An Analysis of Dyadic Data among Parents with Toddlers and Grandparents: The Determinants of Childcare Support Frequency and Informant Discrepancy

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  • 歩行開始期の子をもつ親と祖父母のダイアドデータの分析：育児支援頻度および回答不一致の要因
  • ホコウ カイシキ ノ コ オ モツ オヤ ト ソフボ ノ ダイアドデータ ノ ブンセキ : イクジ シエン ヒンド オヨビ カイトウ フイッチ ノ ヨウイン

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<p>The purpose of this research was to investigate the determinants of grandparents' childcare support frequency and discrepancies between parent-reports and grandparent-reports. It employed a multilevel approach suitable for dyadic data. Parameter estimations were made for 186 dyads of parents and grandparents, and interdependence within the dyads and measurement errors were taken into account. The results revealed that predictors from the parental side, but not the grandparental side, were linked with the frequency of grandparents' childcare support. Regardless of support providers' age, time availability, economic status, or health status, the extent of recipients' demands was related to an increase in the frequency of childcare support. On average, grandparents were more likely to underestimate the frequency of their support than parents, the recipients of support. Those grandparents who were satisfied with their intergenerational support relationships and those who lived close to parents with toddlers were more likely to underestimate the support frequency, meaning that the discrepancy between the two reports was higher.</p>

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