Hlídání vnoučat českými prarodiči v mezinárodním srovnání

• Authors: Dana Hamplová

Title variants

EN

Taking care of grandchildren: an international comparison

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article explores the frequency and intensity of childcare provided by grandparents. It uses the 2006/2007 SHARE data for 12 countries with a special focus on the Czech Republic. Past research usually distinguishes between the North-European model with high frequency and low intensity grand-parenting and the Southern-European model with low frequency and high intensity grand-parenting. This article shows that the Czech Republic - along with Germany and Austria - cannot be easily classified into these two broad patterns. Czech grandparents tend to participate in childcare with low frequency and low intensity, particularly in the case of children under 3 years of age. Low maternal labor force participation is used as an argument explaining this finding.

Keywords

CS

péče o dítě; prarodiče

EN

child care; grandparents; child-care selection; international comparison

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Data a výzkum - SDA Info (Data and Research - SDA Info)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 25-40
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dana Hamplová

• Data a výzkum – SDA Info, redakce, Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic