Gender and educational patterns in the demand and supply of grandparent childcare in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6416202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lyn Craig (0000-0001-9723-7255, University of Melbourne Melbourne Australia, corresponding author), Dong‐ju Lee (0000-0003-1733-3349, University of New South Wales Sydney Australia), Myra Hamilton (0000-0001-5999-6568, University of Sydney Sydney Australia), Virpi Timonen (0000-0001-7061-3943, University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland), Elizabeth Adamson (0000-0002-1348-3211, University of New South Wales Sydney Australia) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 251-269 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajs4.366 |
| OpenAlex | W4404257421 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 39 |
Grandparents are an important source of childcare worldwide, but international patterns vary. We examine how demographic characteristics of parents, and of grandparents, factor into grandparent care provision considering the cultural assumptions and policy settings Australian families live within. Using the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, we identify determinants of both the demand for and the supply of grandparent childcare in Australia (4266 grandparents and 9822 parents). Results suggest that grandmothers and mothers, as much or more than fathers and mothers, balance their reciprocal participation in employment and childcare. University‐educated grandmothers are more likely to provide regular childcare (at least once a week) and university‐educated mothers are more likely to draw upon it, inconsistent with research in other countries. It appears grandparents are stepping in as both “mother savers” and “system savers,” suggesting a need for more public policy support for Australian working mothers to capitalise on their increasingly high educational attainment
Business · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Grandparent · Labour economics · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sociology · Supply and demand · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |