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

描述(由申请人提供)：这项拟议的研究重点是在美国不同种族/民族中照顾孙辈对祖父母健康的影响。尽管众所周知，黑人和西班牙裔祖父母比白人更有可能与孙辈同居，并为孙辈提供常规护理，但关于不同程度的照顾对他们的健康是否有不同的影响，人们知之甚少。 首先，大量参与育儿的少数族裔祖父母往往不成比例地集中在较低的社会经济阶梯上，最初的健康状况可能较差，因此很难推断照料与健康之间的因果联系。其次，黑人和西班牙裔少数群体在社会经济上的劣势也可能导致额外的压力，并加剧现有的糟糕的健康状况。第三，强大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，以及通常与伟大的父母教育相关的情感奖励。这项拟议的研究使用了健康与退休研究的数据，这是一项具有全国代表性的、针对美国老年人的纵向小组研究。使用 在累积优势/劣势和累积不平等(CAD/CI)框架下，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。鉴于少数族裔祖父母参与育儿的程度较高、亚文化规范中的种族/族裔差异、社会经济资源和社会关系以及西班牙裔人口的增长率，对种族/族裔差异的关注至关重要。

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.