The Effect of Social Assistance on Kin Relationships: Evidence from Roma communities
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.
Keywords:
kinship / Roma / minority populations / Central SerbiaSource:
Biodemography and Social Biology, 2020, 65, 1, 16-30Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis Inc.
Funding / projects:
- Identity Strategies: Contemporary Culture and Religiosity (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-177028)
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2019.1681256
ISSN: 1948-5565 (Print); 1948-5573 (Online)
WoS: 000514418100002
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85079558312
Institution/Community
Етнографски институт САНУ / Institute of Ethnography SASATY - JOUR AU - Čvorović, Jelena AU - Vojinović, Željko PY - 2020 UR - https://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 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_7235 ER -
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Čvorović, J.,& Vojinović, Ž.. (2020). The Effect of Social Assistance on Kin Relationships: Evidence from Roma communities. in Biodemography and Social Biology Taylor and Francis Inc.., 65(1), 16-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2019.1681256 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_7235
Čvorović J, Vojinović Ž. The Effect of Social Assistance on Kin Relationships: Evidence from Roma communities. in Biodemography and Social Biology. 2020;65(1):16-30. doi:10.1080/19485565.2019.1681256 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_7235 .
Čvorović, Jelena, Vojinović, Željko, "The Effect of Social Assistance on Kin Relationships: Evidence from Roma communities" in Biodemography and Social Biology, 65, no. 1 (2020):16-30, https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2019.1681256 ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_7235 .