Does grandchild care influence grandparents’ self-rated health? Evidence from a fixed effects approach

Ates, Merih

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.08.021

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“…Yet, by considering a shorter panel of the same dataset that we are using and adjusting for baseline depression, Di Gessa et al 2016found a nonsignificant association between the provision of any grandchild care and subsequent depressive symptomatology in Europe as a whole. A non-significant effect was also recently found by Ates (2017) who investigated whether supplementary grandchild care influences grandparents' self-rated health (SRH) in Germany. Although focusing on a different outcome, he has used the same methodology as in our study (i.e., fixed-effects approach).…”

Section: Grandparenthood and Depressionmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…One explanation for this finding may refer to the methodological approach that we use, i.e., fixed-effects models. Indeed, Ates (2017) showed that a positive effect of grandchild care on self-rated health found using a random effects model, turned to be not statistically significant in fixed-effects models. This suggests that studies that did not focus on within-person variations, but rather on between-person variations, might have overestimated the effect of grandchild care.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Grandparenthood, grandchild care and depression among older people in 18 countries

Bordone¹,

Arpino²

2019

JFamRes

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Due to the increasing central role of grandparenthood in later life, sound knowledge about its effects on older people’s health is more and more important. This paper examines the impact of becoming a grandparent, having more grandchildren, and engaging in grandchild care on depressive symptoms. Moreover, based on the structural ambivalence theory, we expect that such effects differ across contexts as (grand)childcare is differently organised across Europe. Taking advantage of the longitudinal structure of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we estimate fixed-effects models. Our results show that women face a decline in depressive symptoms when becoming grandmothers, but neither an increase in the number of grandchildren nor changes in grandchild care are associated with changes in depressive symptoms. The analyses by country highlight differences across Europe, without, however, drawing a clear pattern. Our results show that depression consequences of grandparenthood also vary between countries characterised by similar roles of grandparents. This suggests the need to make available more refined questions about grandparenthood in surveys on older people.

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Section: Grandparenthood and Depressionmentioning

confidence: 85%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Grandparenthood, grandchild care and depression among older people in 18 countries

Bordone¹,

Arpino²

2019

JFamRes

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“…Methodological issues pertinent to grandparent research are being discussed across disciplines (e.g. Ates, 2017;Hayslip et al, 2017;Michalski, 2010). Over recent decades, a substantial body of descriptive and correlational grandparent literature has been accumulated.…”

Section: Interdisciplinary Perspectives: Building the Bridge Between mentioning

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“…An initial analysis of five waves of the longitudinal SHARE suggests, however, that specific aspects of grandparental health, particularly physical health, may benefit from grandchild care (Danielsbacka, Tanskanen, Coall, & Jokela, 2017). Similar to Ates (2017), a between-and within-individual analysis was conducted on 24,787 people aged 50 and above, across 11 countries, over four follow-up waves between 2004 and 2015. Across all analyses, grandparental childcare was associated with increased self-rated health, fewer difficulties with activities of daily living and depressive symptoms, increased life satisfaction and meaning of life scores.…”

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“…In grandparental research, correlational evidence is crucial in building our understanding of causal pathways. However, we do need to move beyond correlational research in order to fully understand causal mechanisms (see Ates, 2017;Hayslip, Fruhauf, & Dolbin-MacNab, 2017;Laland, Sterelny, Odling-Smee, Hoppitt, & Uller, 2011;Rutter, 2009). These causal pathways can be explored through path analysis and structural equation modelling as well as methods that address issues of reverse causality (e.g.…”

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Interdisciplinary perspectives on grandparental investment: a journey towards causality

Coall

Hilbrand

Sear

et al. 2018

Contemporary Social Science

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Why do grandparents invest so heavily in their grandchildren and what impact does this investment have on families? A multitude of factors influence the roles grandparents play in their families. Here, we present an interdisciplinary perspective of grandparenting incorporating theory and research from evolutionary biology, sociology and economics. Discriminative grandparental solicitude, biological relatedness and the impact of resource availability are three phenomena used to illustrate how these perspectives, within such a multi-level approach, add value by complementing not competing with each other. Changing demographics mean there is greater demand and opportunity for actively engaged grandparents to help their families, especially in times of need. Grandparents have been filling this emerging niche because in some societies the role of community and government never has, or increasingly cannot, meet the diverse needs of families. Built on an empirical foundation of descriptive and correlational research, grandparent research has rapidly entered a phase where the potential causal relationships between grandparents' roles and family health, well-being and structure can be scrutinised. Together, these investigations are producing high-quality evidence that ultimately can support informed public policy and service delivery decisions. We finish by detailing two examples of such research efforts that highlight opportunities for future research.

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German Ageing Survey (DEAS)

Vogel

Klaus

Wettstein

et al. 2021

Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging

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Does grandchild care influence grandparents’ self-rated health? Evidence from a fixed effects approach

Cited by 59 publications

References 37 publications

Grandparenthood, grandchild care and depression among older people in 18 countries

Grandparenthood, grandchild care and depression among older people in 18 countries

Interdisciplinary perspectives on grandparental investment: a journey towards causality

German Ageing Survey (DEAS)

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