Valeria Bordone
Biographic Data
| ID | 129654 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valeria Bordone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valeria |
| FAMILY NAME | Bordone |
| SIGNATURE | BORDONE V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2987-3978 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 151 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Employment Status and Later Life Cognitive Functioning: A Gendered Perspective on the Moderating Role of the Social Network
Gender disparities in later life cognition call for a deeper understanding of how social determinants interact to shape cognitive outcomes. This study investigates the gendered moderating role of the social network in the association between employment status (employed, retired, homemaker, unemployed) and cognitive functioning (episodic memory, verbal fluency) among adults aged 50+ in Europe. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retir…
Resource or crisis? Cognitive functioning after widowhood and why paid work status matters
Paid work may serve as a cognitive resource after widowhood. However, the way in which it acts depends on gender, while being retired at the time of widowhood acts as a protection for both men and women
Personality Traits and Provision of Grandparental Childcare: Evidence from Europe
Past research has explored various factors associated with grandparental childcare but has overlooked the role of personality traits. We address this gap by analyzing the association between personality traits and grandparental childcare using data from the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). In SHARE, personality traits were measured for the first time in wave 7, and in wave 8, they were collected only from individuals who did not…
Trajectories of loneliness in later life - Evidence from a 10-year English panel study
The prevalence of loneliness is higher among older people; however, few studies have examined its longitudinal patterns and associated risk factors, particularly social network resources. Using data from six waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2008/09 to 2018/19, N = 4740) and group-based trajectory modelling (GBTM), we identified five groups of loneliness trajectories: three with stable levels (37% "stable low"; 26% "stable medium…
The effect of grandparental involvement on grandchildren's school grades: Heterogeneity by the extended family characteristics
As the early years are crucial for individuals' lifelong socioeconomic success, extensive research has examined the impact of non-maternal childcare on children's development. This study aims to enhance the understanding of the relationship between grandparental involvement (defined as grandparent childcare, frequency of contact, and financial support) and grandchildren's school grades, exploring a mechanism of positive selection: children from e…
Adult intergenerational proximity and parents' depressive symptoms: A bidirectional approach
To date, only a few studies have investigated the bidirectional relationship in the intergenerational proximity-health nexus, specifically how geographic proximity affects older parents' depressive symptoms and vice versa. Drawing on eight waves (2004–2018) of the U.S. Health and Retirement Study (n = 17,671), we examine several mechanisms (‘mobilization’, ‘social support’, and ‘social breakdown’) that drive the complex relationship between inter…
Changes in Grandparental Childcare During the Pandemic and Mental Health: Evidence From England
While measures to limit physical contact and shield older people were necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19, policymakers should acknowledge potential adverse consequences for mental health among grandparents who experienced changes in their roles as grandchild caregivers
Close Social Networks Among Older Adults: The Online and Offline Perspectives
Qualitative studies have found that the use of Information and Communication Technologies is related to an enhanced quality of life for older adults, as these technologies might act as a medium to access social capital regardless of geographical distance. In order to quantitatively study the association between older people’s characteristics and the likelihood of having a network of close friends offline and online, we use data from the Survey of…
Does grandparental child-care provision affect number, satisfaction and with whom leisure activities are done
This study investigates the impact of non-intensive and intensive supplementary grandparental child care on grandparents’ involvement in leisure activities. Three aspects of leisure activities are investigated: the number/frequency of activities, with whom they are carried out and the subjective satisfaction with them. Beside the possibility of a cumulation effect, the literature suggests that providing grandparental child care might compete with…
Is There a Rejuvenating Effect of (Grand)Childcare? A Longitudinal Study on German Data
We show for the first time that both grandchild care and childcare outside the grandparent-grandchild relationship are associated with a youthful subjective age for older people. However, these associations are likely due to selection effects, that is, unobserved characteristics of people that make them more likely to engage in childcare and are also associated with subjective age. Our results warn against causal interpretation of associations fo…
The Role of Fertility in the Demography of Grandparenthood: Evidence from Italy
Grandparents play an important role in their family’s lives. However, little is known about the demography of grandparenthood. Given dramatic recent changes in fertility, we explore the role of number of children and age at first birth in the timing of the transition into grandparenthood focusing on Italy, a country with well-known North-South fertility differentials. We used data from the 2009 Italian Survey ‘Family and Social Relations’ ( N = 1…
Forever young? An analysis of the factors influencing perceptions of ageing
