This article reports on a study of the quality of the relationships between adult daughters and their elderly mothers in six ethnic groups —Asian, Black, Hispanic, Irish, Italian, and Jewish—characterized as having a nuclear or extended family structure and the level of care provided by the daughters. The study found that women in both types of family structures are experiencing the strain and burden of caregiving and are at risk of mental and physical problems.The growth of the elderly population in the United States is a well-publicized phenomenon. As of 1990, of the 31 million persons over the age of 65, well over 3 million were old-old (over age 85), and their number is expected to double by the year 2020 (American Association of Retired Persons, 1991). The need to care for this burgeoning population of elderly people has dramatically increased the &dquo;caregiver's burden&dquo; (the emotional, physical, and financial strain) on families, especially adult daughters. This trend has no precedent in this country's history. In the past, women, although the traditional caregivers, did not

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