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RECERCAT author Zhang, Jing author Fokkema, Tineke author Arpino, Bruno 2023-07-27T07:23:20Z2023-07-27T07:23:20Z2022 This study examines the influence of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare on loneliness among Chinese older adults. Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of 9240 individuals from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we applied logistic regression to examine the relationship between various grandparental statuses and loneliness with a focus on gender. The grandparental role is a protective factor for loneliness. Providing care to grandchildren was associated with a lower likelihood of feeling lonely for both genders. Among grandmothers, the benefit of providing childcare is less when it is occasional. Among grandfathers, the benefit is less when it is regular and intensive. Regarding transitions in grandparental status, gender differences were only observed among those who recently entered the caregiving role. Given the increasing reliance on grandparents for childcare in China, this engagement in active aging is beneficial for older adults in reducing loneliness.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was part of the project Life Course and Family Dynamics in a Comparative Perspective, ORA-China collaboration (NWO, 467-14-152). JZ acknowledges financial support from the China Scholarship Council (CSC, 201606190207). BA acknowledges funding from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (PCIN-2016-005; project “Care, Retirement and Wellbeing of Older People Across Different Welfare Regimes”–CREW). © The Author(s) 2021. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess child care gender and family family health quantitative intergenerational grandparent loneliness China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study Loneliness among Chinese older adults: the role of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare by gender info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion