To be or not to be: relationship between grandparent status and health and wellbeing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is common for older people to become grandparents in later life. However, the impacts of grandparenting on their health and well-being remain ambiguous, especially in Chinese society, where the family is in the core of culture. The current study explored the relationship between grandparenthood and Chinese older people's health and psychological well-being in Hong Kong.

Methods

Cross-sectional data were collected from a sample of 1208 Hong Kong Chinese older people aged 55 and above through a telephone survey conducted in 2019. Participants were grouped into three categories: current grandparents (n = 507), grandparents-to-be (n = 275), and grandparents-not-to-be (n = 426). Multivariate linear regressions were performed to examine the relationship between grand

SUBMITTER: Lai DWL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7989105 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature