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KMID : 1023720160710020299
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2016 Volume.71 No. 2 p.299 ~ p.320
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A Study on the Relationship between Providing Care for Grandchildren and Subjective Perceptions of Aging among the Middle and Old Aged People： Comparisons between Female and Male
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Kim Ji-Hye
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Abstract
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Drawing on the idea that examining perceptions of aging is important to understanding the lives of older persons, this study examined the relationship between providing care for grandchildren and the subjective perceptions of aging of the middle and old aged adults. In addition, this research explored if there is a gender difference in the relationship between the two factors. This study used the data from the Korean Retirement and Income study, fifth wave, and binary logistic regression to analyze the data. The following results were found. First, grandparents providing care for grandchildren were more likely to perceive themselves as being in later life, suggesting that providing care for grandchildren can be a predictor of the subjective perception of aging. Moreover, grandmothers, but not grandfathers, providing care for grandchildren were more likely to feel that they were old. In terms of intensity of providing care for grandchildren, grandparents providing a low intensity of care (less than 40 hours per week) were more likely to perceive themselves as being in later life than grandparents providing no care. By dividing the sample of this study into men and women, a significant relationship between providing care for grandchildren and subjective perceptions of aging was found in women but not men. It is suggested that the different findings for men and women are related to our social culture that considers caring for family members as women’s work.
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KEYWORD
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The middle and old aged adults, subjective perception of aging, providing care for grandchildren, Korean Retirement and Income Study
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