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1 Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1552-7573
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Guided by a convoy model of social relations, this study investigates the relationships between grandparenting status, social relations, and mortality among community-dwelling grandparents age 65 and older who are caring for their grandchildren. The data were drawn from the 2008 and 2016 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (N = 564). Latent class analysis was used to identify the social network structure based on six indicators of interpersonal relationships and activities. A series of hierarchical Weibull hazard models estimated the associations between grandparent caregiving, social relations, and mortality risk. Results of survival analyses indicate that co-parenting and custodial grandparents had higher all-cause mortality risk than grandparents who babysat occasionally; however, for custodial grandparents, the association was not significant once social relation variables were added to the model. This study suggests that community-based support may be beneficial to older grandparents and improved relationship quality is integral to the well-being of older adults.
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In:
Research on aging, London [u.a.] : Sage, 1979, 43(2021), Seite 1-11, 1552-7573
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volume:43
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year:2021
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pages:1-11
Language:
English
Keywords:
Soziales Netzwerk
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Großeltern
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Soziale Unterstützung
DOI:
10.1177/01640275211015433
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