Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren

祖父母照顾孙子

• 批准号: 7038695
• 负责人: FEINIAN CHEN
• 金额: $ 10.67万
• 依托单位: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2011-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7038695
• 关键词: China; behavioral /social science research tag; child rearing; clinical research; data collection methodology /evaluation; developmental psychology; family structure /dynamics; functional ability; grandparent; health surveys; human data; human mortality; human subject; longitudinal human study; mental health epidemiology; occupational stressor; parents; psychological aspect of aging; questionnaires

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This career development award will focus on issues of grandparent care-giving for grandchildren. Existing research reports both positive and negative effects on the well-being of grandparents. But the evidence is inconclusive, owing mainly to limitations in data and research design. The proposed research focuses on China, a setting where it is normative for grandparents to provide routine care for grandchildren. I will use a longitudinal dataset, the China Health and Nutrition Survey, a panel survey with data from eight provinces in China. The survey includes detailed data on childcare and a wide range of health measures. The proposed work should enhance our understanding of the process through which grandparent care-giving influences the health of grandparents. My specific aims are as follows: Aim 1: Describe the scope of grandparent care-giving in China; including the proportion of children cared for by grandparents and the level of care-giving responsibilities of grandparents. Aim 2: Examine factors associated with grandparent care-giving in China, including the intensity of the mother's work load, grandparents' characteristics, and various structural and contextual factors. Aim 3: Evaluate the relationship between grandparent care-giving and health in China, including both immediate and long-term consequences of grandparent care-giving on various measures of health outcomes. Aim 4: Design measures and collect original data on mental health of elderly in China, with the purpose of further documenting the relationship between grandparents care-giving and their well-being. During the award, I propose to develop knowledge and analytical skills in the field of demographic, health and aging. By working closely with leaders in the field, I hope to gain expertise in complex data analysis, to develop the skills required to successfully compete for future research funding, and to become an independent research scientist.

描述（由申请人提供）：该职业发展奖将重点关注祖父母照顾孙子女的问题。现有研究报告对祖父母的福祉既有积极的影响，也有消极的影响。但证据尚无定论，主要是由于数据和研究设计的局限性。拟议的研究重点关注中国，在中国，祖父母为孙子提供日常护理是常态。我将使用一个纵向数据集，即中国健康与营养调查，这是一项针对中国八个省份数据的小组调查。该调查包括有关儿童保育和广泛健康措施的详细数据。拟议的工作应该增强我们对祖父母照顾影响祖父母健康的过程的理解。我的具体目标如下： 目标 1：描述中国祖父母照顾的范围；包括祖父母照顾子女的比例以及祖父母照顾责任的程度。 目标 2：研究与中国祖父母照顾相关的因素，包括母亲的工作强度、祖父母的特征以及各种结构和背景因素。 目标 3：评估中国祖父母照顾与健康之间的关系，包括祖父母照顾对各种健康结果指标的直接和长期影响。 目标4：设计措施并收集中国老年人心理健康的原始数据，以进一步记录祖父母照顾与其福祉之间的关系。 在颁奖期间，我建议发展人口、健康和老龄化领域的知识和分析技能。通过与该领域的领导者密切合作，我希望获得复杂数据分析方面的专业知识，培养成功竞争未来研究经费所需的技能，并成为一名独立的研究科学家。