The increasing worldwide prevalence and intensity of grandparenting has attracted an
attention to its health implications for caregivers against the backdrop of population aging …

Objectives. To provide an overview of the prevalence and profiles of grandparents providing
childcare to grandchildren in 2 East Asian countries, China and South Korea, characterized …

Each successive wave of revolution to hit modern China—political, cultural, and economic—
has radically reshaped Chinese society. Whereas patriarchy defined the familial social …

This book offers a synthesis of social science and evolutionary approaches to the study of
intergenerational relations, using biological, psychological and sociological factors to …

Most existing typology studies of intergenerational relations have used samples in North
America and Europe. The present study expands on previous research by determining …

Little longitudinal data exist on grandparent caregivers and few studies have examined their
physical health outcomes. This study examined the effect of caring for grandchildren on …

Asia in the twenty-first century has experienced rapid sociocultural, economic, and family
transformations as a result of modernization, urbanization, and demographic ageing. Many …

Objectives This study examined the longitudinal association of depressive symptoms with
grandchild care intensity and whether the association varies by household structure …

This study aims to understand nutrition‐related roles, responsibilities and ethical issues of
grandparents caring for their grandchildren in skip‐generation households in rural …

Using four-wave panel data of 1,327 older adults in rural China, this study examined
potential gender and marital status differences in the relationships between three forms of …