Drawing on the revived literature on the subjective dimension of ageing, this paper investigates whether people aged 65+, usually defined as old, do actually feel old and which events they associate with feeling old. Logistic models are used on unique data from the 2013 survey called ‘I Do Not Want to Be Inactive’, conducted on individuals aged 65–74 in Italy (N = 828). It is found that a large proportion of respondents do not feel old at all. Th…
Ethnicity and grandparental child care in the United Kingdom
Caring for one's grandchildren has become a more common experience for individuals partly as a result of a longer overlap between the lives of grandparents and their grandchildren. Existing research shows that around 50 per cent of grandparents engage in some grandparental child care in most European countries, however, this proportion is higher among older people with a migrant background, partly due to greater economic necessity among migrant f…
Becoming a Grandparent and Its Effect on Well-Being: The Role of Order of Transitions, Time, and Gender
Transitioning to grandparenthood per se does not affect well-being. More research is needed to further investigate if interpersonal relationships and changes in roles triggered by becoming a grandparent could help promote well-being in later life
Bowling Together: Scientific Collaboration Networks of Demographers at European Population Conferences
Co-residence of adult children with their parents: Differences by Migration Background Explored and Explained
Research on majority populations throughout Europe showed strong attachment and exchange of support between parents and their adult children. Studies on migrant families are limited yet needed in light of the increasing share of older people of migrant origin in European populations. One of the main sources of intergenerational support and care is via coresidence of (older) parents and their adult children. In this paper, we first analyse whether…
Patterns of grandparental child care across Europe: The role of the policy context and working mothers' need
Across Europe grandparents play very different roles. This paper studies to what extent grandparents' role as providers of child care relates to the country policy context, focusing on public child-care services and parental leave regulation, and to the availability of part-time jobs for women. We also explore whether mothers' needs to combine family and work differently influence the frequency of grandparental child care across countries. The an…
Combined Measures of Upper and Lower Body Strength and Subgroup Differences in Subsequent Survival Among the Older Population of England
This result demonstrates the benefit of combining characteristics, using alpha-ages to convert incommensurate observations into a common metric
Like Mother(-in-Law) Like Daughter? Influence of the Older Generation’s Fertility Behaviours on Women’s Desired Family Size in Bihar, India
This paper investigates the associations between preferred family size of women in rural Bihar, India and the fertility behaviours of their mother and mother-in-law. Scheduled interviews of 440 pairs of married women aged 16-34 years and their mothers-in-law were conducted in 2011. Preferred family size is first measured by Coombs scale, allowing us to capture latent desired number of children and then categorized into three categories (low, medi…
Are daughters' childbearing intentions related to their mothers' socio-economic status
Unlike actual fertility, fertility intentions are often found to be positively correlated with education. The literature explaining this paradox is scarce
Intergenerational Solidarity
Do Grandchildren Influence How Old You Feel
This study extends prior research by examining age and gender differences in factors associated with subjective age. The findings suggest that grandparenthood is central in shaping the personal experience of aging. Future studies should address the causality of the factors analyzed
Est modus in rebus: A longitudinal study of intergenerational solidarity and Locus of Control
This study challenges the persistent assumption behind research on intergenerational relationships, wondering: ‘can there be too much of a good thing ’? The guiding hypothesis states that intergenerational solidarity, although beneficial for older parents' wellbeing at moderate levels, may be negatively associated with their individual sense of control at high levels. In contrast to previous studies, fixed-effects regression models on panel data …
A cross-country comparison of math achievement at teen age and cognitive performance 40 years later
Maintaining cognitive functioning through mid- to late-life is relevant for the individual and societal aim of active ageing. Evidence shows considerable stability in individual-level rank-ordering of cognitive functioning, but little attention has been gi
Does Grandparenting Pay Off? The Effect of Child Care on Grandparents' Cognitive Functioning
The authors examined whether the provision of child care helps older adults maintain better cognitive functioning. Descriptive evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (n = 5,610 women and n = 4,760 men, ages 50-80) shows that intensively engaged grandparents have lower cognitive scores than the others. The authors show that this result is attributable to background characteristics and not to child care per se. Using an…
Does Grandparenting Pay Off? The Effect of Child Care on Grandparents' Cognitive Functioning
The authors examined whether the provision of child care helps older adults maintain better cognitive functioning. Descriptive evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (n = 5,610 women and n = 4,760 men, ages 50-80) shows that intensively engaged grandparents have lower cognitive scores than the others. The authors show that this result is attributable to background characteristics and not to child care per se. Using an…
Patterns of grandparental child care across Europe: The role of the policy context and working mothers' need
