Loneliness among Chinese older adults: the role of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare by gender

This study examines the influence of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare on loneliness among Chinese older adults. Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of 9240 individuals from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we applied logistic regress...

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Autores: Zhang, Jing, Fokkema, Tineke, Arpino, Bruno
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x211041992
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Palavra-chave:child care
gender and family
family health
quantitative
intergenerational
grandparent
loneliness
China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
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spelling Loneliness among Chinese older adults: the role of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare by genderZhang, JingFokkema, TinekeArpino, Brunochild caregender and familyfamily healthquantitativeintergenerationalgrandparentlonelinessChina Health and Retirement Longitudinal StudyThis study examines the influence of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare on loneliness among Chinese older adults. Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of 9240 individuals from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we applied logistic regression to examine the relationship between various grandparental statuses and loneliness with a focus on gender. The grandparental role is a protective factor for loneliness. Providing care to grandchildren was associated with a lower likelihood of feeling lonely for both genders. Among grandmothers, the benefit of providing childcare is less when it is occasional. Among grandfathers, the benefit is less when it is regular and intensive. Regarding transitions in grandparental status, gender differences were only observed among those who recently entered the caregiving role. Given the increasing reliance on grandparents for childcare in China, this engagement in active aging is beneficial for older adults in reducing loneliness.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was part of the project Life Course and Family Dynamics in a Comparative Perspective, ORA-China collaboration (NWO, 467-14-152). JZ acknowledges financial support from the China Scholarship Council (CSC, 201606190207). BA acknowledges funding from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (PCIN-2016-005; project “Care, Retirement and Wellbeing of Older People Across Different Welfare Regimes”–CREW).SAGE Publications202320232022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/57683http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x211041992reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésJournal of Family Issues. 2022;43(11):3078-99.info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/PCIN-2016-005© The Author(s) 2021. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/576832026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Loneliness among Chinese older adults: the role of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare by gender
title Loneliness among Chinese older adults: the role of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare by gender
spellingShingle Loneliness among Chinese older adults: the role of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare by gender
Zhang, Jing
child care
gender and family
family health
quantitative
intergenerational
grandparent
loneliness
China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
title_short Loneliness among Chinese older adults: the role of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare by gender
title_full Loneliness among Chinese older adults: the role of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare by gender
title_fullStr Loneliness among Chinese older adults: the role of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare by gender
title_full_unstemmed Loneliness among Chinese older adults: the role of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare by gender
title_sort Loneliness among Chinese older adults: the role of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare by gender
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Zhang, Jing
Fokkema, Tineke
Arpino, Bruno
author Zhang, Jing
author_facet Zhang, Jing
Fokkema, Tineke
Arpino, Bruno
author_role author
author2 Fokkema, Tineke
Arpino, Bruno
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv child care
gender and family
family health
quantitative
intergenerational
grandparent
loneliness
China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
topic child care
gender and family
family health
quantitative
intergenerational
grandparent
loneliness
China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
description This study examines the influence of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare on loneliness among Chinese older adults. Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of 9240 individuals from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we applied logistic regression to examine the relationship between various grandparental statuses and loneliness with a focus on gender. The grandparental role is a protective factor for loneliness. Providing care to grandchildren was associated with a lower likelihood of feeling lonely for both genders. Among grandmothers, the benefit of providing childcare is less when it is occasional. Among grandfathers, the benefit is less when it is regular and intensive. Regarding transitions in grandparental status, gender differences were only observed among those who recently entered the caregiving role. Given the increasing reliance on grandparents for childcare in China, this engagement in active aging is beneficial for older adults in reducing loneliness.
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