Czech grandparenting in the time of active ageing

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Czech grandparenting in the time of active ageing

VIDOVICOVÁ, Lucie and Marcela PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Czech grandparenting in the time of active ageing

Name in Czech

Čeští prarodiče v době aktivního stárnutí

Authors

VIDOVICOVÁ, Lucie (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Marcela PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

The 15th Congress of the Polish Sociological Association "What after Crisis?" ; University of Szczecin; 11.-14.9.2013, 2013

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

50000 5. Social Sciences

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/13:00066257

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords (in Czech)

prarodičovství; aktivní stárnutí; přetížená role; GGS

Keywords in English

grandparenting; active ageing; role overload; GGS

Abstract

V originále

The dominance of active ageing concept and increasing longevity bring new challenges for older adults. Older adults’ contribution is being recognised at many levels: at macro level as GDP contributors (workers), at mezzo level as active citizens and members of the community and at micro level as an integral part of family solidarity, as providers of intergenerational support. The importance of grandparents for parent’s ability to work has been studied in different national and social contexts and the significance of mutual grandparent-grandchild relationship is well known as well. The increase of longevity prolongs the time of shared coexistence of family members. In the Czech Republic, as in the whole Europe, many people have become grandparents later and to small number of grandchildren but they enjoy this role longer and in better health. In the case of Czech society there is a considerable path dependency in the intergenerational dynamic. The socialist regime produced strong dependency of the young family on their parents. Parental generation provided place to live, financial and instrumental support. Last decades have brought erosion of the “full sacrifice for the young family” but still great majority of Czech older adults do help with care of their grandchildren. In the some time the employment rate in older age is increasing for both men and women. Using secondary analysis of GGS (Gender and Generation Survey) and SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe) surveys we have focused on the work-family life balance in later life in the Czech society. Primarily we have concentrated on the patterns and determinants of intergenerational exchange between grandparents and their (grand)children. The paper is supported by Scientific Agency of Czech Republic Grant No. 13-34958S „Role overload: grandparents in the era of active ageing“.

Links

GA13-34958S, research and development project

Name: Přetížená role: prarodiče v době aktivního stárnutí

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

VIDOVICOVÁ, Lucie and Marcela PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ. Czech grandparenting in the time of active ageing. In The 15th Congress of the Polish Sociological Association "What after Crisis?" ; University of Szczecin; 11.-14.9.2013. 2013.

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VIDOVICOVÁ, Lucie and Marcela PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ. Czech grandparenting in the time of active ageing. In \textit{The 15th Congress of the Polish Sociological Association ''What after Crisis?'' ; University of Szczecin; 11.-14.9.2013}. 2013.

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