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Providing Care for Grandchildren in Korea: How Providing Care for Grandchildren Predicts Income and Wealth of Korean Grandmothers
Kim, Hye Jin
Kim, Hye Jin
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Providing care for grandchildren is common for middle-aged and older persons across countries including Korea (Jun, 2015). Several studies in Korea suggest that many Korean grandmothers are providing care for grandchildren (Jun, 2015; Lee, 2009; Sung, 2001). However, little research is available on these Korean grandmothers providing care for grandchildren (Jun, 2015; Lee & Bauer, 2010), and this gap leads this study to explore the effects of providing care for grandchildren on Korean grandmothers’ economic status. This study examines the association between providing care for grandchildren and the economic status of grandmothers. Specifically, this study asks two questions: (1) Is providing care for grandchildren related to the economic status of Korean grandmothers? (2) Does providing care for grandchildren negatively predict the economic status of Korean grandmothers over time? This study uses the Korean Retirement and Income Study (KReIS), a longitudinal dataset. Data from the official second wave to the official fifth wave, are utilized in this study. This study includes 2,210 grandmothers among the 3,155 grandmothers at baseline by identifying if grandmothers were involved in all three subsequent waves. Independent variables are the intensity and the duration of providing care for grandchildren. Dependent variables include grandmothers’ income and grandmothers’ wealth at an individual level and a household level. To answer the research questions, this study uses regression and growth curve model analyses, after handing missing data. The findings suggest that providing care for grandchildren was associated with Korean grandmothers’ income and wealth at an individual level and at a household level, in certain intensities and durations of caregiving. In addition, there are both advantages and disadvantages of providing care for grandchildren on grandmothers’ economic status. Implications for social work research, policy and practice are discussed along with limitations of this study
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2016-01-01
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University of Kansas
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Social work, economic status, Korean grandmothers, KReIS, Providing care for grandchildren, regression and growth curve model analyses