16-30,
https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2019.1681256 .
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