Intergenerational Ties in Context: Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren in China

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Feinian
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Guangya
dc.contributor.authorMair, Christine A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-07T14:07:29Z
dc.date.available2024-08-07T14:07:29Z
dc.date.issued2011-12-22
dc.description.abstractGuided by theories and empirical research on intergenerational relationships, we examine the phenomenon of grandparents caring for grandchildren in contemporary China. Using a longitudinal dataset (China Health and Nutrition Survey), we document a high level of structural and functional solidarity in grandparent-grandchildren relationships. Intergenerational solidarity is indicated by a high rate of coresidence between grandchildren and grandparents, a sizable number of skipped-generation households (no parent present), extensive childcare involvement by non-coresidential grandparents, and a large amount of care provided by coresidential grandparents. Multivariate analysis further suggests that grandparents' childcare load is adaptive to familial needs, as reflected by the characteristics of the household, household members and work activities of the mothers.
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank Kenneth Land, Peter Uhlenberg, three anonymous reviewers, and the editor for their helpful comments and advice. We also thank Rachel Yu Guo for her editorial assistance for the paper. Funding for the research comes from NICHD (K01 HD047369).
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dc.format.extent22 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.genrepostprints
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2c4vi-s66o
dc.identifier.citationChen, Feinian, Guangya Liu, and Christine A. Mair. “Intergenerational Ties in Context: Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren in China.” Social Forces 90, no. 2 (December 1, 2011): 571–94. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/sor012.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/sf/sor012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/35201
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
dc.rightsThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Social Forces following peer review. The version of record Chen, Feinian, Guangya Liu, and Christine A. Mair. “Intergenerational Ties in Context: Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren in China.” Social Forces 90, no. 2 (December 1, 2011): 571–94. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/sor012. is available online at: xxxxxxx https://academic.oup.com/sf/article-abstract/90/2/571/2235805?redirectedFrom=fulltext, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/sor012.
dc.titleIntergenerational Ties in Context: Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren in China
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