A change is (not) gonna come: a 20-year overview of Italian grandparent–grandchild exchanges

Abstract Levels of coresidence, residential proximity, face-to-face contacts and intergenerational support exchanges remain overall high and stable across European countries. However, to date, few studies have focused on trends in grandparent–grandchild relations. Therefore, this study aims to inves...

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Autores principales:	Marta Pasqualini, Giorgio Di Gessa, Cecilia Tomassini
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Publicado:	SpringerOpen 2021
Materias:	Grandparents Grandchildren Intergenerational exchanges Trends Grandparenting Grandchild care provision Demography. Population. Vital events HB848-3697
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2ffb0ad108df4f1ea4124deb2c2cf4d82021-11-28T12:08:57ZA change is (not) gonna come: a 20-year overview of Italian grandparent–grandchild exchanges10.1186/s41118-021-00142-62035-5556https://doaj.org/article/2ffb0ad108df4f1ea4124deb2c2cf4d82021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00142-6https://doaj.org/toc/2035-5556Abstract Levels of coresidence, residential proximity, face-to-face contacts and intergenerational support exchanges remain overall high and stable across European countries. However, to date, few studies have focused on trends in grandparent–grandchild relations. Therefore, this study aims to investigate whether and to what extent grandparent–grandchild exchanges have changed over time. We used data from the Italian Family and Social Subjects (FSS) Surveys, covering the years 1998–2016, and considered three different currencies of exchanges between grandparents and their grandchildren (coresidence, face-to-face contacts, and grandchild care provision). Our results showed stability over time in coresidence, a small reduction in daily contacts (from 47% in 1998 to 39% in 2016) and an increase in grandchildren care (from 78% in 1998 to 82% in 2016). In addition, we found little changes in the associations between such indicators of intergenerational exchanges and the demographic and socio-economic determinants usually used to explain them. Despite changes among Italian grandparents such as increases in their age profile, in education, and in marital disruption, the relations between grandparents and their grandchildren have so far remained stable over time, with generally high levels of intergenerational exchanges.Marta PasqualiniGiorgio Di GessaCecilia TomassiniSpringerOpenarticleGrandparentsGrandchildrenIntergenerational exchangesTrendsGrandparentingGrandchild care provisionDemography. Population. Vital eventsHB848-3697ENGenus, Vol 77, Iss 1, Pp 1-25 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Grandparents Grandchildren Intergenerational exchanges Trends Grandparenting Grandchild care provision Demography. Population. Vital events HB848-3697 Marta Pasqualini Giorgio Di Gessa Cecilia Tomassini A change is (not) gonna come: a 20-year overview of Italian grandparent–grandchild exchanges
description	Abstract Levels of coresidence, residential proximity, face-to-face contacts and intergenerational support exchanges remain overall high and stable across European countries. However, to date, few studies have focused on trends in grandparent–grandchild relations. Therefore, this study aims to investigate whether and to what extent grandparent–grandchild exchanges have changed over time. We used data from the Italian Family and Social Subjects (FSS) Surveys, covering the years 1998–2016, and considered three different currencies of exchanges between grandparents and their grandchildren (coresidence, face-to-face contacts, and grandchild care provision). Our results showed stability over time in coresidence, a small reduction in daily contacts (from 47% in 1998 to 39% in 2016) and an increase in grandchildren care (from 78% in 1998 to 82% in 2016). In addition, we found little changes in the associations between such indicators of intergenerational exchanges and the demographic and socio-economic determinants usually used to explain them. Despite changes among Italian grandparents such as increases in their age profile, in education, and in marital disruption, the relations between grandparents and their grandchildren have so far remained stable over time, with generally high levels of intergenerational exchanges.
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title	A change is (not) gonna come: a 20-year overview of Italian grandparent–grandchild exchanges
title_short	A change is (not) gonna come: a 20-year overview of Italian grandparent–grandchild exchanges
title_full	A change is (not) gonna come: a 20-year overview of Italian grandparent–grandchild exchanges
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A change is (not) gonna come: a 20-year overview of Italian grandparent–grandchild exchanges

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