What Drives National Differences in Intensive Grandparental Childcare in Europe?

The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
Giorgio Di GessaAnthea Tinker

Abstract

Grandparents play an important role in looking after grandchildren, although intensive grandparental childcare varies considerably across Europe. Few studies have explicitly investigated the extent to which such cross-national variations are associated with national level differences in individual demographic and socio-economic distributions along with contextual-structural and cultural factors (e.g., variations in female labor force participation, childcare provision, and cultural attitudes). We used multilevel models to examine associations between intensive grandparental childcare and contextual-structural and cultural factors, after controlling for grandparent, parent, and child characteristics using nationally representative data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. Even controlling for cross-national differences in demographic and socio-economic distributions, contextual-structural factors play an important role in explaining grandparental childcare variations in Europe. In particular, higher levels of intensive grandparental childcare are found in countries with low labor force participation among younger and older women, and low formal childcare provision, where mothers in paid work largely rely o...Continue Reading

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Feb 9, 2016·Social Science & Medicine·Giorgio Di GessaAnthea Tinker
Sep 1, 2015·The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences·Giorgio Di GessaAnthea Tinker
Jan 27, 2018·Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine·Christine A McGarrigleRichard Layte
Mar 27, 2020·The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences·Toni Calasanti, Neal King
Dec 21, 2018·Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P·Erika Sana Moraes, Ana Marcia Chiaradia Mendes-Castillo
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Jul 2, 2017·The Gerontologist·Bert HayslipMegan L Dolbin-MacNab
Oct 13, 2018·European Journal of Ageing·Jessica ZamberlettiCecilia Tomassini
Oct 20, 2019·The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences·Giorgio Di GessaBruno Arpino
Feb 27, 2021·Journal of Marriage and the Family·Deborah Carr, Rebecca L Utz
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