Cost of Caregiving

Women who are caregivers during their working years are 2.5 times more likely to live in poverty as elders than women who have not been caregivers.

Wakabayashi, C. and K. M. Donato. 2004. The Consequences of Caregiving for Economic Well-Being in Women’s Later Life. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco.