Does the transition to grandparenthood influence the health and well-being of older people? Evidence from the CHARLS study in China

Jiawei Wu; Karen Glaser; Mauricio Avendano

doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101328

Does the transition to grandparenthood influence the health and well-being of older people? Evidence from the CHARLS study in China

SSM Popul Health. 2022 Dec 23:21:101328. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101328. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Authors

Jiawei Wu^{1

2}, Karen Glaser¹, Mauricio Avendano^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
² Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom.
³ Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Abstract

•Transitioning to grandmotherhood was associated with a higher probability of reporting ≥1 functional limitations in ADLs.•Transitioning to grandparenthood was associated with higher life satisfaction.•Role enhancement and role strain may generate mixed impacts of transitioning to grandparenthood on older adults' health.