Changes in Length of Grandparenthood in Finland 1790-1959
The importance of grandparents for their grandchildren is well-studied in several disciplines, and studies are now also addressing the potential effects of grandchildren on grandparental wellbeing. Any such effects are limited by the time grandparents share with their grandchildren. Changing child m...
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| author | Simon N. Chapman Mirkka Lahdenperä Jenni E. Pettay Virpi Lummaa |
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| description | The importance of grandparents for their grandchildren is well-studied in several disciplines, and studies are now also addressing the potential effects of grandchildren on grandparental wellbeing. Any such effects are limited by the time grandparents share with their grandchildren. Changing child mortality rates, grandparental longevity, and childbearing patterns may have profoundly altered the length of grandparenthood across the demographic transition, but this has received little scientific attention. Using a genealogical dataset from Finland, we investigate changes in this shared time, from the late 18th to mid-20th century. We found the number of shared years between grandparents and grandchildren was low until roughly the onset of industrialisation in Finland, after which point shared time increased rapidly, from both the grandchild and grandparent perspectives. Understanding changing patterns in the opportunity for intergenerational transfers between grandparents and grandchildren has implications for several fields of study, including biology, demography, sociology, health studies, and economics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49560110320e42c2928a19673d90d7b62022-12-22T03:20:44ZengPopulation Research Institute of VäestöliittoFinnish Yearbook of Population Research1796-61831796-61912017-12-015210.23979/fypr.65346Changes in Length of Grandparenthood in Finland 1790-1959Simon N. Chapman0Mirkka Lahdenperä1Jenni E. Pettay2Virpi Lummaa3University of TurkuUniversity of TurkuUniversity of TurkuUniversity of TurkuThe importance of grandparents for their grandchildren is well-studied in several disciplines, and studies are now also addressing the potential effects of grandchildren on grandparental wellbeing. Any such effects are limited by the time grandparents share with their grandchildren. Changing child mortality rates, grandparental longevity, and childbearing patterns may have profoundly altered the length of grandparenthood across the demographic transition, but this has received little scientific attention. Using a genealogical dataset from Finland, we investigate changes in this shared time, from the late 18th to mid-20th century. We found the number of shared years between grandparents and grandchildren was low until roughly the onset of industrialisation in Finland, after which point shared time increased rapidly, from both the grandchild and grandparent perspectives. Understanding changing patterns in the opportunity for intergenerational transfers between grandparents and grandchildren has implications for several fields of study, including biology, demography, sociology, health studies, and economics.https://journal.fi/fypr/article/view/65346ageing [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p5056]demographic transitionintergenerational relationsmortality [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p27022] |
| spellingShingle | Simon N. Chapman Mirkka Lahdenperä Jenni E. Pettay Virpi Lummaa Changes in Length of Grandparenthood in Finland 1790-1959 Finnish Yearbook of Population Research ageing [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p5056] demographic transition intergenerational relations mortality [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p27022] |
| title | Changes in Length of Grandparenthood in Finland 1790-1959 |
| title_full | Changes in Length of Grandparenthood in Finland 1790-1959 |
| title_fullStr | Changes in Length of Grandparenthood in Finland 1790-1959 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in Length of Grandparenthood in Finland 1790-1959 |
| title_short | Changes in Length of Grandparenthood in Finland 1790-1959 |
| title_sort | changes in length of grandparenthood in finland 1790 1959 |
| topic | ageing [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p5056] demographic transition intergenerational relations mortality [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p27022] |
| url | https://journal.fi/fypr/article/view/65346 |
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