Frequency and Intensity of Contact between Ageing Parents and
their Adult Children in the Czech Republic : Exploration of
Selected Predictors

J 2017

Frequency and Intensity of Contact between Ageing Parents and their Adult Children in the Czech Republic : Exploration of Selected Predictors

HUBATKOVÁ, Barbora and Marcela PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Frequency and Intensity of Contact between Ageing Parents and their Adult Children in the Czech Republic : Exploration of Selected Predictors

Authors

HUBATKOVÁ, Barbora (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Marcela PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Sociológia, Bratislava, Slovenská akadémia vied, 2017, 0049-1225

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50401 Sociology

Country of publisher

Slovakia

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.500

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/17:00095261

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

UT WoS

000417625000003

Keywords in English

Intergenerational contact; frequency of contact; intensity of contact; distance; intergenerational solidarity

Abstract

V originále

Frequency and Intensity of Contact between Ageing Parents and their Adult Children in the Czech Republic: Exploration of Selected Predictors. The aim of this study was to analyse the frequency and intensity of contact between parents and their adult children in the Czech Republic. Using data from the Life Roles survey collected in 2014 we first focused on the effects of selected characteristics of parents and offspring. Next, we added residential distance, trying to see whether it can account for the effect of some of these predictors. The results show that the odds of frequent contact were higher among mothers and when the child in question was a daughter; and lower among divorced and higher educated parents. Mothers also spent more time per week on average with their child than fathers. In addition, contact was more intensive with daughters, but less intensive if the parent was working, and if the child was married. Contact frequency and intensity were also negatively affected by the age of the youngest grandchild. Distance had a strong negative effect on both dependent variables, but mostly accounted for the effect of age on frequency of contact, and some of the effect of child’s marital status on contact intensity.

Links

GA13-34958S, research and development project

Name: Přetížená role: prarodiče v době aktivního stárnutí

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

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HUBATKOVÁ, Barbora and Marcela PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ. Frequency and Intensity of Contact between Ageing Parents and their Adult Children in the Czech Republic : Exploration of Selected Predictors. Sociológia. Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied, 2017, vol. 49, No 6, p. 657-672. ISSN 0049-1225.

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