Abstract
Objectives: This study explores the association between the four types of grandparenting and the mental health of grandparents in China. Methods: This study analyses the data from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) with the application of the General Linear Model. It compares the situation of subjective well-being among the four groups of the Maternal Grandmother (MGMs), the Maternal Grandfathers (MGFs), the paternal grandmothers (PGMs) and the Paternal Grandfathers (PGFs). Results: MGMs’ and the PGMs’ grandparenting behaviour is significantly associated with depression. Nevertheless, this significant feature mainly appears in the families with two parental generations and more than three parental generations but not in the families with only one parental generation. Conclusion: Although grandmothers are more likely to report depression than grandfathers in the cases of grandchild care, grandparenting type is not significantly associated with the feeling of happiness, thus not support the kinship-selection hypothesis.
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