Race/Ethnic Differentials in the Health Implications of Grandparents Caring for G

描述（申请人提供）：拟议的研究重点是照顾孙子对祖父母健康的影响，为不同的种族/族裔群体在uidoss.虽然众所周知，黑人和西班牙裔祖父母更有可能与孙子共住，并提供日常照顾孙子比他们的白色同行，人们对不同程度的护理是否对他们的健康产生不同的影响知之甚少。 首先，大量参与育儿工作的少数族裔祖父母往往不成比例地集中在社会经济地位较低的阶层，而且最初的健康状况可能较差，因此难以推断提供照料与健康之间的因果关系。其次，黑人和西班牙裔少数群体的社会经济劣势也可能导致额外的压力，并加剧现有的不良健康状况。第三，强烈的女权主义传统的存在和社会支持网络的动员可以作为缓冲， 不利的社会经济条件，除了通常与祖父母有关的情感回报。这项拟议中的研究使用了健康与退休研究的数据，这是一项针对美国老年人的全国代表性纵向小组研究。使用 累积优势/劣势和累积不平等（CAD/CI）框架，该项目应加强我们对祖父母的照顾影响健康轨迹的不同机制的理解。考虑到少数族裔祖父母对儿童保育的参与程度较高，亚文化规范、社会经济资源和社会联系方面的种族/族裔差异，以及西班牙裔人口的增长率，关注种族/族裔差异至关重要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed study focuses on the impact of care giving for grandchildren on grandparents' health for different race/ethnic groups in the U.S. Although it is known that Black and Hispanic grandparents are more likely to co- reside with grandchildren and to provide routine care for grandchildren than their White counterparts, much less is known about whether varied levels of care giving have differential effects on their health. First, minority grandparents who are heavily involved with childcare tend to be disproportionately concentrated in the lower socioeconomic ladder and may have poorer health conditions initially, thus making it difficult to infer a causal linkage between care giving and health. Second, the socioeconomic disadvantages of Black and Hispanic minorities may also induce additional stress and exacerbate existing poor health conditions. Third, the presence of strong feministic traditions and the mobilization of social support network may act as a buffer for adverse socioeconomic conditions, in addition to the emotional reward generally associated with grand parenting. The proposed study uses data from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative, longitudinal panel study of older adults in the United States. Using the cumulative advantage/disadvantage and cumulative inequality (CAD/CI) framework, the project should enhance our understanding of different mechanisms through which grandparents' care giving influences health trajectories. The focus on race/ethnic disparities is critically important given minority grandparents' higher level of childcare involvement, race/ethnic differences in sub-cultural norms, socioeconomic resources and social ties, and the rate of growth of the Hispanic population.