Abstract
Divorce, regional family cultures, and childcare by grandparents in Europe
Maaike Jappens & Jan Van Bavel
Europe has been and continues to be characterized by a great international diversity of beliefs, norms, attitudes as well as practices in family life. Differences in family culture exist not only between countries, but also between intra-national regions. These differences may have consequences for outcomes and behaviours of individuals living in these regions. In this paper, we investigate whether more or less conservative regional climates of family culture affect the consequences of a divorce for the exchange of support between parents and grandparents. We specifically focus on informal childcare provision by grandparents.
The chief source of data is the second round of the European Social Survey. We score European regions on the NUTS1 level, in Western as well as in Eastern Europe, on a range of variables about gendered family norms and intergenerational exchange of support within the family. Using multilevel analyses, we model working parents' use of grandparents as the main type of childcare for their children. We investigate how support is differentially affected by divorce, according to the normative cultural environment people live in.
Maaike Jappens & Jan Van Bavel
Europe has been and continues to be characterized by a great international diversity of beliefs, norms, attitudes as well as practices in family life. Differences in family culture exist not only between countries, but also between intra-national regions. These differences may have consequences for outcomes and behaviours of individuals living in these regions. In this paper, we investigate whether more or less conservative regional climates of family culture affect the consequences of a divorce for the exchange of support between parents and grandparents. We specifically focus on informal childcare provision by grandparents.
The chief source of data is the second round of the European Social Survey. We score European regions on the NUTS1 level, in Western as well as in Eastern Europe, on a range of variables about gendered family norms and intergenerational exchange of support within the family. Using multilevel analyses, we model working parents' use of grandparents as the main type of childcare for their children. We investigate how support is differentially affected by divorce, according to the normative cultural environment people live in.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Paper presented at the European Divorce Network Meeting |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Oct 2010 |
| Event | 8th Meeting of European Network for the Sociological and Demogaphic Studies of Divorce - Valencia, Spain Duration: 14 Oct 2010 → 16 Oct 2010 |
Conference
| Conference | 8th Meeting of European Network for the Sociological and Demogaphic Studies of Divorce |
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| Country/Territory | Spain |
| City | Valencia |
| Period | 14/10/10 → 16/10/10 |
Keywords
- divorce
- grandparents
- childcare
- europe