ISSN:
2363-7064
Inhalt:
Background: Despite recent advances, the demographic understanding of grandparenthood remains limited. Objective: Our study examines educational differences in the transition to grandparenthood. Comparing East and West Germany, we analyze educational differences in a) the chance of becoming a grandparent, and b) the timing of grandparenthood for both men and women. Methods: We used fertility data across three family generations (German Ageing Survey, N = 2,434 men and women born 1933‒1948) and methods of survival time analysis to study educational gradients in the transition to grandparenthood. Results: We found a strong educational gradient in the chances of grandparenthood among West German women: Lower-educated women’s chances of becoming a grandmother were similar to higher-educated women’s chances of becoming a mother. Conclusions: Our findings have implications for research on multi-generational social mobility and on the consequences of grandparenthood. Contribution: Our study is the first to analyze how the transition to grandparenthood is socially stratified. (Vorlage)
In:
Demographic research, Rostock : Max Planck Inst. for Demographic Research, 1999, 37(2017), 29, Seite 917-928, 2363-7064
In:
volume:37
In:
year:2017
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number:29
In:
pages:917-928
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.29
