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Coresidence with Grandparents and Children’s Socioemotional Health in Kindergarten
This study explores linkages between various living arrangements with and without grandparents and children’s socioemotional functioning in...
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Excluded or Part of the Team? Investigating of the Role of Grandparents in Christian Faith Nurture, Using Discourse Analysis
BackgroundExisting literature emphasised the spiritual value of grandparents in a child’s faith nurture, but this was not reflected in contemporary...
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The New Version of the Relationship Grandparents-Grandchildren as an Opportunity of Unprecedented Bonds
This paper seeks to review some of the changes in the grandparent-grandchildren relationship and the new roles that "grandparents" are taking on in...
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Grandparents, family solidarity and the division of housework: evidence from the Italian case
As a consequence of recent socio-demographic trends and labour market transformations the role of grandparental support has become pivotal in...
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Grandparents in Italy: trends and changes in the demography of grandparenthood from 1998 to 2016
In this article, we explore the last two decades of changes in the demography of grandparenthood in Italy, by means of a set of measures: the...
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Transnational Relationships between Romanian Grandparents and Grandchildren: Materiality, Cultural Identity, and Cosmopolitanism
This chapter explores transnational family relationships between grandchildren and grandparents as mediated by materiality. This analysis focuses on...
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The impact of grandchild care provision on grandparents’ depressive symptoms across Europe using multi-level analysis: do the grandchild caring patterns and the country’s economy matter?
Little research has examined the cross-national differences in the impact of grandchild care provision on the grandparents’ depression, by taking...
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Grandparents’ Care and Mothers’ Work in Europe. Taking Different Points of View
In this chapter, we study the relationship between grandparents’ availability for childcare and mothers’ work by analysing information that reflects...
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Associations Between Financial Transfer from Grandparents and Family Expenditures for Children’s Precollege Education in Japan
Given higher family spending for education and the relative poverty rate in Japan, the recent (2013–2021) tax incentive for grandparents’ support for...
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Counting on Potential Grandparents? Adult Children’s Entry Into Parenthood Across European Countries
As populations age and longevity rises, the structure of the extended family is changing. Parents of young children are increasingly turning to the...
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Associations of family and social contact with health among Italian grandparents
Past research has documented the positive influence of frequent interactions with social networks on several health outcomes in later life, with...
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Grandparenting Among Māoris of New Zealand: Reflecting on Meanings
Regardless of nation and culture, grandparents have been instrumental in the survival of families and communities as well as the preservation of...
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The prevalence of grandparental childcare in Europe: a research update
We investigate (a) how the proportion of European grandparents providing childcare changed over a period of 15 years, (b) how these proportions...
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Living Arrangements, Intra-Household Inequality and Children’s Deprivation: Evidence from EU-SILC
A non-negligible proportion of children in Europe live in multifamily households that include other adults beyond their parents: around 4% live with...
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Grandparental Support and Maternal Postpartum Mental Health
Support from grandparents plays a role in mothers’ perinatal mental health. However, previous research on maternal mental health has mainly focused...
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Spillovers of the Heroin Epidemic on Grandparent Caregiving
This paper estimates the effect of the OxyContin reformulation and the subsequent heroin crisis on grandparent caregiving in the United...
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The Association between Religiosity and Fertility Intentions Via Grandparenting: Evidence from GGS Data
Although the literature concerning the association between religiosity and fertility in European countries is already quite extensive, studies...
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The Self-Rated Health of Grandmothers Caring for Grandchildren: Evidence from South Africa
Globally older people are increasingly providing care for their grandchildren. A pertinent question across world regions is the extent to which...
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Family Ties and Psychosocial Processes in an Ageing Society Comparative Perspectives
This book contributes to the discussion on the ageing society by addressing the new psycho-social structures of the ageing society, the problems...