Across Europe grandparents play very different roles. This paper studies to what extent grandparents' role as providers of child care relates to the country policy context, focusing on public child-care services and parental leave regulation, and to the availability of part-time jobs for women. We also explore whether mothers' needs to combine family and work differently influence the frequency of grandparental child care across countries. The an…
Contact and proximity of older people to their adult children: A comparison between Italy and Sweden
This work extends the recent research on contact and geographical distance between older parents and their adult children. After a review of previous studies on this topic and an overview of the geography of the family in Italy and Sweden, multivariate analysis is used to answer the research questions ‘which variables account for the levels of kin contact and spatial proximity in Italy and Sweden?’ and ‘which ones explain the differences between …
Becoming a Grandparent and Its Effect on Well-Being: The Role of Order of Transitions, Time, and Gender
Transitioning to grandparenthood per se does not affect well-being. More research is needed to further investigate if interpersonal relationships and changes in roles triggered by becoming a grandparent could help promote well-being in later life
Co-residence of adult children with their parents: Differences by Migration Background Explored and Explained
Research on majority populations throughout Europe showed strong attachment and exchange of support between parents and their adult children. Studies on migrant families are limited yet needed in light of the increasing share of older people of migrant origin in European populations. One of the main sources of intergenerational support and care is via coresidence of (older) parents and their adult children. In this paper, we first analyse whether…
Do Grandchildren Influence How Old You Feel
This study extends prior research by examining age and gender differences in factors associated with subjective age. The findings suggest that grandparenthood is central in shaping the personal experience of aging. Future studies should address the causality of the factors analyzed
Forever young? An analysis of the factors influencing perceptions of ageing
Drawing on the revived literature on the subjective dimension of ageing, this paper investigates whether people aged 65+, usually defined as old, do actually feel old and which events they associate with feeling old. Logistic models are used on unique data from the 2013 survey called ‘I Do Not Want to Be Inactive’, conducted on individuals aged 65–74 in Italy (N = 828). It is found that a large proportion of respondents do not feel old at all. Th…
Is There a Rejuvenating Effect of (Grand)Childcare? A Longitudinal Study on German Data
We show for the first time that both grandchild care and childcare outside the grandparent-grandchild relationship are associated with a youthful subjective age for older people. However, these associations are likely due to selection effects, that is, unobserved characteristics of people that make them more likely to engage in childcare and are also associated with subjective age. Our results warn against causal interpretation of associations fo…
Like Mother(-in-Law) Like Daughter? Influence of the Older Generation’s Fertility Behaviours on Women’s Desired Family Size in Bihar, India
This paper investigates the associations between preferred family size of women in rural Bihar, India and the fertility behaviours of their mother and mother-in-law. Scheduled interviews of 440 pairs of married women aged 16-34 years and their mothers-in-law were conducted in 2011. Preferred family size is first measured by Coombs scale, allowing us to capture latent desired number of children and then categorized into three categories (low, medi…
Does grandparental child-care provision affect number, satisfaction and with whom leisure activities are done
This study investigates the impact of non-intensive and intensive supplementary grandparental child care on grandparents’ involvement in leisure activities. Three aspects of leisure activities are investigated: the number/frequency of activities, with whom they are carried out and the subjective satisfaction with them. Beside the possibility of a cumulation effect, the literature suggests that providing grandparental child care might compete with…
Changes in Grandparental Childcare During the Pandemic and Mental Health: Evidence From England
While measures to limit physical contact and shield older people were necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19, policymakers should acknowledge potential adverse consequences for mental health among grandparents who experienced changes in their roles as grandchild caregivers
The Role of Fertility in the Demography of Grandparenthood: Evidence from Italy
Grandparents play an important role in their family’s lives. However, little is known about the demography of grandparenthood. Given dramatic recent changes in fertility, we explore the role of number of children and age at first birth in the timing of the transition into grandparenthood focusing on Italy, a country with well-known North-South fertility differentials. We used data from the 2009 Italian Survey ‘Family and Social Relations’ ( N = 1…
Are daughters' childbearing intentions related to their mothers' socio-economic status
Unlike actual fertility, fertility intentions are often found to be positively correlated with education. The literature explaining this paradox is scarce
Ethnicity and grandparental child care in the United Kingdom
Caring for one's grandchildren has become a more common experience for individuals partly as a result of a longer overlap between the lives of grandparents and their grandchildren. Existing research shows that around 50 per cent of grandparents engage in some grandparental child care in most European countries, however, this proportion is higher among older people with a migrant background, partly due to greater economic necessity among migrant f…
