Childcare by grandparents: Changes between 1992 and 2006

T. Geurts; T.G. van Tilburg; A.R. Poortman; P.A. Dykstra

doi:10.1017/S0144686X14000270

Childcare by grandparents: Changes between 1992 and 2006

T. Geurts, T.G. van Tilburg, A.R. Poortman, P.A. Dykstra

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This study considers changes in child care by grandparents between 1992 and 2006 in relation to changes in mothers' need for and grandparents' opportunity to provide child care. Data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam are used to compare two cohorts of Dutch grandparents aged 58-68 (N1992=181; N2006=350). Multi-level regression analysis shows that the probability that grandparents care for their adult daughters' children (N1992=261; N2006=484) increased from 0.23 to 0.41. The increase can be ascribed to higher maternal employment rates, growth in single motherhood, reduced travel time and a decline in the number of adult children. The increase would have been higher if the employment rate of grandparents had not risen.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1318-1334
Journal	Ageing and Society
Volume	35
Issue number	6
Early online date	23 Apr 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X14000270
Publication status	Published - 2015

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