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Grandparents' care and assistance to the elderly parents: is there a general tendency to care?

ŽELEZNÁ, Lada

Basic information

Original name

Grandparents' care and assistance to the elderly parents: is there a general tendency to care?

Authors

ŽELEZNÁ, Lada (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

European Population Conference 2016: "Demographic Change and Policy Implications" 2016

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

50000 5. Social Sciences

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/16:00092216

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

ageing society; intergenerational solidarity; care; grandparents
Změněno: 8/12/2016 14:09, Mgr. Lada Železná

Abstract

V originále

Previous research has shown that people of middle-aged generation are the major providers of various support to their children, grandchildren and also elderly parents. Furthermore, middle-aged people are now expected to stay longer on the labor market than in the past. These multiple roles of the central generation raise questions about the potential overloading and conflict between roles within and outside the family. The presented study investigates if people who provide any assistance or help to their elderly parents tend to care for their grandchildren less than grandparents who don´t support their parents. Data from the four waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) are analyzed to test the effect of help which is provided to elderly parents on the care of grandchildren. Surprisingly, the results do not show that the help or care of parents constraint the care of grandchildren. On the contrary, people who support their parents are also more likely to care for grandchildren. Moreover, the tendency to care for grandchildren is even higher for people who help their parents on a regular basis. The association holds true after controlling for the main characteristics of grandparents and grandchildren. Results suggest that the role conflict between caring responsibilities is not common but the responsibilities rather tend to cumulate and represent the strong sense of family solidarity.
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