Bowling Together: Scientific Collaboration Networks of Demographers at European Population Conferences
Combined Measures of Upper and Lower Body Strength and Subgroup Differences in Subsequent Survival Among the Older Population of England
This result demonstrates the benefit of combining characteristics, using alpha-ages to convert incommensurate observations into a common metric
Est modus in rebus: A longitudinal study of intergenerational solidarity and Locus of Control
This study challenges the persistent assumption behind research on intergenerational relationships, wondering: ‘can there be too much of a good thing ’? The guiding hypothesis states that intergenerational solidarity, although beneficial for older parents' wellbeing at moderate levels, may be negatively associated with their individual sense of control at high levels. In contrast to previous studies, fixed-effects regression models on panel data …
The role of education in the reconciliation between female occupation and family responsibilities at mid-life: The Italian case
Contact and proximity of older people to their adult children: A comparison between Italy and Sweden
This work extends the recent research on contact and geographical distance between older parents and their adult children. After a review of previous studies on this topic and an overview of the geography of the family in Italy and Sweden, multivariate analysis is used to answer the research questions ‘which variables account for the levels of kin contact and spatial proximity in Italy and Sweden?’ and ‘which ones explain the differences between …
The role of education in the reconciliation between female occupation and family responsibilities at mid-life: The Italian case
A cross-country comparison of math achievement at teen age and cognitive performance 40 years later
Maintaining cognitive functioning through mid- to late-life is relevant for the individual and societal aim of active ageing. Evidence shows considerable stability in individual-level rank-ordering of cognitive functioning, but little attention has been gi
Does Grandparenting Pay Off? The Effect of Child Care on Grandparents' Cognitive Functioning
The authors examined whether the provision of child care helps older adults maintain better cognitive functioning. Descriptive evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (n = 5,610 women and n = 4,760 men, ages 50-80) shows that intensively engaged grandparents have lower cognitive scores than the others. The authors show that this result is attributable to background characteristics and not to child care per se. Using an…
Intergenerational Solidarity
Do Grandchildren Influence How Old You Feel
This study extends prior research by examining age and gender differences in factors associated with subjective age. The findings suggest that grandparenthood is central in shaping the personal experience of aging. Future studies should address the causality of the factors analyzed
Est modus in rebus: A longitudinal study of intergenerational solidarity and Locus of Control
This study challenges the persistent assumption behind research on intergenerational relationships, wondering: ‘can there be too much of a good thing ’? The guiding hypothesis states that intergenerational solidarity, although beneficial for older parents' wellbeing at moderate levels, may be negatively associated with their individual sense of control at high levels. In contrast to previous studies, fixed-effects regression models on panel data …
Combined Measures of Upper and Lower Body Strength and Subgroup Differences in Subsequent Survival Among the Older Population of England
This result demonstrates the benefit of combining characteristics, using alpha-ages to convert incommensurate observations into a common metric
Like Mother(-in-Law) Like Daughter? Influence of the Older Generation’s Fertility Behaviours on Women’s Desired Family Size in Bihar, India
This paper investigates the associations between preferred family size of women in rural Bihar, India and the fertility behaviours of their mother and mother-in-law. Scheduled interviews of 440 pairs of married women aged 16-34 years and their mothers-in-law were conducted in 2011. Preferred family size is first measured by Coombs scale, allowing us to capture latent desired number of children and then categorized into three categories (low, medi…
Are daughters' childbearing intentions related to their mothers' socio-economic status
Unlike actual fertility, fertility intentions are often found to be positively correlated with education. The literature explaining this paradox is scarce
Patterns of grandparental child care across Europe: The role of the policy context and working mothers' need
Across Europe grandparents play very different roles. This paper studies to what extent grandparents' role as providers of child care relates to the country policy context, focusing on public child-care services and parental leave regulation, and to the availability of part-time jobs for women. We also explore whether mothers' needs to combine family and work differently influence the frequency of grandparental child care across countries. The an…
Becoming a Grandparent and Its Effect on Well-Being: The Role of Order of Transitions, Time, and Gender
Transitioning to grandparenthood per se does not affect well-being. More research is needed to further investigate if interpersonal relationships and changes in roles triggered by becoming a grandparent could help promote well-being in later life
Bowling Together: Scientific Collaboration Networks of Demographers at European Population Conferences
Co-residence of adult children with their parents: Differences by Migration Background Explored and Explained
Research on majority populations throughout Europe showed strong attachment and exchange of support between parents and their adult children. Studies on migrant families are limited yet needed in light of the increasing share of older people of migrant origin in European populations. One of the main sources of intergenerational support and care is via coresidence of (older) parents and their adult children. In this paper, we first analyse whether…
