The impact of caring for grandchildren on the health of grandparents in Europe: A lifecourse approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue , 2016, Pages 166-175

  Di Gessa, Giorgio ^a   Glaser, Karen ^a   Tinker, Anthea ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childcare; Europe; Grandparents; Health; Life history; Lifecourse approach; Longitudinal; SHARE

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULTHOOD; AGING; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; EUROPE; FEMALE; GRANDCHILD; GRANDPARENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

EUROPE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GRANDPARENTS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84957107689     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.041     Document Type: Article

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