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2014 | 8 | 1 | 25-40

Article title

Hlídání vnoučat českými prarodiči v mezinárodním srovnání

Authors

Content

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.

Contributors

  • Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

References

Document Type

Publication order reference

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.cejsh-151c1484-f342-492d-a341-f61990cd4915
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