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| Pathways to grandparents' provision of care in skipped-generation households in Thailand | | Author(s) | Berit Ingersoll-Dayton, Sureeporn Punpuing, Kanchana Tangchonlati, Laura Varas |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 38, no 7, July 2018 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, July 2018 |
| Pages | pp 1429-1452 |
| Source | http://www.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Grandparents ; Grandparents as carers ; Grandchildren ; Living patterns ; Interpretation ; Qualitative Studies ; Thailand. |
| Annotation | In many parts of the world, grandparents live with their grandchildren in 'skipped-generation households' in which no parent resides. In Thailand, this living arrangement is more common in rural areas where parents often migrate to find employment. The focus of this article is on how grandparents make the decision to live in skipped-generation households. The study is based on open-ended interviews with 48 grandparents living in three rural areas of Thailand. Using an interpretative phenomenological approach, the analysis uncovers several factors that contribute to grandparents' decisions about their living arrangements. These factors include: norms about care-giving and family obligation; inadequate child-care options; the need for financial support; problematic relationships within the family; and a desire for companionship. Three different decision-making patterns are also identified: grandparents initiating the decision to provide grandchild care; adult children asking grandparents to assume this role; and adult children abandoning grandchildren to the grandparents. Based on these findings, the authors provide implications for practice that address the conditions of grandparents and their family members. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180720205 A |
| Classmark | SW: P6:SW: SW5: K7: 4CC: 3DP: 7HG |
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