The Role of Fertility in the Demography of Grandparenthood: Evidence from Italy
Grandparents play an important role in their family’s lives. However, little is known about the demography of grandparenthood. Given dramatic recent changes in fertility, we explore the role of number of children and age at first birth in the timing of the transition into grandparenthood focusing on Italy, a country with well-known North-South fertility differentials. We used data from the 2009 Italian Survey ‘Family and Social Relations’ ( N = 1…
Forever young? An analysis of the factors influencing perceptions of ageing
Drawing on the revived literature on the subjective dimension of ageing, this paper investigates whether people aged 65+, usually defined as old, do actually feel old and which events they associate with feeling old. Logistic models are used on unique data from the 2013 survey called ‘I Do Not Want to Be Inactive’, conducted on individuals aged 65–74 in Italy (N = 828). It is found that a large proportion of respondents do not feel old at all. Th…
Ethnicity and grandparental child care in the United Kingdom
Caring for one's grandchildren has become a more common experience for individuals partly as a result of a longer overlap between the lives of grandparents and their grandchildren. Existing research shows that around 50 per cent of grandparents engage in some grandparental child care in most European countries, however, this proportion is higher among older people with a migrant background, partly due to greater economic necessity among migrant f…
Is There a Rejuvenating Effect of (Grand)Childcare? A Longitudinal Study on German Data
We show for the first time that both grandchild care and childcare outside the grandparent-grandchild relationship are associated with a youthful subjective age for older people. However, these associations are likely due to selection effects, that is, unobserved characteristics of people that make them more likely to engage in childcare and are also associated with subjective age. Our results warn against causal interpretation of associations fo…
Changes in Grandparental Childcare During the Pandemic and Mental Health: Evidence From England
While measures to limit physical contact and shield older people were necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19, policymakers should acknowledge potential adverse consequences for mental health among grandparents who experienced changes in their roles as grandchild caregivers
Close Social Networks Among Older Adults: The Online and Offline Perspectives
Qualitative studies have found that the use of Information and Communication Technologies is related to an enhanced quality of life for older adults, as these technologies might act as a medium to access social capital regardless of geographical distance. In order to quantitatively study the association between older people’s characteristics and the likelihood of having a network of close friends offline and online, we use data from the Survey of…
Does grandparental child-care provision affect number, satisfaction and with whom leisure activities are done
This study investigates the impact of non-intensive and intensive supplementary grandparental child care on grandparents’ involvement in leisure activities. Three aspects of leisure activities are investigated: the number/frequency of activities, with whom they are carried out and the subjective satisfaction with them. Beside the possibility of a cumulation effect, the literature suggests that providing grandparental child care might compete with…
Resource or crisis? Cognitive functioning after widowhood and why paid work status matters
Paid work may serve as a cognitive resource after widowhood. However, the way in which it acts depends on gender, while being retired at the time of widowhood acts as a protection for both men and women
Personality Traits and Provision of Grandparental Childcare: Evidence from Europe
Past research has explored various factors associated with grandparental childcare but has overlooked the role of personality traits. We address this gap by analyzing the association between personality traits and grandparental childcare using data from the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). In SHARE, personality traits were measured for the first time in wave 7, and in wave 8, they were collected only from individuals who did not…
Trajectories of loneliness in later life - Evidence from a 10-year English panel study
The prevalence of loneliness is higher among older people; however, few studies have examined its longitudinal patterns and associated risk factors, particularly social network resources. Using data from six waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2008/09 to 2018/19, N = 4740) and group-based trajectory modelling (GBTM), we identified five groups of loneliness trajectories: three with stable levels (37% "stable low"; 26% "stable medium…
The effect of grandparental involvement on grandchildren's school grades: Heterogeneity by the extended family characteristics
As the early years are crucial for individuals' lifelong socioeconomic success, extensive research has examined the impact of non-maternal childcare on children's development. This study aims to enhance the understanding of the relationship between grandparental involvement (defined as grandparent childcare, frequency of contact, and financial support) and grandchildren's school grades, exploring a mechanism of positive selection: children from e…
Psychology (21 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (18 works) · Developmental psychology (15 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (12 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Demography (10 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (10 works) · Grandparent (10 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (10 works)